[B-Greek] Greek liturgies in audio

Philip Silouan Thompson himself at philthompson.net
Fri Jul 16 00:18:09 EDT 2004


James Bowick wrote:
> Does anyone know where I could get Cds or cassettes of
> liturgies in Greek, esp. the liturgies of Chrysostom,
> and Basil the Great?

Apologies to the list if this is too far off-topic; followups by private
email are fine with me.

Dear James,

On CD here's a page with a number of different versions:
http://www.hchc.edu/bookstore/pages/Christmas2003/musicandvideos.asp

And here's one you can listen to online:
http://realserver.goarch.org/ram/liturgy.ram

For what it's worth, except for the theotokion, the Liturgies of Basil and
Chrysostom are identical from the point of view of the choir and
congregation. The clergy's prayers are rather longer in St Basil's Liturgy,
though most of those are intercessions and such that are spoken inaudibly.
Many CDs of the Liturgy include only the hymns and responses, since the
clergy parts are usually intoned in either monotone or ekphonesis. 

Also don't be surprised if the language you hear on these CDs is pronounced
more like modern Castilian Spanish than like Latin; that's how it's spoken
today. (2000 years of Arabic and Mediterranean influences have affected
Castilian and modern Greek pronunciation almost identically.)

Hope that's helpful,

Philip Silouan Thompson
himself at philthompson.net
http://www.philthompson.net
Walla Walla, Washington USA






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