Liturgy of St. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM - Dobri Hristov
Todor Grigorov (tenor), Ognyan Vassilev (tenor), Stefan Vassilev(bass)
"Svetoslav Obretenov" Bulgarian Capella-Choir
Issued: 2002
Style: Orthodox music
Company: Balkanton
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Dobri Hristov is one of the grand masters of the Bulgarian composers' school. He majored in composition at the Prague Academy of Music in the class of Antonin Dvorzhak. Afterwards, Hristov came back to Bulgaria where he worked mainly in the field of solo and choral song, children's operetta and school song arranging lots of folk songs too. Since 1935, to the end of his life in 1941 he had been conductor of the biggest Bulgarian church choir, that of " St. Alexander Nevsky" Memorial Church.
The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is one of the greatest achievements of the composer. It's created in the spirit of the East-Orthodox church music, with prevalence of Old Bulgarian chants. It was performed for the first time in 1924.
Almost seventy years later, it was again performed in its complete version, conducted by Georgi Robev. The record was done then, in the "St. Alexander Nevsky" Memorial Church, the acoustics and atmosphere of which add further to the authentic sounding of the work.
Contents:
1. The Great Litany
2. Gradual Sung at the Consecration of a church
3. Glory, Both now and ever...Oh, Only- Begotten Son...
4. Gradual of STS. Cyril and Methodius
5. Oh, Come Let Us Worship
6. Gradual of St. Alexander Nevsky
7.Oh, Holy God
8. Cherubikon Nr 2
9. The father and the Son
10. Credo (the Symbol of the Faith)
11. Mercy of Peace
12. Meet it as
13. Our Father
14. Praise the Lord (Eucharistic Chant)
15. Appearance of Holy Gifts
16. Otpust
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