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Title: Western Slavic rather than Eastern Slavic
Review: This is my 2nd CD from Rose Ensemble & both came with CD covers made of folded cardboard with an inset on each side of the inner cover: one holding the inner notes & the other the CD.Rose Ensemble has the cleanest & brightest Sopranos with the Tenor & Bass to back them up underneath. I sing plan chant in a Christian Orthodox Church & every so often sing Greek or Russian chant & I was surprised on how Western this music was. It is interesting how Russian (Slavic) chant simplified Greek chant in the Eastern Orthodox Church but this Slavic music goes a step further to almost Georgian in style. Therefore this music is not Slavic as in Russian, Ukrainian, or Serbian Orthodox but north western Slavic as in Poland & is Roman Catholic. Amazon.com decription of this CD says it contains music from Moscow, but this is not so. The CD title clearly says Ancient Bohemia & Poland.The music on the CD is rather unique & is worth a spin.
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