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Background: After the devastating defeat of the Cossacks by the Red Army in 1917, many of the surviving Cossacks ended up in the Diaspora. In 1921, in an internment camp near Constantinople, Serge Jaroff set about forming a choir. Little did he, or anyone, foresee that the choir that was formed in the cholera-infested camp would become a major international musical fixture. A complicated period saw Jaroff ’s choir move to the Greek island of Lemnos, and later to Sofia where they performed in the city’s cathedral. After that, money troubles saw the choir trapped in Vienna, and it was the League of Nations that eventually helped them out, putting them in touch with a concert agent in Vienna. From then on they rocketed to stardom, giving over 10,000 concerts. Nicolai Gedda was a regular performer with the choir.

Jaroff ’s concerts consisted of church music, followed in the second half by songs. That is the programme on these two CDs – traditional Russian Orthodox liturgy in settings by Tchaikovsky, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Bortnyansky and Rachmaninov, followed by traditional songs. Also on this collection is the much less well-known female choir that Jaroff established, and their recordings are a comparative rarity.

CATALOGUE NR: 8848
RECORD LABEL: Brilliant Classics
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.69
RELEASE DATE: 20-Jul-2009

TITLE: Russian Orthodox Liturgies and Folksongs
TRACKS: Liturgy (Very Reverend Alexander Zuglevich / Deacon Jakob Grigorieff) : The Great Litany / Bless the Lord O my soul (Ippolitov-Ivanov) / The Only Begotten Son (Trad.) / In Thy Kingdom - The Beatitudes / Come let us worship - Sunday Troparion 4th tone / Holy God (Tchaikovsky arr. Jaroff) / Sunday Prokeimenon / Epistle - Alleluia / Gospel / Litany of Fervent Supplication / Cherubic Hymn (Vladimirskaya arr. Kastalsky) / Creed (Kastalsky) / A mercy of peace (Vinogradov arr. Jaroff) / We sing to Thee (Rachmaninov) / It is truly fitting (Lvoff) / Litany - Uspensky Cathedral's Chant / The Lord's Prayer (Dubensky arr. Jaroff) / Praise the Lord from the heavens / We have seen the true Light - Let our mouths be filled / Many Years (Bortnyansky). 3 Folksongs : Evening Bells 1st Version (arr. Jaroff) / Allah verdy (arr. Jaroff) / Motherland (Samoyloff). The red sarafan (Varlamoff). Lullaby (Gretchaninoff). Christmas Night (arr. Stetsenko). Do you love me? (Gretchaninoff). Requiem (Very Reverend Alexander Zuglevich / Deacon Jacob Grigorieff) : The great Litany - Alleluia / Troparion: Blessed art Thou / Little Litany / Kathisma: Give rest with the righteous (Lvovsky) / Refrains to the 3rd Ode of the canon: Give rest O Lord - Heirmos of the 3rd Ode: There is none holy like unto Thee / Heirmos of the 6th Ode: Beholding the Sea of Life / Kondakion: With the Saints give Rest (Chesnokov) - Ikos: Thou only art immortal / Refrains to the 9th Ode of the canon: Give rest O Lord / The Lord's Prayer / Troparion: With the Spirits of the righteous departed / Augmented Litany. Dismissal : Memory eternal / Svetilen of the Assumption of the Mother of God: O ye Apostles. Folksongs : A stove story (arr. Rachmaninov) / Dancing song (arr. Dobroveyna) / Katiusha (arr. Shvedoff) / Dreams of youth (Varlamoff) / Longing (Varlamoff) / Between the river banks (arr. Dobroveyna) / Evening bells 2nd version (arr. Jaroff).
CONDUCTOR: Serge Jaroff
ARTISTS: Don Cossacks Choir   Jaroff Womens Choir    

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