Lay Aside All Earthly Cares

Lay Aside All Earthly Cares

Artist: Cappella Romana
Item number: AJ024
Category: Russian
Chant Type: Russian
Language: English
Label: Cappella Romana
Period: Contemporary
Length: 74'39
Release date: 2005
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1. Bless the Lord, O my soul

2. O gladsome Light

3. Lord, now let Thy servant

4. Rejoice, Virgin Theotokos

5. Praise the name of the Lord

6. The Great Doxology

7. Bless the Lord, O my soul

8. The Second Antiphon

9. Only begotten Son

10. Holy God

11. Alleluia, No. 1

12. Cherubic Hymn

13. A mercy of peace

14. It is truly meet

15. Our Father/One is holy

16. Praise the Lord from the heavens

17. I will receive the cup

18. Their proclamation has gone out

19. Rejoice in the Lord

20. Receive the Body of Christ

21. Blessed be the name of the Lord

22. Psalm 33

23. All of creation

24. Troparion for the Sunday of Orthodoxy

25. Let my prayer arise

26. Now the Powers of heaven

27. Taste and See

28. Thy bridal chamber

29. The wise thief, No. 2

30. The wise thief, No. 3

31. Let all mortal flesh

32. What shall we call you, Mary


Fr. Sergei Glagolev has become well known in American Orthodox liturgical music circles for his ongoing work in the area of composing liturgical music for celebration in English. This recording by Cappella Romana, and under the auspices of PSALM (the Pan-Orthodox Society for the Advancement of Liturgical Music) captures much of his recent work. Includes complete liner notes with hymn text in English, and an essay "Some Personal Thoughts on the Composition of Liturgical Music" by Fr. Glagolev.

By: Benjamin Williams

Fr. Glagolev has long been a teacher, musician and a proponent of the composition of liturgical music in English. The works on this CD can be considered seminal in the liturgical repertoire of American Orthodoxy. Drawing upon a variety of stylistic idioms, from Russian znamenny and common chant, to Byzantine chant and the works of Chesnokov and Gretchaninoff, Fr. Sergei Glagolev creates choral settings that employ the sound and cadence of the English language as their starting point, yet capture and remain true to the historic musical tradition of the faith. This recording was the result of great effort on the part of Dr. Vladimir Morosan of PSALM, Fr. Sergei himself, and Cappella Romana, and was made possible by a grant from the Virginia H. Farah Foundation. It is a worthy undertaking, a beautiful presentation, and with its high quality is hopefully the beginning of a new tradition of liturgical composition in English within the Orthodox churches.