"[A]rresting...literarily astute.” – The San Francisco Chronicle

PETER TCHAIKOVSKY
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Opus 41 
Russian Chamber Chorus of New York
Nikolai Kachanov, Conductor

Chosen by New York Times critic James R. Oestreich as one of the ten best classical recordings of 2001

Here is another underexposed gem of the New York music world in a piece that it has honed beautifully in recent years and now recorded. If you don't know this work--with Rachmaninoff's Vespers, a cornerstone of the transcendent literature of the Russian Orthodox Church--you only think you know Tchaikovsky. -- James R. Oestreich, The New York Times [see more reviews]

PETER TCHAIKOVSKY
Vespers & Three Sacred Choruses
Russian Chamber Chorus of New York
Nikolai Kachanov, Conductor
[my solo on track 2]

Conductor Kachanov and the chorus bring a luxurious, rich interpretation to the work.-- Chris Ledbetter, Detroit News and Free Press [see more reviews]

YURI YUKECHEV
My Heart is Ready
from the Psalms of David
Russian Chamber Chorus of New York
Nikolai Kachanov, Conductor
[my solo on track 6]

Two superbly prepared cantata performances…richly imagined and deftly realized. -- James Oestreich, The New York Times

It is simply hauntingly beautiful choral music. -- Vladimir Morosan, Musica Russica

NIKOLAI KACHANOV
Benevolence
choral cycle on poetry of Nicholas Roerich
Reflections on Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan
Musical poem for chorus, synthesizers, and trumpets
Russian Chamber Chorus of New York
Nikolai Kachanov, Conductor

WINTER CELEBRATION
Carols and Songs
Russian Chamber Chorus of New York
Nikolai Kachanov, Conductor
Ukrainian carols (arr. Kachanov); Rachmaninoff, Six Songs for Women's Voices and Vocalise; Grechaninoff, selections from Liturgia Domestica.