Blessed Art Thou Among Women / Various Blessed Art Thou Among Women / Various CD

Reference Recordings is very pleased to present the third release in our series from the PaTRAM Institute, rising stars whose previous two albums on our label, Teach Me Thy Statutes (FR-727SACD) and The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (FR-731), have been honored with Grammy½ nominations for Best Choral Performance. The music performed on this new recording of Russian Orthodox choral music comprises works of many great Russian composers, all celebrating the theme of Russian Orthodox hymns dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

1. The Bells of St. Alexander Nevsky Diocesan Cathedral 2. Kondakion for the Nativity of Christ: Today the Virgin Gives Birth 3. Deva Dnes (Today the Virgin Gives Birth), Op. 7B 4. Benevestnaya Devo (O Virgin Unwedded) 5. A Hymn of Praise to the Mother of God 6. Presvjataja Bogoroditse (The Most Holy Theotokos) 7. Do Not Lament Me, O Mother 8. V Molitvakh Neusipayushchuyu Bogoroditsu (In Our Prayers, Ever-Vigilant Mother of God) 9. Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O Virgin), Op. 17 10. Virgin Theotokos, Rejoice 11. Dostoyno Yest' (It Is Truly Meet and Right) 12. It Is Truly Meet 13. Rejoice, O Queen 14. All of Creation Rejoices in Thee 15. Do Not Lament Me, O Mother 16. The Angel Cried Out 17. The Mystery of God from All Eternity 18. Apostles, Assembled Here 19. Joy of All the Sorrowful 20. The Voice of the Archangel (Sung in Russian) 21. To Thee, the Victorious Leader 22. To Thee, the Victorious Leader 23. Beneath Thy Compassion 24. In the Flesh Thou Didst Fall Asleep 25. Panikhida, Op. 39: Memory Eternal