A new CD album of
the Monastic Choir of St Elisabeth Convent has been released. The album was
recorded under the supervision of Nun Juliania (Denisova). We hope that the
listeners will enjoy the new album Our Faith with its diverse tracklist,
which includes:
– Church hymns of Byzantine,
Macedonian, and znamenny chants;
– Music by P. Chesnokov, P.
Tchaikovsky, I. Boldysheva, V. Basner, Nun Juliania (Denisova);
– Spiritual canticles with
lyrics by classical poets and contemporary authors, including St Nikolaj of
Serbia, Archpriest Andrei Logvinov, and Archpriest Artemius Vladimirov;
– Folk songs.
These hymns and songs
gained popularity among parishioners and audiences in many cities and towns
around the world where the sisters had concerts or participated in church
worship. It was thanks to numerous requests of the music lovers that the
sisters decided to record some chants from the repertoire of the Monastic
Choir, which normally consists of no more than 10 sisters.
Nun Juliania (Denisova),
the Precentor-in-Chief of St Elisabeth Convent, points out that the new album
of the Monastic Choir includes chants from the Shining Bright album,
chants from the repertoire of the Festive Choir of St Elisabeth Convent, and
songs specially harmonised for the tours of the Monastic Choir. Belarusian and
Russian folk songs are mingled with a French song. Tchaikovsky’s piece When Jesus
Christ Was Yet A Child is followed by an ancient (7th – 8th
century) canticle Walking Down God’s Mountain. All these pieces are
joined together by the peculiarities of treatment and sound of this choir.
Konstantin Karmanov, the
head of the Audio Studio of St Elisabeth Convent and the sound engineer of the Our
Faith project, emphasises that this project has a missionary purpose, “We speak
about Christ through the brilliant art of church singing. The sisters sing
wholeheartedly and take to heart the music pieces they perform. Beside that,
this album contains a chronicle of the development of contemporary art of
church singing, expressed through the traditions of choir singing upheld in St
Elisabeth Convent.”
Total runtime of this
album is 54 minutes.
Download this CD here: https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/our-faith-cd-the-monastic-choir-of-st-elisabeth-convent-download.html
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