Levine / Short,Nigel Divine Liturgy Of St. John Chrysostom CD

Tenebrae's latest disc on Signum sees their return to the repertoire of Russian composer Alexander Levine. The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom is Levine's most significant large-scale religious work to date. Inspired by the humility and humanity of the murdered Russian priest (and friend of Levine) Fr. Alexander Men and composed over a three-month period of spiritual immersion, research and contemplation (similar to that described by his great forebears Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov), the work traces a continuous spiritual growth towards the central point of the Liturgy - the Holy Communion.

1. Introduction and Great Litany 2. First Antiphon 3. Second Antiphon 4. Hymn to the Lord 5. The Third Antiphon: Beatitudes 6. Entrance Hymn 7. Trisagion Hymn 8. Litany of Fervent Supplication 9. Litany for the Catechumens 10. Cherubic Hymn 11. That We May Receive the King of All 12. Litany of Fervent Supplication 13. The Creed 14. Anaphora 15. We Hymn Thee 16. Hymn to the Virgin 17. Litany Before the Lord's Prayer 18. The Lord's Prayer and Elevation 19. The Communion 20. The Hymn of Praise 21. Thanksgiving and Dismissal 22. Blessed Be the Name of the Lord