Kyiv Chamber Choir. Kyrylo Stetsenko. Vol.1. Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.

"The second Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ("Zolotoustyj") was written in Tyvrov in 1910; it is characterized by a lyrical conception of this musical cycle. This is evident already in the First Antiphon "Bless the Lord, my soul", where the plasticity of the melodic line is combined with a highly prayerful quality. This Antiphon is among the most popular of Stetsenko's choral works and it serves as a worthy model of Stetsenko's creative approach. In the whole liturgical cycle it not only establishes Setsenko's lyrical concept, but also becomes a source of thematic international material...

As a whole Stetsenko's composition Liturgy of John Chrisostom is a monumental cycle bearing on great dramatic conflicts, created with high artistic power. Recreating the artistic conception of a grandiose drama, the composer operated with diverse means and a variety of techniques of writing to build a dynamic dramaturgy, which aided the development of the artistic idea ia a variety of aspects. The influence of Stetsenko's work is realized in the incorporation of new criteria and creative principles incorporated by the post-Lysenko generation of Ukrainian composers." L. Parkhomenko, Doctor of Arts, professor

(information from the polygraph of the disc. You will find the full text in the booklet, the text is published in Ukrainian and English)