The Orthodox Singers Male Choir - Basso Profondo From Old Russia - Before Thy Cross | Alexey Lvov

Basso Profondo From Old Russia Standing by the Cross (Alexei Fydorovich Lvov)Before Thy Cross. Music by Alexey Lvov The Orthodox Singers Male Choir, directed by G. Smirnov A.F. Lvov (1798-1870) was director of the Imperial Chapel from 1837 to 1870 and a renowned violinist and fervent admirer of German music. He imposed this style on Russian liturgical music through the power of censorship he held over religious music publication. He selected this excerpt from the Wednesday matins from the fourth week of Le