Don Cossack Chorus conducted by Serge Jaroff: Religious Music

Here’s the fourth album of songs by Serge Jaroff’s Don Cossacks on Columbia Masterworks and the second released as a long-player, Religious Music (ML 2163) from 1950. Their version of “In Church (from Album for Children)” swirls equal parts brooding and religious awe into a concoction that’s just about the heaviest thing imaginable. You know, for kids!

Gretchaninoff: Augmented Litany (After the Gospel)

Rachmaninoff: Ave Maria (from “Evening Service”)

Traditional: Funeral Service (Adapted to commemorate those who have died in the recent war)

Tchaikovsky: In Church (from “Album For Children”)

Traditional: Let All Mortal Flesh

Tchesnokoff: Alleluia (from “Requiem”)

Folksong: Christmas Song

Album audio & artwork

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