The performance is spectacularly successful. Short paces the score superbly and his singers are with him at every turn.
– International Record Review
Alexander Levine: The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
Tenebrae 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.
The performance is spectacularly successful. Short paces the score superbly and his singers are with him at every turn.
– International Record Review
- Release Date: 11 March 2013
- Record Label: Signum Classics
- Catalogue Number: SIGCD316
- Location of Recording: St Augustine’s Church, Kilburn, London
- Total Running Time: 01:17:05
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| Buy | # | Title | Composer | Duration | Price | Listen |
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| 1 | Introduction and Great Litany | Alexander Levine | 06:20 | £ | Listen | |
| 2 | First Antiphon | Alexander Levine | 04:55 | £ | Listen | |
| 3 | Second Antiphon | Alexander Levine | 02:59 | £ | Listen | |
| 4 | Hymn to the Lord | Alexander Levine | 02:16 | £ | Listen | |
| 5 | The Third Antiphon: Beatitudes | Alexander Levine | 04:47 | £ | Listen | |
| 6 | Entrance Hymn | Alexander Levine | 03:25 | £ | Listen | |
| 7 | Trisagion Hymn | Alexander Levine | 03:55 | £ | Listen | |
| 8 | Litany of Fervent Supplication | Alexander Levine | 03:32 | £ | Listen | |
| 9 | Litany for the Catechumens | Alexander Levine | 03:44 | £ | Listen | |
| 10 | Cherubic Hymn | Alexander Levine | 02:59 | £ | Listen | |
| 11 | That We May Receive the King of All | Alexander Levine | 00:55 | £ | Listen | |
| 12 | Litany of Fervent Supplication | Alexander Levine | 04:26 | £ | Listen | |
| 13 | The Creed | Alexander Levine | 05:31 | £ | Listen | |
| 14 | Anaphora | Alexander Levine | 03:49 | £ | Listen | |
| 15 | We Hymn Thee | Alexander Levine | 01:39 | £ | Listen | |
| 16 | Hymn to the Virgin | Alexander Levine | 03:19 | £ | Listen | |
| 17 | Litany Before the Lord's Prayer | Alexander Levine | 02:14 | £ | Listen | |
| 18 | The Lord's Prayer and Elevation | Alexander Levine | 04:26 | £ | Listen | |
| 19 | The Communion | Alexander Levine | 04:12 | £ | Listen | |
| 20 | Hymn of Praise | Alexander Levine | 03:41 | £ | Listen | |
| 21 | Thanksgiving and Dismissal | Alexander Levine | 01:54 | £ | Listen | |
| 22 | Blessed Be the Name of the Lord | Alexander Levine | 02:04 | £ | Listen |
Soaring, ecstatic and gorgeously performed.
– BBC Music Magazine
This is singing of a very high order. They bring a quiet beauty of tone to the more reflective moments
– Robert Hugill
The singing is immaculate and burns with conviction. It is, quite simply, superb.
– MusicWeb International
it is very definitely an elaborate kind of music and requies a very high standard of performance. Tenebrae are the choir for the job: the sound, while perfectly blended, is also, paradoxically, clearly built from individual timbres, like a richly veined marble. It is surely just what the composer desired
– Gramophone Magazine