Abstract. The Set consists of 5 CDs containing musical compositions performed by the Moscow Male Chamber Choir. The Choir was founded in 1988, during the preparation for the Millennium of Christening of Russia celebration. The Choir’s mission is a revival of national singing traditions and popularization of the best examples of the Russian musical heritage.

The Choir performs mainly chants of Russian Orthodox Church: melodies of the Russian Monasteries, early Russian polyphony examples, examples of “neuma” chants, and sacred music by Russian composers of the XVII-XXth centuries, as well as choral compositions by modern Russian and foreign composers who work in the genre of a sacred music.

1.Saint Russia. Chants of Russian Orthodox Church of the XVII-XXth centuries. 1999

2. Serbian and Bulgarian Religious Chants. 1993

3. Russian Folk Songs. 1998

4. Christmas Chants and Russian Folk Songs. 1997

5. Religious Singing by Russian Composers of the XXth Century. 1991

Source: V. Rybin Choir, Zvuk Co.