Orthodox Chants of the 17th & 18th Centuries

Orthodox Chants of the 17th & 18th Centuries

Artist: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Item number: AJ094
Category: Russian
Chant Type: Russian
Language: Church Slavonic
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Period: Contemporary
Length: 70'14
Release date: 2003
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1. Let my prayers arise - D Bortniansky

2. Now the Powers of Heaven - G Sarti

3. The Cherubic Hymn - D Bortniansky

4. O most Hoy Maiden Mary

5. Glory / Only-begotten Son - V Titov

6. In the flesh Thou didst fall asleep - B Galuppi

7. I lift up my eyes to hte mountains - D Bortniansky

8. Praise the Name of the Lord - N Diletsky

9. With my voice I cried out to the Lord - D Bortniansky

10. By the rivers of Babylon - A Vedel

11. Lord, make me to know my end - D Borniansky


A reissue of the first recording of Russian Orthodox liturgical music by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, directed by Paul Hillier. Now in the HM Gold line, a high quality budget line from Harmonia Mundi, this CD is a selection of deeply moving sacred choral masterworks from the Slavic tradition of "Divine worship." Comprised of compositions by familiar and not-so-familiar composers, Bortniansky's sublime setting of "The Cherubic Hymn" represents one of the supremet summits of Russian Orthodox liturgy. Liner notes in English, German, French and Russian, sung in Church Slavonic.

By: Vladimir Morosan

Conductor Paul Hillier has distinguished himself in numerous recordings of Western choral music with such groups as the Hilliard Ensemble and the Theatre of Voices. In this recording, he turns his interpretive artistry to Orthodox music of the 17th and 18th centuries. And he does so with a first-rate "instrument" -- the world-class Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir -- for whom this music is, if not "native," is certainly familiar territory. Thus, two virtuosi, conductor and choir, make extraordinary music together, whether in selections that are oft-recorded and familiar (e.g. Bortniansky's "Cherubic Hymn No. 7") or in works that are recorded here for the first time ever (Sarti's "Now the Powers of Heaven").