Russian Choral Masterpieces 合唱

拉爾夫-艾爾伍德精選了為東正教會創作的聖歌和其他合唱曲，靈感來自俄羅斯教會。部分由於前蘇聯教會的重新崛起，近年來人們對英國聖公會和其他西方基督教傳統之外的基督教音樂源泉的興趣急劇增長。雖然這裡介紹的作品可能不太熟悉，但它們都是大師級的作品。這套作品集旨在吸引不同水準的合唱團，其中包括用於葬禮儀式的 "Kontakion and Ikos"、俄羅斯偉大浪漫派的聖歌： 柴可夫斯基、拉赫瑪尼諾夫、格雷恰尼諾夫以及當代作曲家的作品： 斯特拉文斯基、施尼特克或阿爾沃-派特為東正教以外的傳統作曲，以及約翰-塔文納用俄語和英語創作的 "主禱文"

校訂者: Ralph Allwood
樂器: Choral
出版社: Novello

曲目:
The Lord's Prayer
Pater Noster
Blessed Is The Man
Come, Let Us Worship
Concerto For Mixed Chorus
The Cherubic Hymn
When Jesus Christ Was Yet

原文簡介:
An original and exciting collection of anthems and other choral pieces written for the Orthodox Church and inspired by the Church in Russia, selected by Ralph Allwood. Partly because of the re-emergence of the Church in the former Soviet Union, interest in Christian musical sources alternative to the great body of the Anglican and other Western Christian traditions has grown sharply in recent years. Though the works presented here may be unfamiliar, they are all masterly. Designed to appeal to choirs of various levels, the collection includes a “Kontakion and Ikos” for the funeral service, anthems by Great Russian Romantics: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Grechaninov; and composers from our age: Stravinsky, Schnittke, or Arvo Part speaking for a tradition outside the Orthodox Church, as well as settings of the “Lord's Prayer” in both Russian and English by John Tavener.