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Naxos

Russian Divine Liturgy / Father Mitrofan

$19.99

Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Igumen, Mitrofan
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Feb 01, 2001
Catalog #
8554150
UPC
636943415023

About

This is a repertoire that's been surprisingly well represented on disc, benefiting from the glasnost/perestroika-inspired revival of liturgical music in Russia in the early 1980s and the coincidental CD-fueled resurgence of the classical recording industry. One of the beauties of the unique, harmonized chant forms that characterize Russian church music is the attention this music received from some of the country's finest composers, some of them well known--Grechaninov, Bortnyansky, Glazunov, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov--and others more obscure but nevertheless highly skilled. Most of the composers represented here are among the latter category, but the music is first rate and the choir, from Moscow's historic Novospassky Monastery, is equal to the best on disc. It's also a plus that most of the selections, by Lvov, Arkhangelsky, Smolensky, Kastalsky, and others, aren't duplicated elsewhere. The program follows a service of the Divine Liturgy, which includes hymns, antiphons, the Great Litany, the Trisagion, Nicene Creed, a psalm, and the Doxology. I was pleasantly surprised by the exceptional quality of the singing, set in shimmering, vibrant sound made in a Moscow studio but with the kind of (artificial?) resonance that could just as well have come from the wood and stone environs of an ancient church. There are many excellent choices for recordings of Russian religious music, but if you want to hear what the real thing sounds like, you won't go wrong with this--and its budget price makes it especially attractive. --David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 Meeting And vesting Of Bishop 10:17
    Track
    1
    Title
    Meeting And vesting Of Bishop
    Duration
    10:17
    Composer
    Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan
  2. 2 Eis polla eti, Despota 01:04
    Track
    2
    Title
    Eis polla eti, Despota
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan
  3. 3 Great Litany 03:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    Great Litany
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan
  4. 4 Bless the Lord, o My Soul 01:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    Bless the Lord, o My Soul
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan
  5. 5 The only begotten Son 02:00
    Track
    5
    Title
    The only begotten Son
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan
  6. 6 Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ 00:59
    Track
    6
    Title
    Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan
  7. 7 The Trisagion 02:12
    Track
    7
    Title
    The Trisagion
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan
  8. 8 Prokeimenon 01:30
    Track
    8
    Title
    Prokeimenon
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan
  9. 9 Alleluia 01:34
    Track
    9
    Title
    Alleluia
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan
  10. 10 Cherubic Hymn 08:11
    Track
    10
    Title
    Cherubic Hymn
    Duration
    08:11
    Composer
    Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan
  11. 11 The Nicene Creed 05:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    The Nicene Creed
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan
  12. 12 A Mercy Of Peace 06:52
    Track
    12
    Title
    A Mercy Of Peace
    Duration
    06:52
    Composer
    Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan
  13. 13 The Hymn to the Theotokos 02:49
    Track
    13
    Title
    The Hymn to the Theotokos
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan
  14. 14 Praise the Lord from the Heavens! 03:22
    Track
    14
    Title
    Praise the Lord from the Heavens!
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan
  15. 15 Psalm CXX 03:41
    Track
    15
    Title
    Psalm CXX
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan
  16. 16 Blessed by the name of the Lord, henceforth and for ever more 01:54
    Track
    16
    Title
    Blessed by the name of the Lord, henceforth and for ever more
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan
  17. 17 Great Doxology 09:33
    Track
    17
    Title
    Great Doxology
    Duration
    09:33
    Composer
    Apostol Nikolayev-Strumsky
    Ensemble
    Novospassky Monastery Choir
    Conductor
    Igumen Mitrofan