Performers: Nizhny Novgorod Municipal Chamber Choir

Conductor: Ivan Stolnikov

Language: Church Slavonic

Description:  On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the repose of Patriarch Alexy II († December 5, 2008) “Russkiy Pastyr” Publishers have released a new CD – “Pascha” – in memory of two champions of Orthodox Church unity: His Holiness Patriarch Alexy and His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus († March 16, 2008). This is the 11th CD in the monumental Chants of the Russian Emigre series and is sung by the “Nizhny Novgorod” Municipal Chamber Choir under the direction of Ivan Stolnikov, with the participation of clergy from Moscow’s renowned Sretensky Monastery.

Sample tracks

Track Listing:

1. Johann Von Gardner Thy Resurrection

2. Archpriest Victor Ilyenko Christ is Risen; beginning of matins

3. Boris Ledkovsky         Great Litany

4. Mikhail Konstantinov, arr. Paschal Canon Ode 1

5. Sergei Riabtchenko         Little litany and hypakoe

6. Mikhail Konstantinov, arr. Paschal Canon Odes 4 & 6

7. V. Dreving, arr                 Little Litany and kontakion

8. Boris Ledkovsky         Having beheld Thy Resurrection

9. Mikhail Konstantinov, arr. Paschal Canon Ode 9

10. Archbishop Gabriel Exapostilarion

11. Nikolai Kedroff Jr.         Exapostilarion

12.Boris Ledkovsky         Exapostilarion

13. Boris Ledkovsky         Praises

14. Boris Ledkovsky         Paschal Stichera

15. Johann von Gardner, arr. First Antiphon

16. Johann von Gardner, arr. Little Litany and Second Antiphon

17. Boris Ledkovsky         Only begotton Son

18. Common Chant Third Antiphon

19. Evgeny Evetz         As many as have been baptized

20. Nikolai Kedroff Jr.         Paschal prokeimenon

21. Johann von Gardner, arr. Alleluia

22. Boris Ledkovsky         Litany of fervent supplication

23. Boris Ledkovsky         Cherubic hymn

24. Nikolai Kedroff Jr.         A mercy of peace

25. Maxime Kovalevsky Litany before the Lord's Prayer

26. Maxime Kovalevsky Lord's Prayer

27. Johann Von Gardner Communion Hymn

28. V. Dreving, arr         Troparion to St. John Chrysostom

29. Archpriest Victor Ilyenko Christ is risen

30. Boris Ledkovsky         Conclusion of the Liturgy and Christ is Risen