Tchaikovsky: Liturgy Of St. John Chrysostom - Matthew Best, Corydon Singers (2012)
Tchaikovsky: Liturgy Of St. John Chrysostom - Matthew Best, Corydon Singers (2012)
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 273 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Helios | Catalog Number: 55437
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 273 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Helios | Catalog Number: 55437
‘There is nothing like entering a church on a Saturday, standing in the semi-darkness with the scent of incense wafting through the air, lost in deep contemplation searching for an answer to those perennial questions, wherefore, when, whither and why?’ These words, from one of Tchaikovsky’s own letters, sum up the spirit behind the glorious Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op 41. The work is steeped in the Orthodox tradition, the choral writing provides that sense of transparency and simplicity demanded by the text, and the resulting ambience is rich in the manner familiar to Western listeners from works such as Rachmaninov’s Vespers.
This recording also includes ten choruses to texts many of which are taken from the Liturgy. The first nine were published together in 1885, while the tenth, The angel cried, was lost shortly after its first performance in 1887 and only rediscovered thirteen years after the composer’s death.
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Matthew Best
Orchestra/Ensemble: Corydon Singers
Reviews: Matthew Best and the Corydon Singers received great acclaim for their recordings of Rachmaninov's choral music, and now they turn to two of Tchaikovsky's infrequently aired choral works. The English choral tradition frequently gets criticized for a white, cool sound, but in the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, there is certainly nothing staid about these performances. The Corydon Singers' vigor and commitment is anything but reticent, nearly overwhelmingly so in the rhapsodic vocal writing of the Cherubic Hymn section. This is dramatic, full-blooded, and unapologetically emotional singing that fully demonstrates the operatic elements that so discombobulated the Orthodox Church authorities.
The Nine Sacred Choruses are even more impressive, offering atmospheric, beautifully blended singing. Perhaps in the English tradition the balance tends to favor the high voices at the expense of the low end of the spectrum, and though the subterranean Russian basses are missed at times, the refined commitment of the Corydon Singers under Best's skillful direction is both dynamic and idiomatic. The lovely miniature setting, The Angel Cried, makes an offbeat and worthy centerpiece.
The recorded sound is atmospheric; but, oddly for this label's usually supremely conscientious annotation, the venue is not named. Though Russian choruses claim a certain authenticity with a dark, mellow quality that Western choirs cannot quite match, nonpurists looking for the two main works on this disc will be satisfied with these fine, committed performances.
Tracklisting:
1. Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Matthew Best
Orchestra/Ensemble: Corydon Singers
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878; Russia
2. An Angel crying by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Matthew Best
Orchestra/Ensemble: Corydon Singers
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Russia
3. Sacred pieces (9) for mixed Chorus by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Matthew Best
Orchestra/Ensemble: Corydon Singers
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884-1885; Russia
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