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Don Cossack Choir: Christmas in Russia

Song Name   Composer
Nachalo velikogo povecherija/ Introduction to the Great Compline: from Psalm 90 of the Old Testament
S nami Bog/ God is with us: from the Great Compline "The Prophecy of Isaiah"   Priest Vasily Zinov'yev
Deva dnes'/ Today the Virgin gives birth: Kontakion of the Nativity of Christ Bolgarsky (the "Bulgarian") chant   Dmitry Bortnyansky
Nyne otpuschayeshi/ Ode of Symeon: Nunc dimittis   Mikhail Strokin
Shestopsalmiye/ The Six Psalms   Deacon Sergey Trubachev
Velikaya ekteniya/ Great Litany   Dobre Khristov
a Bog Gospod' i yavisya nam/ God is the Lord and hath appeared unto us/ b Rozhdestvo Tvoye, Khriste Bozhe nash/ Thy Nativity, O Christ our God (Grechesky "the Greek")    Deacon Sergey Trubachev
Khvalite imya Gospodne/ Praise the name of the Lord   Dobre Khristov
Velichaniye/ Megalynarion: The exaltation of the Nativity of Christ   Boris Dodonov
Ot yunosti moyeya/ From my youth: Gradual psalm, melody of the Sofronyeva pustyn', tone 4
Chteniye Evangeliya/ Gospel Reading   Matthew 1:18-25
Slava v Vyshnikh Bogu/ Glory to the God in the highest   Priest Alexey Kosolapov
Irmosy kanona i malaya ekteniya/ The Heirmos of the Canon and Small Litany   Archimandrite Feofan/ Alexandrov
Velikoye slavosloviye/ Great Doxology   Apostol Nikolayev-Strumsky
Rozhdestvo Tvoye, Khriste Bozhe nash/ Thy Nativity, O Christ our God Troparion    Valentin Mantulin
Sugubaya ekteniya/ Litany of Supplication   Ural'skaya melody
Utverdi, Bozhe/ Establish, O God   Priest Alexey Kosolapov
Otpust/ Dismissal
Mnogoletiye/ Many Years   Dmitry Bortnyansky

Christmas Eve of the Russian Orthodox Church (January 6) is traditionally celebrated with the Christmas Vigil (vsenoschnoye bdeniye), a Vespers service lasting hours with much singing and illuminated processions. The present recording contains chants from the Christmas Vigil and works by Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian composers, performed by the eminent Don Cossacks Choir under the direction of Marcel Verhoeff.

6005 00 1 CD $17.95   Male | Chorus | Russia | A Cappella | World Christmas