Ikon [Import]

Georgy Vasilevich Sviridov (Composer), Alexander Grechaninov (Composer), Viktor Kalinnikov (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Arvo Part (Composer), Henryk Gorecki (Composer), Knut Nystedt (Composer), Stephen Layton (Conductor), James Bowman (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: James Bowman
• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Composer: Georgy Vasilevich Sviridov, Alexander Grechaninov, Viktor Kalinnikov, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Arvo Part, et al.
• Audio CD (June 10, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B000002ZZ2
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,955 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Three Choruses For Tolstoy's Tsar Feodor Iannovich: Prayer

2. Three Choruses For Tolstoy's Tsar Feodor Iannovich: Sacred Love

3. Three Choruses For Tolstoy's Tsar Feodor Iannovich: A Verse of Repentance

4. Four Choruses From Songs Of Troubled Times: Autumn

5. Four Choruses From Songs Of Troubled Times: Bright Fields

6. Four Choruses From Songs Of Troubled Times: Spring And The Sorcerer

7. Four Choruses From Songs Of Troubled Times: The Ikon

8. The Cherubic Hymn

9. Radiant Light

10. We Hymn Thee

11. The Creed

12. The Cherubic Hymn

13. Our Father

14. Blessed Are They

15. Magnificat

16. Totus tuus

17. Immortal Bach

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars English Choir Come Close to Authentic Russian, April 4, 2003

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John D. Dooley "PhiloX" (Southern California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ikon (Audio CD)

My wife is from Russia & when we first played this CD, we thought the Choir was from Russia. No, its the Holst Singers, a group from England. How did they do it? I always like James Bowman as a counter tenor, but the Angelic Soprano is the highlight on this CD, even the bass singers sound like Russian deacons chanting biblical verses or praises to God through the Holy Doors. Most of the musical sections are classic Russian choir songs from the liturgy, but the "Four Choruses From Songs Of Troubled Times" is rather folk to maybe pagan in origin. The last 3 sections are from modern composers that fit well with the older material. We listen this CD all the time, specially before church, or during Holy Days, & believe me; the Orthodox church has a lot of Holy Days :)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning, November 26, 2005

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Malcolm F. Fuller (Stony Brook, NY, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ikon (Audio CD)

I first heard this recording of the Grechaninov Creed on the BBC and I just had to buy it and although I have played it many times I still find it stunning. I have come to love most of the disc and if you enjoy liturgical music a capella you will surely enjoy this.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Music, August 11, 2005

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D. Schulenberg (MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ikon (Audio CD)

Ikon is perhaps the best acapella CD of Russian music I have purchased. I had looked for years trying to find a certain song; and when I found it on this cd I bought it solely for that song. What a suprise to hear the rest. I listen to it at least once a day. A must Buy!