Sacred Treasures: Choral Masterworks From Russia
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Composer: AnonymousComposer: Dimitry Stepanovich Bortnyansky
Composer: Bulgarian Chant
Composer: Russian Orthodox Chant
Composer: Alexander Grechaninov
Composer: Dobri Hristov
Composer: Nikolai Sr Kedrov
Composer: Grigor F. Lvovsky
Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
Composer: Recorded Sound
Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Georgi Robev
Conductor: Nikolai Matveyev
Conductor: Valery Polyansky
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-02-17
Music Label: Hearts of Space
Soundtracks:
- Russian Cathedral Bells
- Rachmaninov / Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Great Ektenia
- Rachmaninov / Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Hymn of Praise
- Rachmaninov / Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Hymn of the Cherubim
- Bortniansky / Hymn of the Cherubim (excerpt)
- Kedrov / Our Father
- Rachmaninov / Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Fervent Supplication
- Rospev / The Noble Joseph
- Tchaikovsky / Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41: Amen. And with Thy Spirit
- Russian Monastic Vespers (excerpt)
- Rachmaninov / Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Bless the Lord, O my Soul
- Tchaikovsky / Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41: Hymn of the Cherubim (excerpt)
- Christov / Hymn of the Cherubim (excerpts/edited)
- Tchaikovsky / Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41: Our Father
- Gretchaninov / I have Chosen the Blissful
- Lvovski / Hymn of the Cherubim
- Final Bells
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Hit: 5 Stars
Sacred Treasures is one of the most beautiful discs I have listened to in a long time. The music evokes a heavenly choir. My personal favorite is track 12, Cherubim by Tchaikovsky. It moves me to a different place. A place I'd like to stay.
Sacred Treasures: Choral Masterworks From Russia Poster
Although this collection intends to transport the soul, it has a tremendously potent low-end depth to it that earns high marks indeed in the worlds of vocal and liturgical music. Dmitri Bortniansky's "Hymn of the Cherubim" is performed with a gracefulness that gets a warming fatness from the production, as does Alexander Gretchaninov's "I Have Chosen the Blissful," which travels with a ringing resonance. In a year of fine choral works--check out Sequentia's Hildegard cycle box, 900 Years or Arvo P?rt's Kanon Pokajanen for a "something old, something new" mix--this collection is highly valued for its sonic integrity and its excellent anthological mix. --Andrew BartlettWords cannot describe poignantly enough the exquisite, angelic voices that permeate the heart and exalt the soul on Sacred Treasures. The most highly regarded Russian and Bulgarian choirs sing the hymns of Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Lvovski, and other composers in the Russian Orthodox Church's tradition of "Divine Worship" (worship through chant). From the first tolling bells that open the CD with a willowy, floating piece from Rachmaninov's Liturgy of St. John, to the final bells closing the door on "Hymn of the Cherubim" (Grigory Lvovski), this CD creates a gentle, distinctly Byzantine glory. The rhythms slowly wisp along while the choirs' baritones, tenors, and sopranos mesh into one expansive blessing. Meant to comprehensively gather not all Russian liturgical pieces but rather hymns that emote an inner tranquility and celestial grace, Sacred Treasures plays like a piece of heaven on Earth. --Karen Karleski
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