part I. Devoted to the memory of Russian newlymartyrs. Put the beginning now, oh brothers ; The beginning of fearful Christening ; Sobbing, pity and grief ; The ungrateful are left alone ; He was timid, but firm ; Belgorod's Ioasaf the saint's hourly prayer ; The Mother of Christ is help to the helpless ; Is hanging on the cross today ; Raise my eyes to You in the heaven, God ; The peace with the holy souls ; The Lord is one and eternal ; The eternal memory ; The cross is rising today ; Russian soil appears under the God today ; Russian Church rejoices happily today ; Today the Russian newlymartyrs ; Heart up, Russia ; The Patroness of Christian mankind electing from all kin --, part II. Devoted to the memory of the regal martyrs. God, save the Tsar! ; Lord, save the faithful ; Today Judas leaves the Lord, and recognizes the Devil ; By Pilat[e] the Judaic meeting obtain to crucify You, God ; How long, God, the way of impiouses draw out? ; When you, Tsar the martyr, was contained by theomachists ; Martyr Tsarevitch Alexei ; The holy regal martyrs confessed this ; Like the forgiving Lamb ; Glory is true suffering ; Cover by the light as chasuble ; Clarify my eyes, Christ ; Come, brothers, give the last kiss ; Commit[t]ing to the earth, take over, creating You ; The eternal memory ; Lord of strength, be with us ; The cross is keeper of all universe ; Take heart, Christian church ; The embrace of the Father --, and part III. The untimely Passover. Our Father ; I sacrifice the voice of the prodigal son to You, God ; Get rid of existing shortcomings of fatherly estate ; On the Jordan ; As in the ancient times ; Be prior to the divines in great daring ; Thou has vouchsafed the good thief the paradise ; Thy coffin, Thou the Saviour ; Oh, Mother of God, Thy sweet voice ; He throve like phoenix ; Oh, exceeding glorious wonder ; Be glad, life-giving cross ; He intricately prophesied a lot ; Upholder of the Orthodox faith ; Today the pastor of Kronshtadt ; He has taken the divine grace from Heaven ; Thy last supper -- Come the lawful canopy ; Under Thy shelter, Sovereign ; The house of Ephrathah ; May every man begin ; Be glad, Russian land ; Having fallen asleep with flesh ; You, Christ, was the luminary, set before the sun in the coffin ; Telling before the morning, earlier than Maria ; The angel cried ; From rising of the sun till its setting the name of Lord is to be praised ; Arise, God.
Devoted to the memory of Russian newlymartyrs Devoted to the memory of the regal martyrs Untimely Passover
Note
"These programs emplo[y] canonical texts of the Russian Orthodox Church (the Moscow Patriarchate) and the Foreign Russian Orthodox Church"--Insert. RCD: RCD 29001 (part I); RCD 29002 (part II); RCD 29003 (part III). AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
Participant/Performer Note
Men's Choir of the Valaam Singing Culture Institute ; I. Ushakov, conductor.
Data/Place of Event
Recorded at Classical Music-Studio, St. Petersburg, 1995.
