Blazhen muzh-- How Blest the Man

SKU: PL.9615

Pavel Chesnokov was born in Voskresensk, Russia, and attended the Moscow Synodal School where his teachers included Kastalsky, Smolensky and Arensky. Blazhen muzh is the second movement of Chesnokov's setting of the All-Night Vigil Op. 44. It evokes the spirit of ancient Kievan chant in its use of a bass soloist who intones the verses of the psalm while the chorus follows with repeated portions of the text. Tradition is also observed in the thrice-repeated choral Alleluia refrains which follow each verse of the psalm text.