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Can anyone recommend some good CDs of Byzantine chant? I prefer smaller groups/choirs (all-male), and nothing too echo-y.
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2007, 03:53:22 PM » |
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Not too "echo-y"? Then DON'T buy kelfar's cd. Nothing wrong with "echo-y".
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2007, 03:53:31 PM » |
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I recommend the CD from St Anthony's Monastery for English (called the Divine Liturgies Project); it sounds just like the Greek. For Greek I enjoy Makris's Christmas CD but I don't know if it's small enough of a group for you. One of the hymns from Makris's CD flows as a stream on the website ecclesiagoc.org; it starts out with a soloist intoning "ne-ah-nes" and then Doxa Patri, followed by a choir that comes in singing "oti Chairos". If you like that you will like Makris's CDs, which are available from www.thehtm.orgI will try to think some other stuff today. |
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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2007, 04:10:04 PM » |
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Can anyone recommend some good CDs of Byzantine chant? I prefer smaller groups/choirs (all-male), and nothing too echo-y.
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My personal preference is anything that the monks of Simonopetra do. They have several CDs, one for Matins, one for Vespers, one for Liturgy and others dedicated to other special feasts and such. I also have a recording of the monks of Vatopadi Monastery on Athos going through Matins for Pascha--quite good! Scmandrius |
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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2007, 04:31:04 PM » |
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I know you are looking for a CD, but if you like free online chant, www.ieropsaltis.com is good. |
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2007, 04:55:39 PM » |
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For good byzantine chant in English, try Fr. Apostolos Hill, Eikona, or Boston Byzantine Choir.
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2007, 05:26:01 PM » |
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For good byzantine chant in English, try Fr. Apostolos Hill, Eikona, or Boston Byzantine Choir.
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You sure those aren't too "echo-y" too?  |
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« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2007, 02:33:16 PM » |
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« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2007, 02:43:27 PM » |
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As kelfar posted....cholmes, you must CHANGE your likeing. Echo-y is good! Dead sound = bad! |
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« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2007, 08:48:35 AM » |
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It is perhaps a bit more 'grand' that what you are asking for, but nonetheless, Lycourgos Angelopoulos' Greek Byzantine Choir's recording of the Divine Liturgy (Chrysostom) in Greek is a good recommendation; I am guessing it is not easy to find however.
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« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2007, 09:01:06 AM » |
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I can recommend some CDs of Byzantine chant in Romanian, if you're interested (just let me know) and then there's always this site, if you want an online source: http://www.resurse-ortodoxe.com/users/bumbacel/multimedia/audio/Cant%20bizantin.htmHope that helps, James |
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« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2007, 07:30:13 PM » |
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Thank you all for your recommendations, I will be sure to give them all a try!  |
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« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2007, 02:19:01 AM » |
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http://www.radio1.oasteadomnului.ro/Here you can listen to a live broadcast from a little Transylvanian village of a Romanian liturgy, celebrated according to the Transylvanian use, with Transylvanian chant, followed by a Parastas/Panahida. Right now they are at the Cherubic Hymn.
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