Romanian Orthodox Chant Book from Transylvania

• Cantarile Bisericesti dupa Melodiile Celor Opt Glasuri (11 MB)
  by Fr. Dimitrie Cuntan, Sibiu. 1932 edition.

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• Orthodox Divine Services
  from Cluj, Romania

  These MP3s are edited from a series of live recordings made in and around the city of Cluj by Fr. Aris Metrakos during his visit to Romania in May 2007. While they are not professional-quality recordings, they still accurately represent contemporary liturgical singing of the Orthodox Romanians in Transylvania, a subject about which little can be found on the Internet. To reduce the size of these files, sermons and speeches have been removed. In the near future, I will include some explanations and commentary on these recordings.

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• Sunday, May 13, 2007
  Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with His Grace, Bishop Vasile at the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, Cluj
  Part 1
  Part 2

• Monday, May 14, 2007
  Vespers at the Church of All Saints, Cluj

• Wednesday, May 16, 2007
  Vespers at the Church in Cordos

• Thursday, May 17, 2007 -- The Ascension of Our Lord
  Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with His Grace, Bishop Vasile at the Cathedral in Cluj
  Part 1: Hymns from Matins, entrance of the bishop during "It is truly right", vesting during the Dogmaticon of Tone 8, and the Great Doxology
  Part 2: From the beginning of the Liturgy through the Cherubic Hymn
  Part 3: From the Litany after the Cherubic Hymn to the end of Liturgy, with the start of a Memorial Service

Divine Liturgy in Romanian
Columbia, South Carolina

This Divine Liturgy was celebrated on August 25, 2007 by Fr. Aris Metrakos, with chanting by David Mastroberte. Music marked "D. Cuntan" is the chant from western Transylvania as notated in the late 19th century by Fr. Dimitrie Cuntan of Sibiu. The uniformizata melodies are "standardized" chants (as the name implies) promulgated by the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate.

Part 1

Great Litany – Tone 8, uniformizata
Bless the Lord, O my soul – D. Cuntan
Only-begotten Son – D. Cuntan
Beatitudes – Tone 8, N. Lungu
Come, let us worship – D. Cuntan
Tropar of St. Bartholomew – Tone 3, psaltic
Tropar of Pentecost – Tone 8, D. Cuntan
Condac of St. Bartholomew – Tone 4, according to D. Cuntan

Part 2

Trisagion – Tone 5, Ghelasie Basarabean
Alleluia – Tone 1, uniformizata
Litany of Supplication – uniformizata

Part 3

Cherubic Hymn – D. Cuntan
Ecetenia – uniformizata
Father, Son and Holy Spirit – D. Cuntan

Part 4

Anaphora – D. Cuntan
It is truly right – D. Cuntan
Ectenia – uniformizata
Our Father – A. Pann

Part 5

One is holy – D. Cuntan
Paraliturgical Communion Hymn "Asa graieste Domnul slavei"
Blessed is he – D. Cuntan
Receive the Body of Christ – uniformizata
We have seen the true light – D. Cuntan
Let our mouths be filled – D. Cuntan
In the name of the Lord – uniformizata
Blessed be the name of the Lord – D. Cuntan

Sermon

Hymns to the Mother of God

"O Marie Sfanta"
"Preasfanta Nascatoare"
"Tie, Maica-Ti cer"

• PDF File: Pricesne si Cantari (a sheet of hymn lyrics)

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