Hymns to the Virgin
Conductor: Piotr V. Spassky
Soloist: Protodeacon Mikhail Storogenko
Producer and engineer: Michael Stillman
Recorded at: Cathedral on Rue Daru, Paris
Recording: Monitor Records (New York)
Recorded approximately 1966
Playlist
- It is Fitting (Bortniansky)
- The Archangel’s Voice (Bortniansky)
- Rejoice O Bride (Praise to the Mother of God)
- Assumption Matinsong (Kievan melody, Jerusalem harmonization)
- Diligently Unto the Mother of God (Arkhangelsky)
- The Doors of Mercy (Arkhangelsky)
- We Have No Other Help (Arkhangelsky)
- Assuage Our Sickness (Arkhangelsky)
- Prophets from on High (Lvov)
About
The Orthodox Cathedral Choir of Paris, which sings in the beautiful old cathedral on Rue Daru, became the most important center for the preservation of the Russian liturgical tradition after the Revolution in 1917. It is generally acknowledged to be the outstanding choral group of its type.
Since 1948, it conductor has been Piotr Vassilievich Spassky, who has devoted a fruitful lifetime to music. Born in 1896 in the Don region, Mr. Spassky became choir conductor of the Don Ecclesiastical Seminary at the age of 26. He continued to work in Bulgaria, Italy and finally, in France. His choir has performed with great success there and abroad, notably in Rimini, Italy, in 1962. Very recently, he was invited to give a series of concerts for the millennial celebration of the famous Mont St. Michel monastery in France.
Source: LP Cover