Christmas in Russia: Russian Orthodox Vespers / Chor Russland and Verhoeff

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Album Summary

Performers

• Zinoviev
• Dimitry Bortnyansky
• Mikhail Strokine
• Dobre Khristov
• S. Trubachev
• Boris Dodonov
• Borislav Molchanov
• Alexander Kosolapov
• Archimandrite Feofan
• Apostol Nikolayev-Strumsky

Conductor

• Kosaken, Don

Ensemble

• Chor Russland and Verhoeff

Composers

• Dimitry Bortnyansky (1751 - 1825)
• Dobri Hristov (1875 - 1941)
• Spoken Word
• Apostol Nikolaev-Strumsky (1886 - 1971)
• Christmas Traditional
• Mikhail Strokine (1832 - 1887)
• Russian Orthodox Chant
• Anonymous, Bulgarian
• Valentin Mantulin
• Vassily Zinoviev (1865 - 1934)
• Sergey Trubachev (1919 - 1995)
• Anonymous, Russian
• Archimandrite Feofan (1785 - 1852)
• Alexander Kosolapov

Notes & Reviews:

Christmas Eve of the Russian Orthodox Church (January 6) is traditionally celebrated with the Christmas Vigil (vsenoschnoye bdeniye), a Vespers service lasting hours with much singing and illuminated processions. The present recording contains chants from the and works by Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian composers, performed by the eminent Don Cossacks Choir under the direction of Marcel Verhoeff.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Mos (10/22/2008-10/26/2008).

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Works Details

Traditional, Christmas : Nachalo velikogo povecherija, carol (Russian)

• Conductor: Don Kosaken
• Ensemble: Chor Russland and Verhoeff
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
• Form: Christmas

Zinoviev, Vassily : Great Compline :: S nami Bog (God is with us)

• Performer: Zinoviev
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 5 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Bortnyansky, Dimitry : Deva dnes (The Virgin Today)

• Performer: Dimitry Bortnyansky
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Strokine, Mikhail : Prayer to St. Simeon, for voice & chorus

• Performer: Mikhail Strokine
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Trubachev, S. : Shestopsalmiye, psalm for chorus

• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Hristov, Dobri : Velika Ekteniya (The Great Ekteniya)

• Performer: Dobre Khristov
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 6 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Traditional, Christmas : Christmas Medley :: Bog Gospod' i yavisya nam (God is the Lord and hath appeared unto us) / Rozhdestvo

• Performer: S. Trubachev
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Form: Christmas

Hristov, Dobri : Hvalite imya gospodne (Praise Ye the Name of the Lord)

• Performer: Dobre Khristov
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 4 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Russian Orthodox Chant : Megalynarion to the Cross

• Performer: Boris Dodonov
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral

Anonymous, Russian : Ot yunosti moieya, motet for 3 voices

• Performer: Borislav Molchanov
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Word, Spoken : Scripture Reading, Bible

• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Anonymous, Bulgarian : Slava V Vyshnikh Bogu

• Performer: Alexander Kosolapov
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral

Feofan, Archimandrite : Irmosy kanona i malaya ekteniya (The Heirmos of the Canon and Small Litany)

• Performer: Archimandrite Feofan
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Nikolaev-Strumsky, Apostol : Veliko Slavoslovie (Great Doxology)

• Performer: Apostol Nikolayev-Strumsky
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 12 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Mantulin, Valentin : Rozhdestvo Tvoye, Khriste Bozhe nash, troparion

• Performer: Borislav Molchanov
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 5 sec.

Russian Orthodox Chant : Litany called sugubaya, prayer of insistence (Old Believers)

• Performer: Borislav Molchanov
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval

Kosolapov, Alexander : Affirm, O Lord, for chorus

• Performer: Alexander Kosolapov
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.

Russian Orthodox Chant : Final Litany and Dismissal

• Performer: Borislav Molchanov
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval

Bortnyansky, Dimitry : Many Years

• Performer: Dimitry Bortnyansky
• Notes: Church of the Veil of the Mother of God, Ismaylovo, Moscow, Russia (10/22/2008-10/26/2008)
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Classical