Alexander Levine

The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Tenebrae

Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212031629

Catalog number: SIGCD 316
Releasedate: 05-04-13

Tenebrae's latest album 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.

Introduction and Great Litany