Title: Blessed Art Thou Among Women
Label: Reference Recordings
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS

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 Grammy® 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.

Tracks:
1.1 The Bells of St. Alexander Nevsky Diocesan Cathedral
1.2 Kondakion for the Nativity of Christ: Today the Virgin Gives Birth
1.3 Deva Dnes (Today the Virgin Gives Birth), Op. 7B
1.4 Benevestnaya Devo (O Virgin Unwedded)
1.5 A Hymn of Praise to the Mother of God
1.6 Presvjataja Bogoroditse (The Most Holy Theotokos)
1.7 Do Not Lament Me, O Mother
1.8 V Molitvakh Neusipayushchuyu Bogoroditsu (In Our Prayers, Ever-Vigilant Mother of God)
1.9 Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O Virgin), Op. 17
1.10 Virgin Theotokos, Rejoice
1.11 Dostoyno Yest' (It Is Truly Meet and Right)
1.12 It Is Truly Meet
1.13 Rejoice, O Queen
1.14 All of Creation Rejoices in Thee
1.15 Do Not Lament Me, O Mother
1.16 The Angel Cried Out
1.17 The Mystery of God from All Eternity
1.18 Apostles, Assembled Here
1.19 Joy of All the Sorrowful
1.20 The Voice of the Archangel (Sung in Russian)
1.21 To Thee, the Victorious Leader
1.22 To Thee, the Victorious Leader
1.23 Beneath Thy Compassion
1.24 In the Flesh Thou Didst Fall Asleep
1.25 Panikhida, Op. 39: Memory Eternal