Davit Drambyan “Popevki Znamennogo Rospeva - Glas 4“ (“Попевки Знаменного Роспева - Глас 4“)

For complete album visit Davit Drambyan - vocals, electric oud Special guests: Alexander Goldenberg – keyboards, Andreas Thomas Unger – didgeridoo The album contains all 589 popevki (short motifs for liturgical usage in the Russian church), divided into eight echoi (so called “gláses“), according to V. Metallov “Osmoglasie znamennogo rospeva“, Moscow 1899. The names of the popevki themselves in old slavic language are used as “songtexts“. The chants are sung mostly non-stop at fast tempo,