Ikon, Vol. 2 – Sacred Choral Music from Eastern Europe / Holst Singers

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

Holst Singers,
Stephen Layton (conductor)

Recorded in All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, on 8-11 January 2010

Duration 71’35.

Label: Hyperion – CDA67756
Barcode: 034571177564
Format: CD
Country: UK
Made in France.
Released: 2010

In 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 beauty. Now the same forces return with Ikon II. Many of the works recorded here are by composers whose names will not be familiar—but the extraordinary quality of the music is unmistakable and immediately enthralling.