Rachmaninoff St. John Chrysostom (excerpts)

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S. Rachmaninov St. John Chrysostom (excerpts). The Byelorussian SSR G. Shirma Choir. С. Рахманинов. Литургия Святого Иоанна Златоуста (фрагменты). Государственная Академическая Хоровая Капелла Белорусской ССР Им. Г.Р. Ширмы. 

The State Academic Capella, also known as Grigori Shirma's State Academic Choir (Государственная академическая хоровая капелла Республики Беларусь им. Г. Ширмы), is the oldest Belorussian choral ensemble, founded by Grigori Romanovich Shirma in November 1939, at the time when Western Belarus reunited with Belorussian SSR. Originally the choir was named Белорусский ансамбль песни и танца, since 1950: Государственный академический хор Белорусской ССР, since 1957: Государственная академическая хоровая капелла БССР, and finally in 1978 it was named after Grigory Shirma.

Ludmila Yefinova (Людмила Борисовна Ефимова) (1937-2018) became head of Grigori Shirma's Byelorussian Academic State Chorus in 1987. Under her direction, the Capella turned into a versatile and distinct sounding ensemble. For over twenty years, she taught at the Minsk Glinka School of Music. She was known as the "Iron Lady of Belorussian Culture".

Single LP . Released in 1991. Sung in Church Slavonic. Notes in Russian.  

Record is mint, brand new and never played. The back of the jacket has some light wear. Front is fine.

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