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4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting Selection of Old Church Slavonic Music, June 18, 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: Russian and Ukranian Chants of the 16th & 17th Centuries (Audio CD)
Of the 16th & 17th Centuries Russian & Ukrainian Chants CD is mostly solid music. The listener may not be aware that all such chants originally come from Ukraine and the old Kyivan (Kievan) Rus (old Ukraine), even though they are presented here as "Russian". One cut, entitled "On the Unification of Russia and Ukraine" is a typical Russian chauvinist interpretation of Ukrainian history. The Russian-Ukrainian unification is a pure fantasy of both the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian government. Enthusiasts of the genre will enjoy this CD, regardless of politics. Today's independent Ukraine and its cultural revival speaks for itself.
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