«TODAY SALVATION HAS COME TO THE WORLD» SELECTED HYMNS OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH 17TH-20TH CC
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THE ‘AKATHIST’ MALE CHAMBER CHOIR
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1 CD, colour booklet, 16 pages
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2005 The Igor Matvienko Production Centre |
| The ‘Akathist’ male chamber choir – a laureate of international competitions – continues the great traditions of Russian choral art and Orthodox church singing.The repertoire of the male chamber choir consists of hymns of the Orthodox Church from the 16th to the 20th centuries and folk songs. The choir performs monophonic znamenny chant, monastic melodies from the Laura of the Caves in Kiev and the Laura of the Holy Trinity and St.Sergius, and works of church composers from the 19th and 20th centuries such as A.Kastalsky, A.Arkhangelsky, P.Chesnokov, V.Kalinnikov, A.Grechaninov |