Credits:

Chesnokov, Pavel (1877-1944)

Description:

A collection of works by Chesnokov, a composer of the same generation as Rachmaninoff and heir to the Russian Orthodox chant tradition. Born in Moscow to a working-class family, Chesnokov began singing in a choir at the age of five and later studied composition with Taneyev and Ippolitov-Ivanov. He was also a highly skilled choral conductor and teacher, and taught younger students at the Moscow Conservatory, where he composed more than 500 works, including two "All-Night Prayers. Both works were written during the imperial period before the Soviet Union's suppression of religious music, and they are pious, romantic, and grandiose in sound, as in the choral works of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. Naxos Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Cherubic Hymn, Op. 7, No. 1
2.Spaseniye sodelal, Op. 25, No. 5 (Salvation Is Created)
3.Angel vopiyashe, Op. 22, No. 18 (The Angel Cried Out)
4.O Tebe raduyetsia, Op. 15, No. 11 (All of Creation Rejoices)
5.All-Night Vigil, Op. 44~Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Ghospoda (Bless the Lord, O My Soul)
6.All-Night Vigil, Op. 44~Blazhen muzh (Blessed Is the Man)
7.All-Night Vigil, Op. 44~Svete tihiy (Gladsome Light)
8.All-Night Vigil, Op. 44~Nine otpushchayeshi (Lord, Now Lettest Thou)
9.All-Night Vigil, Op. 44~Hvalite imia Ghospodne (Praise the Name of the Lord)
10.All-Night Vigil, Op. 44~Tropari voskresni (Resurrectional Troparia) Angelskiy sobor (The Angelic Council)
11.All-Night Vigil, Op. 44~Ot yunosti moyeya (From My Youth)
12.All-Night Vigil, Op. 44~Voskreseniye Hristovo videvshe (Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ)
13.All-Night Vigil, Op. 44~Slavosloviye velikoye (The Great Doxology)
14.All-Night Vigil, Op. 44~Vzbrannoy voyevode (To Thee, the Victorious Leader)