Ivan Moody: The Akáthistos Hymn
$10.98 – $19.98
The Akáthistos Hymn to the Virgin Mary, set by Ivan Moody. This lyrical masterpiece in 24 stanzas has been treasured for nearly 1,500 years by Eastern Christians. Father Moody’s 1998 setting, composed specially for the ensemble, weaves beloved Greek melodies into Russian choral textures as it progresses from reverent contemplation to ecstatic transcendence.
This second 2018 edition of Cappella Romana’s original release features updated essays and biographies of the artists. With full texts in English and translations for lyrics in Greek and Slavonic.
- First Koukoulion (original prologue)
- Second Koukoulion
- Ikos One (Original Prologue)
- Ikos Two
- Ikos Three
- Ikos Four
- Ikos Five
- Ikos Six
- Ikos Seven
- Ikos Eight
- Ikos Nine
- Ikos Ten
- Ikos Eleven
- Ikos Twelve
- Ikos Thirteen
- Ikos Fourteen
- Ikos Fifteen
- Ikos Sixteen
- Ikos Seventeen
- Ikos Eighteen
- Ikos Nineteen
- Ikos Twenty
- Ikos Twenty-one
- Ikos Twenty-two
- Ikos Twenty-three
- Ikos Twenty-four
- Second Koukoulion (again)
- O Tebe raduetsya / О Тебе радуется
Disc One
First Stasis
Second Stasis
Disc Two
Third Stasis
Fourth Stasis
Koukoulion
Gramophone
As if 96 gorgeous minutes of the Akáthistos Hymn were not value for money, the album is rounded off with a shimmering performance of O Tebe Raduetsya, Moody’s 1990 setting of another hymn to the Virgin, this time from the Russian Orthodox tradition ” –B. Witherden
