CHANTS FROM VALAAM: SELECTED HYMNS FROM THE SERVICES AND TRIODIA AND HYMNS OF THE ALL-NIGHT VIGIL, Choir of the Brotherhood of Valaam The Valaam Monastery in the far northwest corner of Russia is an ancient center of Russian Spirituality from where missionaries brought the Orthodox faith to Alaska and the rest of America. The monastery has its own rich tradition of chant, which was interrupted under the Soviet yoke. And now, as that tradition (and the monastery itself) are in the process of being restored, a very interesting development has occurred, which is reflected on this recording: instead of singing in unison or in an improvised triadic harmony (as most Russians do), the brethren sing Valaam and other Russian monastic chants with an isonan underlying drone that is characteristic of Greek Byzantine singing. Apart from resulting in a very different sound, this manner of singing underscores the underlying similarities between the Byzantine and Slavic chant traditions.

Compact Disc: $17.00 (No. CP 000068) Cassette: $12.00 (No.CP 000067) Church Slvonic

DIVINE HARMONY: THE MUSIC AND ICONS OF EARLY RUSSIA, Russian Partiarchate Choir; directed by Anatoly Grindenko The first volume of The Muses Collection explores the spiritual and cultural traditions of early Russia. Included are images of vivid, unpublished religious icons; selections of Russian Orthodox Church music from the 12th to the 17th centuries; extensive notes by renowned Russian iconographer Adolphe Ovthinnikov and scholar musican Anatoly Grindenko. (Church Slavonic)

$20.00 Art Book and CD (OPS 7-001) Church Slavonic

THE DIVINE LITURGY OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH - BVZANTINE CHANT IN ENGLISH, The Choir of St. George Church, Rose Bay, NSW, Australia "I am delighted with this initiative of the Choir of the Parish Community of St. George, Sydney, to produce a compact disc containing the Orthodox Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in an approved English translation. It will be of spiritual benefit to all who listen." - Archbishop Stylianos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia

$10.00 Cassette (CX-SDEMB) $15.00 Compact Disc (CD-SDEMB) English

FIRST FRUITS: BYZANTINE CHANT IN ENGLISH, Sung by the Boston Byzantine Choir A very highly regarded recording of Byzantine chant in the English language. Thiss small mixed choir of St. Mary's Orthodox Church presents a selection of 25 hymns and troparia and Kontakia of major feasts, including: Blessed is the Man; O Lord I Have Cried; Rich Men Have Turned Poor; God is the Lord; Resurrectional Troparion; The Magnificat of the Most Holy Theotokos and Troparion of the Nativity of Christ. One of the best rrecordings of Byzantine Chant in English so far.

Compact Disc: $18.00 Cassette: $12.00 English

THE LITURGY OF SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, Op. 31 (Rachmanivov), The Kansas City Chorale; conducted by Charles Bruffy "A gripping realization... a superb achievement... Hearing it blind, without seeing the CD label packaging, you'd swear that the Nimbus recording of Rachmaninoff's 1910 "Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom" was sung by one of the ranking choirs of St. Petersburg, Moscow, or Sofia." - Stereo Review

$16.00 2 CD Set (ALL NIM-5497) Church Slavvonic

O CHAMPION LEADER, St. Vladimir's Seminary Octet '95 During the summer of 1995, St. Vladimir's Seminary Octet '95 traveled over 17,000 miles, visiting over eighty Orthodox parishes as distant as Orlando, Florida, Portland, Oregon, Billings, Montana and Houston, Texas. The Octet was hosted by parishes from a variety of Orthodox jurisdictions including, for the first time in the Octet's history, a community of Oriental Orthodox. On this recording the Octet sings selections from the Vigil service, the Divine Liturgy and the offices of Great Lent, beautifully rendered by eight male voices in the melodies of various traditions, including Slavic, Romanian and Byzantine, as well as contemporary arrangements. Includes: The Angel Cried (Balakirev), Psalm 103 (Kedrov), Nine Odes for the Canon of St. Andrew (Arkhangelsky), Antiphon XVI of the Matins of Holy Friday (Byzantine Chant), Trisagion Hymn (Breck), O Taste and See (Froyshov).

$10.00 Cassette (CX-255) $16.00 Compact Disc (CD-255) English