Cover: Christ in Majesty.
Hyperion CDA66928 · May 1997
Various - Ikon, Vol. 1
Holst Singers, Stephen Layton (conductor)
Press
Soundscape Australia1997The timbral and textural palette of Russian choral sound is clearly evident to Layton and the ensemble with Tchaikovsky’s setting of Blessed are they whom Thou hast chosen, the octave doublings of melodic passages and eight-part…Read the review 
Gramophone Magazine1997The most interesting discovery to be made on this anthology is Sviridov's choral music, both sacred (though disguised as incidental music for a play under the Soviet regime) and profane (a lovely Blok cycle). A Russian…Read the review 
Fanfare USA1997Uniformly charismatic performances. Fine engineering and notes too. Highly recommended.Read the review
Recorded: October 1996
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: May 1997
Total duration: 76 minutes 55 seconds
Track list
- Three Choruses from Tsar Feodor Ioannovich: Molitva 'Prayer' Bogoroditse Devo, raduysia 'Rejoice, O virgin Mother of God'Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998)3'48
- Three Choruses from Tsar Feodor Ioannovich: Liubov sviataya 'Sacred love' Tï, liubov sviataya 'Thou, O sacred love'Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998)3'25
- Three Choruses from Tsar Feodor Ioannovich: Pokayannïy stih 'A verse of repentance' Okayannïy i ubogiy cheloveche! 'O miserable and wretched man!'Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998)2'36
- Pesni Bezvremenya 'Songs of troubled times': Osen' 'Autumn' Tam neba osvetlionnïy kray 'Yonder the luminous edge of the sky'Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998)2'09
- Pesni Bezvremenya 'Songs of troubled times': Yasnïye polia 'Bright fields' Fsiudu yasnost' Bozhïya, yasnïye polia 'All around is God's own brightness, bright fields!'Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998)1'26
- Pesni Bezvremenya 'Songs of troubled times': Vesna i koldun 'Spring and the sorcerer' Na vesennem puti f teremok 'On springtime's passage to the maiden cloister'Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998)4'17
- Pesni Bezvremenya 'Songs of troubled times': Ikona 'The ikon' Vot On, Hristos f tsepiah i rozah 'Here he is, Christ in chains and roses'Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998)5'02
- Kheruvimskaya Pesnya 'The Cherubic Hymn' Izhe heruvimï, tayno obrazuyushche 'Let us who mystically represent the Cherubim' (Movement of Liturgy No 2, Op 29)Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)3'56
- Svete tihiy 'Radiant Light'Viktor Kalinnikov (1870-1927)3'20
- Tebe poem 'We praise you' (No 6 of Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op 41)Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)3'10
- Veruyu 'The Creed' (Movement of Liturgy No 2, Op 29)Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)4'15
- Kheruvimskaya pesnya 'The Cherubic Hymn' Izhe heruvimï, tayno obrazuyushche 'Let us who mystically represent the Cherubim' (No 3 of Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op 41)Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)5'38
- Otche nash 'Our Father' (Movement of Liturgy No 2, Op 29)Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)5'30
- Blazheni, yazhe izbral 'Blessed are they, whom thou hast chosen'Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)4'13
- MagnificatArvo Pärt (b1935)6'27
- Totus tuus Op 60 Maria!Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)11'02
- Immortal Bach Komm, süsser Tod!Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Knut Nystedt (1915-2014)6'41
Recording details from Hyperion Records.