Sviridov: Three Choruses for Tolstoy's 'Tsar Feodor Ioannovich' - 1. Prayer

[nirvana2187]

Transcendent Beautiful Serene. Great music by Sviridirov

[wookie3691215]

My highschool Choir did this piece last year!! I loved it!

[mattoid42]

Thank you for posting!

This is my favorite piece of the Three Choruses. However, I do not like this particular tempo. It may be technically correct (I have not checked), but at a slower tempo, this song is even more beautiful.

My favorite version is fantastically slow and expressive, performed by "Gloriae Dei Cantores" - it can be found on the soundtrack for the movie "Lorenzo's Oil."

There is a version on iTunes (by "State Capella of St Petersburg") that is a little slower than this, too.

[earthatic]

What an amazing piece! A composer I have never heard of before but his work sounds great so I will look into his music more! Thanks for uploading! :D

[widowspider91]

An absolutely amazing piece and the chorus sings amazingly! It sounds exactly like in an Orthodox church. You made a very good choice when you uploaded this piece!