Spiritual Revival Choir of Russia ; Lev Kontorovich, director
For unaccompanied mixed choir; the Schubert and Messiaen works originally with organ; the Bach/Gounod work has acc. arr. for voices; the Bach Intervention originally for harpsichord, arr. for chorus singing syllables; the Mozart work has acc. arr. for voices.
Recorded in Great Hall, Moscow Conservatory, Moscow, June 22-25, 2001.
Sung in Church Slavonic (tracks 1-14), Russian (track 15), German (tracks 16-19), undetermined syllables (track 22), and Latin (tracks 20-21, 23).
From the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom : op. 41. The creed (3:10) ; A mercy of peace (2:16) ; We hymn thee (2:10) ; It is truly fitting (2:42) / Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky -- Gladsome light / Alexander Dmitrievich Kastalasky (2:23) -- Praise the Lord from the Heavens : op. 10, no. 5 (2:02) ; What shall we call thee, o full of grace : op. 43, no. 2 (3:22) ; O Lord, save-- and Holy God : op. 38, no. 1 (3:09) ; It is truly fitting : no. 7 from Liturgy, op. 42 (2:22) ; The cherubic hymn (Sofroniev Monastery chant) : op. 27, no. 5 / Pavel Grigor'yevich Chesnokov -- Gladsome light / Viktor Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (3:15) -- Gladsome light / Anatoly Ivanovich Koselev (3:09) -- Hallowed be thy name / Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (4:47) -- The stars are falling in the night / Valery Grigor'yevich Kikta (5:20) -- From the Deutsche Messe. Heilig ist der Herr (Holy God) (3:08) ; Schlussgesang (Closing chorus) (1:54) / Franz Schubert -- Komm, Trost der Welt (Resignation) / Hugo Wolf (3:36) -- Unser Vater (Our Father) / Niel van der Watt (3:39) -- O sacrum convivium (O sacred banquet) / Olivier Messiaen (2:00) -- Ave Maria / Johann Sebastian Bach ; Charles Gounod ; arr. by Lev Kontorovich -- Invention no. 8 / J.S. Bach ; arr. by Lev Kontorovich (1:12) -- Laudate Dominum from Vesperae solennes de confessore / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; arr. by Lev Kontorovich (4:33)