BORIS CHRISTOFF - Bulgarian and Russian Orthodox Chants CD
Issued: 1998
Style: Opera and Chants music
Company: Balkanton ADD 050046
Bass-baritone, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He studied law in Sofia, then studied singing in Rome and Salzburg. His debut recital was in Rome (1946). He sang at La Scala in Milan in 1947, at Covent Garden in 1949, and from 1956 in the USA. Boris Christoff is one of the best Bulgarian singers of Orthodox chants and Opera music. The Bulgarian and Russian Orthodox Chants are performed by Boris Christoff with "Alexander Nevsky" Memorial Church - Sofia Choir. The CD exemplifies the excellent singing abilities of the most popular Bulgarian bass-baritone both in Bulgaria and abroad.
Contents:
• Zhertva vechernyaya – 5’10’’
• Tebe poem – 3’24’’
• Blazhen mouzh – 3’38’’
• Hvalite imya Gospodne – 3’38’’
• Razboinika blagorazoumnago – 2’40’’
• Veliko slavoslovie - 11'03''
• Blazhen mouzh - 4'51''
• Nine otpoushtaeshi - 3'35''
• Mnogaya leta - 2'28''
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