Serene Ecstasy - The Light & Sorrow Of Orthodox Russia

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Label
Delos
Release Date
January 1, 2000
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TCHAIKOVSKY CHESNOKOV KIKTA
    • PERFORMER
      Tchaikovsky, Chesnokov, Kikta, Schnittke
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 01, 2000
    • UPC
      013491326429
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DE 3264
    • LABEL
      Delos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. The Russian Soil

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    2. Prayer of Repentance for Russia

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    3. Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41: Communion Hymn

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    4. I cried out to the Lord

      Composer: Alexander Arkhangelsky

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    5. On the sick bed

      Composer: Pavel Chesnokov

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    6. Deliver us from evil

      Composer: Pavel Chesnokov

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    7. Mother of God

      Composer: Pavel Chesnokov

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    8. O Praise our Lord

      Composer: Pavel Chesnokov

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    9. Blessed is the Man

      Composer: Pavel Chesnokov

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Performer: Sergei Aksionov

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    10. The Angel Cried

      Composer: Pavel Chesnokov

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Performer: Elena Khmara

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    11. O Praise the Lord, My Soul

      Composer: Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    12. Joyful light

      Composer: Vladislav Germanovich Agafonnikov

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    13. Lord now lettest Thou Thy servant depart

      Composer: Vladislav Germanovich Agafonnikov

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    14. Rejoice, Virgin, Mother of God

      Composer: Vladislav Germanovich Agafonnikov

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    15. Angel

      Composer: Nikolai Sergeevich Lebedev

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    16. Prayer

      Composer: Nikolai Sergeevich Lebedev

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Performer: Sergei Aksionov

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    17. Upokoi, Bozhe (Let them rest in peace, O Lord)

      Composer: Nikolai Sergeevich Lebedev

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    18. Trisiyatelnoye (Lux aeterna)

      Composer: Nikolai Sergeevich Lebedev

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Performer: Viktoria Smirnova

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    19. With Thy Holy Ones let them rest in eternity

      Composer: Nikolai Sergeevich Lebedev

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    20. God, have mercy on us

      Composer: Nikolai Sergeevich Lebedev

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Performer: Viktoria Smirnova, Denis Khramov

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    21. Blessed Assumption

      Composer: Nikolai Sergeevich Lebedev

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Performer: Viktoria Smirnova, Denis Khramov

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    22. Eternal memory

      Composer: Nikolai Sergeevich Lebedev

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Performer: Viktoria Smirnova, Denis Khramov

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    23. St. Dmitry Rostovsky's Psalm of Repentance

      Composer: Valery Grigor'yevich Kikta

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    24. Hymn to the Holy Virgin

      Composer: Valery Grigor'yevich Kikta

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Performer: Viktoria Smirnova

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    25. Rejoice, pure Virgin, Mother of God

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    26. O Lord Jesus Christ

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich

    27. Our Father

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Russia Spiritual Revival Choir

      Conductor: Lev Kontorovich


The Spiritual Revival Choir of Moscow was created in 1992, at the end of the Soviet era, a time when religious freedom was once again permitted in Russia. The choir's repertoire includes music of the renaissance, baroque, classical and romantic periods, as well as music by contemporary composers such as Alfred Schnittke. 'Serene Ecstasy' features the choir in sacred music by Russian composers from the 19th and 20th centuries.
The choir opens the program with "The Russian Soil," a hymn dedicated to Russian saints that is memorable for its rhythmic drive and exalted tone. Two sacred pieces by Tchaikovsky are marked by drama and, in "Eucharist" from the 'Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom,' a sense of joy. The group's lush tonal quality is ideal in Ippolitov-Ivanov's pacific "Praise the Lord, O My Soul."
This recording consistently impresses with its excellent singing and fascinating repertoire; surely it's an ideal recording for all lovers of sacred music.