Ikon II

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GOLOVANOV / CHESNOKOV / GRETCHANINOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / etc
Ikon II
Holst Singers / Stephen Layton (conductor)

[ Hyperion / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 1 November 2010

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"Performing with insight and commendable Russian sonority, the Holst Singers have cast their net wide in this survey of Orthodox Church music."
(Daily Telegraph)

"The Holst Singers, one of the finest ensembles of its kind, take advantage of every sonic accommodation they are offered. The choir adopts good imitation Slavonic, yet retains that airy, super-clear English cathedral sound. This disc avoids the eclecticism of the first one, and concentrates mainly on composers of the Moscow Synodal School, an 18th century institution closely associated with the Moscow Synodal Choir." (Five Stars AudAud.com Oct 2010)

"Performing with insight and commendable Russian sonority, the Holst Singers have cast their net wide in this survey of Orthodox Church music."
(Daily Telegraph)

In 1997, The Holst Singers and Stephen Layton produced a disc that immediately became a cult classic and a best-seller. 'Ikon', a selection of great Russian choral music from the 19th century, dazzled with its grand, opulent beauty. Now the same forces return with Ikon II. Many of the works recorded here are by composers whose names will not be familiar - but the extraordinary quality of the music is unmistakable and immediately enthralling.

Tracks:

Balakirev:
Da molchit vsyakaya plot 'Let all mortal flesh keep silence'

Chesnokov:
Spasenie sodelal 'Salvation is created', Op. 25, No. 5
Da ispravitsya molitva moya 'Let my prayer arise'
Dukh Tvoy blagiy 'Let thy good spirit', Op. 25, No. 10
Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda 'Bless the Lord, O my soul'
Raduytesya, pravednii, o Gospode 'Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous', Op. 25, No. 6
Ne imamï inïya pomoshchi 'We have no other help', Op. 25, No. 8
O Tebe raduetsya 'All of creation rejoices in you', Op, 15, No. 11

Cui:
Pesn' Presvyatïya Bogoroditsï 'Song of the Most Holy Theotokos' 'Magnificat', Op. 93

Golovanov:
Otche nash 'Our Father', Op. 9, No. 3

Grechaninov:
Vecheri Tvoeya taynïya 'Of thy mystical supper', Op. 58, No. 7

Kalinnikov, Viktor:
Priidite, poklonimsya 'Come, let us worship', Op. 11
Tebe poem 'We hymn thee', Op. 7
Bogoroditse Devo 'Rejoice, O Virgin', Op. 17
Tebe poem 'We hymn thee', Op. 2

Kastalsky:
Svete tikhiy 'Radiant Light', Op. 73

Rachmaninov:
Bogorodice Devo

Rimsky Korsakov:
Otche nash 'Our Father', Op. 22, No. 7

Shvedov:
Kheruvimskaya pesn 'The Cherubic Hymn', Op. 13
Trisviatoye 'The Thrice-Holy', Op. 7

Tchaikovsky:
Priidite, poklonimsya 'Come, let us worship'

Tolstiakov:
Blagoslovi dushe moya, Ghospoda (Bless the Lord, O My Soul)