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Authentic
Byzantine Chant
ROMEIKO
Ensemble
CHERUBIC
Chorus
TODAY, upon the CROSS
Byzantine Court Chant and Laments from Good Friday
1
New Recording of the Royal Hour Nine and
Apokathelosis Services of Good Friday as celebrated
at Hagia Irene, Istanbul
Greek Laments and Carol from Good Friday
Old Byzantine melodies performed as
transcribed by the scholar Ioannis Arvanitis
Romeiko Ensemble & Cherubic Chorus
Yorgos Bilalis, Domestikos
CD + HD720p digital file/NTSC DVD + book (56 pgs)
The Church of Hagia Irene, Istanbul, Turkey, is a much smaller and older church than Hagia
Sophia. It became the Palace church for the Emperor and his family, after the construction
of Hagia Sophia by Justinian. The service of the Royal Hours has its origin in the Palace
church, and on Good Friday, the Royal Hours included the Emperor and his family. This production
by Romeiko Ensemble, based on manuscript transcriptions by Ioannis Arvanitis, recreates
the Royal Hour Nine and Apokathilosis services of Good Friday on CD and re-enacts
them on HD digital disc. The chant heard here is from the original 13th century manuscripts
which resides in the collection of the National Library in Athens. Greek Carols of Good Friday
and a Cyprian Lament of Virgin Mary at the foot of the Cross are sung and played by the
Cherubic Children’s Chorus.
CD
01. I gave my back to scourging, mode III, Chourmouzios (†1840)
02. He bears our sins, mode III, Chourmouzios (†1840)
03. A strange wonder, mode barys, Royal Hour Nine
04. When the transgressors nailed, mode II, Royal Hour Nine
05. Today He who hung the earth, mode pl. II, Royal Hour Nine
06. Aposticha Stichera Great Saturday Vespers, mode II
07. Joseph with Nicodemus took Thee down, mode plagal I
08. Anagrammatismos in Doxastikon of Great Saturday Vespers
Aposticha, mode plagal I
09. Great Saturday Matins: Canon, mode plagal II
10. Having Joseph seen the sun, mode plagal II
11. Thou hast lain down, mode plagal II, Gregorios Prot. (†1821)
12. Thou hast lain down, mode III, Chourmouzios Chart. (†1840)
13. Lamentations, stanza I, mode plagal I, (Cherubic Chorus)
14. Lamentations, stanza II, mode plagal I, (Cherubic Chorus)
15. Lamentations, stanza III, mode III, (Cherubic Chorus)
DVD
1. Royal Hour Nine of Good Friday
2. It Is Finished (TETELESTAI)
3. A Message of Deep Sorrow
4. Vespers of Good Friday
(Apokathelosis)
5. Sepulchre Lament
6. Good Friday Carols of Samos
7. Good Friday Carols of Thrace
8. Great Saturday Lamentations
9. End Titles
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Authentic
Byzantine Chant
EUCHARIST
The Liturgy of St. Basil
Mode Plagal II
ROMEIKO ENSEMBLE
Yorgos Bilalis, Domestikos
kouphisma
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A New Recording of the Divine Liturgy of St.
Basil in Mode Plagal II
St. Basil’s Liturgy chant in old byzantine style
transcribed by Ioannis Arvanitis.
Neobyzantine transcriptions of Ioannes
Kladas’ compositions by Chourmouzios.
Romeiko Ensemble
Yorgos Bilalis, Domestikos
2 CDs + full color liner notes book (80 pgs)
This second recording of the Divine Liturgy by Romeiko Ensemble brings to contemporary
audiences neobyzantine transcriptions of Chourmouzios by one of the Byzantine Maistores
(Byzantine Masters of composition), that of Ioannes Kladas in Mode Plagal II. Kladas
(a contemporary of Ioannes Koukouzelis) was the most prominent master musician of
the Great Church in the 15th Century. The recording includes the hymns of the Liturgy in
their entirety, along with the Anaphora hymns of St. Basil’s Liturgy and the Creed in old
byzantine style. This undertaking is once again made possible by the scholarship of Ioannis
Arvanitis in transcribing the original medieval manuscripts, with Romeiko Ensemble’s
world renown experience and their captivating performances of Byzantine Chant, they
have remained true in an authentic manner to the original arrangement.
CD 1
01. Apolytikion Hypakoe, Kontakion, mode pl. II
02. Typika stasis A’, mode plagal IV, Petros Ephesios
03. Typika stasis B’, mode plagal I, Petros Ephesios
04. Those who have been baptized, mode plagal I
05. Dynamis, mode plagal I, P. Ephesios
06. Dynamis, Trisagion, mode II, Xenos Koronis
07. Kratema of Dynamis, mode II, Xenos Koronis
08. Allelouia of Epistle, mode plagal II, I. Kladas
09. Cherubic Hymn dysikon, mode plagal II, I. Kladas
10. Father Son, mode plagal IV, Y. Moschianos
11. The Creed, mode IV, Manuel Gazis
12. St. Basil’s Liturgy: Holy Holy Holy, mode II, anonymous,
Old Byzantine Melody
13. St. Basil’s Liturgy: We hymn thee, mode II
14. St. Basil’s Liturgy: Thou art full of grace, mode
plagal IV, Xenos Koronis
CD 2
01. Kyrie eleison in five modes, Nilefs Kamarados
02. Communion Hymn, mode pl. II, I. Kladas
03. Let our mouth be filled, mode I, A. Sigeros
04. Let our mouth be filled, mode plagal II,“Asma”
05. Blessed be the name, mode pl. II, X. Koronis
06. Terirem monopnous, mode pl. II, I. Koukouzeles
07. Terirem, mode plagal II, Ioannes Kladas
08. Polychronion to the Emperor, mode IV
09. St. Basil’s Liturgy: Holy Holy Holy, mode II,
“Ancient melody”
10. St. Basil’s Liturgy: Holy Holy Holy, mode I,
Kosmas Madytinos
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