Description
Peter Tchaikovsky: Nine Sacred Choruses 1884/5, Angel vopiyashe The angel cried 1887, Liturgy of St John Chrysostom op 41 1878
CD Details:
Title: Peter Tchaikovsky: Nine Sacred Choruses 1884/5, Angel vopiyashe The angel cried 1887, Liturgy of St John Chrysostom op 41 1878
Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
Performers:
- Corydon Singers
- Matthew Best (conductor)
Recording Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Catalogue Number: CDA66948
UPC: 034571169484
Tracks:
Nine Sacred Choruses 1884/5 (53'04)
- The Lord's Prayer (Gospodi Pomilui) [1'59]
- O Lord, open Thou mine eyes (Gospodi, otvori mi ushi moi) [1'16]
- Bless the Lord, O my soul (Blagoslovi, dushe moia, Gospoda) [2'32]
- The Lord is my light and my salvation (Gospod' prosveshcheniye moe i Spasitel' moi) [2'02]
- Praise the Name of the Lord (Khvalite Imya Gospodne) [2'44]
- Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos (Raduisya, Devo Bogoroditse) [3'42]
- Bless the Lord, O my soul (Blagoslovi, dushe moia, Gospoda) [2'20]
- O come, let us worship and fall down (Prispodobite klanyat'sya i pasti pred Gospodem) [1'17]
- Glory to God in the highest (Slava v vyshnikh Bogu) [3'06]
Additional Tracks
- Angel vopiyashe The angel cried 1887 (3'45)
- Liturgy of St John Chrysostom op 41 1878 (17'08)
Additional Information
- Recorded on 25-27 April 1997.
- Recording engineers: Antony Howell and Julian Millard.
- Recording producer: Mark Brown.
- Language coach: Vera Butina-Corby.
- Cover design by Terry Shannon.
- Booklet editor: Nick Flower.
- Executive producers: Edward Perry, Simon Perry, and Hyperion Records Ltd, London.
- Front illustration: "The Virgin from a Deesis Tier. First half of the sixteenth century. Old Believers Church of the Dormition in Tver."
Reviews
- AllMusic: "This disc offers a valuable collection of Tchaikovsky's sacred choral works...The Corydon Singers sing with beautiful tone and precision...A fine addition to the Hyperion catalog."
- Gramophone: "This is an excellent disc...recommended to all lovers of Russian choral music."
