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Composer:
Nicolas Kedrov

Artist(s):
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Conductor:
Paul Hillier

Background: Drawing upon both the rich liturgical hymnography of the Nativity feast and the carols, this is a unique depiction of the Orthodox Nativity as heard throughout Russia and the Ukraine. This Hybrid SACD includes several first recordings of music by Katalsky, Izvekov and their followers, suppressed during the 20th-century.

The life and career of Alexander Kastalsky (1856-1926) was particularly tragic. At the end of the 19th-century he was acclaimed as the founder of a new choral style for Russian church music, to be cultivated at a highly unique 'academy' of sacred music under his directorship - the Moscow Synodal School of Church Singing.

It was regarded, both in Russia and abroad, as the core of a newly invigorated national art that would give Russian music a distinct identity. Instead, Bolshevik persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church forced the closing of the Moscow School and the disbanding of the world-acclaimed Synodal Choir. Kastalsky's desperate attempts to salvage the institution and the choir on a purely secular foundation also proved futile. Thus, his richly-scored and vibrant choral music has lain forgotten for nearly three quarters of a century.

CATALOGUE NR: HMU807410
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: £ 13.99 including VAT, or £ 11.91 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 02-Oct-2006

COMPOSER: Nicolas Kedrov  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: A New Joy - Orthodox Christmas
TRACKS: Bells: St Alexander Cathedral Tallinn. Our Father (Nicolas Kedrov). Rejoice O Virgin (Arvo Part). Verses before the Six Psalms No.1 & No.2. Shepherds of Bethlehem. Today the Virgin Gives Birth. When Augustus Ruled Alone upon Earth. God Is with Us (Alexander Kastalsky). Oh,What a Wonder! (Vasyl Barvinskyi). A New Joy. The Angels Exclaimed. Throughout the World (Kyrylo Stetsenko). Bells Rang Early in Jerusalem (Yakiv Yatsynevych). A Song of Good Cheer (Mykola Leontovych). The Legend (Tchaikovsky). Christ Is Born (Georgiy Izvekov). Kievan Chant: Blessed Is the Man. Bells.
CONDUCTOR: Paul Hillier
ARTISTS: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir      

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