Slavonic Cappella Ensemble

Music From The Orthodox Liturgy

"The ritual of the Eastern Orthodox Church derives much of its awesome splendor from the ancient chants and folklore of the Slavic peoples. Within the setting of the Service this music reflects profound piety, souring exultation and an almost unbelievable mystical lyricism. ... In the present recording the Ensemble examines various directions in Orthodox Church singing at the end of the last century and the beginning of the current century." - from the original liner notes

 

The Slavonic Arts Society in 1965 organized the Slavonic Cappella Ensemble, made up of outstanding vocal soloists who have performed as lead artists with the New York City Opera, the Rome Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the Salzburg Festival, the Berlin Opera, the Vienna Staatsopera, the San Francisco Opera, the NBC Opera Company, the Chicago Lyric Opera, the Philadelphia Opera, and more.


Personnel

Alexis Fekula, conductor

Ludmilla Azova, Stephanie Turash, Raina Simeonova, Claudia Yaroshevich-Gill, first sopranos

Svetlana Tonkaschkur, Christine Karpevych, Elizabeth Markovsky, second sopranos

Tamara Bering, Elizabeth Farmer, Natasha Lutov, altos

Kiril Vassilve, MAxim Bartko, Edward Kaminsky, Dan Entriken, first tenors

Nikita Wells, George Bohachevsky, George Tymczenko, second tenors

Michael Minsky, Joseph Stecura, Alexander Lapkovski, baritones

Terrenty Sokoloff, Peter Raikov, Ronald Armstrong, basses

Vladimir Tysowsky, Igor Zamiaty, bassi profundo

David Hancock, engineer

Serge Belozersky, producer

Recorded at Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, NY


Track Listing
1.The Great Litany2.First Antiphon: "Bless My Soul, O Lord"3.Second Antiphon: "Praise The Lord, O My Soul" 4.O Only Begotten Son  5.The Beatitudes  6.O Come Let Us Worship   7.Trisagion   8.Cherubimic Hymn   9.The Nicene Creed   10.The Anaphora (A Mercy Of Peace)   11.Worthy In Truth (Hymn To The Theotokos)   12.The Angel Cried (Hymn To The Theotokos)   13Litany Of Petitions   .14The Lord's Prayer   15.How Good It Is - Psalm 132(133)   16.Blessed Is He That Cometh   17.The Many Years   

Musicians: Ludmilla Azova / Tamara Bering / Alexis P. Fekula

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