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) Audio Player
- Second Koukoulion
- Ikos One (Original Prologue) Audio Player
- Ikos Two Audio Player
- Ikos Three Audio Player
- Ikos Four Audio Player
- Ikos Five Audio Player
- Ikos Six
- Ikos Seven Audio Player
- Ikos Eight Audio Player
- Ikos Nine Audio Player
- Ikos Ten Audio Player
- Ikos Eleven Audio Player
- Ikos Twelve
- Ikos Thirteen Audio Player
- Ikos Fourteen Audio Player
- Ikos Fifteen Audio Player
- Ikos Sixteen Audio Player
- Ikos Seventeen Audio Player
- Ikos Eighteen
- Ikos Nineteen Audio Player
- Ikos Twenty Audio Player
- Ikos Twenty-one Audio Player
- Ikos Twenty-two Audio Player
- Ikos Twenty-three Audio Player
- Ikos Twenty-four
- Second Koukoulion (again) Audio Player
- O Tebe raduetsya / О Тебе радуется
Disc One
Audio PlayerFirst Stasis
Audio PlayerSecond Stasis
Audio PlayerDisc Two
Third Stasis
Audio PlayerFourth Stasis
Audio PlayerKoukoulion
Audio PlayerGramophone
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