An excerpt from Kurt Sander's "The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom," the first complete setting of the Orthodox Liturgy in English composed in the Slavic choral idiom. This work is a first-rate example
The eighth and final movement from Heaven and Earth: A Song of Creation, a unique collaborative work by six different composers active in different repertories of Eastern Orthodox Christian sacred
A tenderly expressive evening prayer for peace and forgiveness, based on a poem by Nicholas Ogarev, shows Tchaikovsky at his Romantic best! The composer wrote three settings of this text, this being the
This charming piece pays homage to this beloved Russian folk instrument. The chorus brilliantly imitates the characteristic manner in which the balalaika is played, by rhythmically strumming its three
A movement from the complete setting of "The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom," which was composed in the Slavic idiom reminiscent of Tchaikovsky, Gretchaninoff, and Rachmaninoff.