Various - Ikon, Vol. 2

Holst Singers, Stephen Layton (conductor)

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savd.com.au2011In 1997, the Holst Singers and Stephen Layton produced a disc that immediately became a cult classic and a best-seller. Ikon, a selection of great Russian choral music from the 19th century, dazzled with its grand, opulent…Read the review
Limelight: The Classical Music & Arts Website; ABC Classic FM2011This release focuses on Russian composers from the early 20th-century, including some émigré composers, who were linked through the famous pre-Revolutionary Moscow Synodal School of church singing. The comprehensive notes give an…Read the review
The Telegraph2010Performing with insight and commendable Russian sonority, the Holst Singers have cast their net wide in this survey of Orthodox Church music. The main focus is the pre-Revolution period of the early 20th century, with Pavel…Read the review
Audiophile Audition2010I can’t believe that it’s been 13 years since Ikon came out by these same forces. At the time I considered it one of the best discs of Russian chant I had ever heard, albeit with a slight Anglican tint to it. No mind-there is…Read the review
International Record Review2010The remarkable performances of the Holst Singers, securely balanced on the tightrope between pianissimo sensitivity and full-throated veneration… The intonation is faultless across all the registers here, diction is clear and the…Read the review
Gramophone Magazine2010The programme is scrupulously prepared, with excellent pronunciation, idiomatic timbres anda fine fusion of ardent communication and sensitive shaping. The disc was recorded in the superb acoustic of All Hallows, Gospel Oak…Read the review

Recorded: January 2010
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt
Release date: October 2010
Total duration: 71 minutes 21 seconds

Track list

Otche nash 'Our Father' Op 9 No 3Nikolay Golovanov (January 1891-1958)3'41
Spasenie sodelal 'Salvation is created' Op 25 No 5Pavel Chesnokov (October 1877-1944)2'47
Vecheri Tvoeya taynïya 'Of thy mystical supper' (No 7 of Strastnaya Sed'mitsa 'Holy Week', Op 58)Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)5'09
Da ispravitsya molitva moya 'Let my prayer arise' (No 6 of Liturgy of Pre-Sanctified Gifts, Op 24)Pavel Chesnokov (October 1877-1944)6'09
Dukh Tvoy blagiy 'Let thy good spirit' Op 25 No 10Pavel Chesnokov (October 1877-1944)2'13
Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda 'Bless the Lord, O my soul'Pavel Chesnokov (October 1877-1944)2'42
Kheruvimskaya pesn 'The Cherubic Hymn' Op 13Konstantin Shvedov (1886-1954)4'49
Priidite, poklonimsya 'Come, let us worship' (No 2 of Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op 41)Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)2'15
Priidite, poklonimsya 'Come, let us worship' Op 11Viktor Kalinnikov (1870-1927)1'04
Tebe poem 'We hymn thee' Op 7Viktor Kalinnikov (1870-1927)1'31
Bogoroditse Devo 'Rejoice, O Virgin' Op 17Viktor Kalinnikov (1870-1927)1'10
Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda 'Bless the Lord, O my soul' Op 1 No 1Nikolay Tolstiakov (1883-1958)3'16
Otche nash 'Our Father' Op 22 No 7Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)2'01
Bogoroditse Devo 'Rejoice, O Virgin' (Movement 6 of All-Night Vigil 'Vespers', Op 37)Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)3'09
Tebe poem 'We hymn thee' Op 2Viktor Kalinnikov (1870-1927)1'49
Raduytesya, pravednii, o Gospode 'Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous' Op 25 No 6Pavel Chesnokov (October 1877-1944)2'07
Da molchit vsyakaya plot 'Let all mortal flesh keep silence'Mili Balakirev (1837-1910)5'17
Ne imamï inïya pomoshchi 'We have no other help' Op 25 No 8Pavel Chesnokov (October 1877-1944)2'11
O Tebe raduetsya 'All of creation rejoices in you' Op 15 No 11Pavel Chesnokov (October 1877-1944)3'39
Trisviatoye 'The Thrice-Holy' Op 7Konstantin Shvedov (1886-1954)3'14
Svete tikhiy 'Radiant light' Op 73Aleksandr Kastalsky (November 1856-1926)2'51
Pesn' Presvyatïya Bogoroditsï 'Song of the Most Holy Theotokos' 'Magnificat' Op 93César Cui (1835-1918)8'17

Recording details from Hyperion Records.

Various - Ikon, Vol. 2

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