Record Details

Artist:	Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich
Title:	Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (excerpts) (Dimitre Rouskov: Choeurs Svetoslav Obretenov)
Format:	CassetteReissue
Label:	Harmonia Mundi
Cat No:	HM 40.138
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Genres:	ClassicalRomantic
Condition	Good
Status	Have
Added To List	2nd September 2014

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Mono, without re-processing. Comment from magazine cutting found in case: "Tchaikovsky's Liturgy [Op. 41] consists of 15 sections containing responses, litanies, short verses and hymns. [The] notes [presumably provided with the LP issue of this release] imply that the recording offers the 10 pieces which "diverge clearly from the traditional originals in the melodic and harmonic treatment", an explanation that obscures more than it enlightens. Dividing one of Tchaikovsky's numbers into two, the recording actually offers eight of the original sections, and some of those are incomplete. "The selection entitled "Polielei" ("The Praises") is not from the Liturgy at all, but from the [1882] Vespers [Op. 52]. To add still further to the confusion, the final piece is incorrectly identified as "Hvalite imia Gospodne" ("Praise the Name of the Lord"). Those are the opening words of the previous "Polielei"; the final number is in fact the communion verse, "Hvalite Gospode s nebes" ("Praise the Lord from Heaven"). Monitor gives the same misidentifications, which apparently emanate from Balkanton, the original producer of the recording." Tracklist as given in inlay: A1. Gospodi pomiluj A2. Heruvimska A3. Iako da tsaria A4. Verulu A5. Milost mira B1. Tebe poiem B2. Dostoino iest B3. Ottche nach B4. Polielei B5. Hvalite imia Gospodne

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