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The CD "Life and Orthodox chant—Neofit, Metropolitan of Russe" was released in 2004
This compilation does not use the order of the tracks as they follow on this CD:
1) Doxastikon oktaechon Богоначальнымъ мановенiемъ (Θεαρχίῳ νεύματι) in Glas 1 (short version of Todorov's Mineynik, М 320) for Hesperinos preceding 15 August (dormition of the Theotokos/Bogoroditsa)
2) Обѧтиꙗ отча (Ἀγκάλας πατρικάς) in Glas 6 (kathisma katanyktiko/sedalen after the third ode of the canon, originally the prooimion of the kontakion-proshomoion according ликоу аггельскоу in Glas 1 known from folio 79 verso of the Tipografsky Ustav, on Sunday of the Prodigal Son, 9 weeks preceding Easter)
3) Heirmos kalophonikos Се покаѧниѧ оучителѧ in Glas 4 (echos legetos) in memory of Sv. Ivan Rilski (18 August & 19 October) (L 285, ascribed to Neofit Rilski)
4) Cherouvikon in Glas 1 (Bĕlgarski razpev)
5) Doxastikon Господи ꙗже во многiѧ грѣхи впадшаѧ жена (κύριε ἡ ἐν πολλαῖς ἁμαρτίαις περιπεσοῦσα γυνή) in Glas 8 for Orthros of Holy Wednesday (troparion by St Kassia, ἅγια κασσιανή. Св. Касия)
6) Heirmos Достойно есть (Ἄχιον ἔστιν) in Glas 6 sung during the divine liturgy (oral tradition of Široka Laka in the Rhodope mountains)
7) Doxastikon oktaechon Богоначальнымъ мановенiемъ in Glas 1 (short version)
8) Аггелъ вопiѧже (Ὁ ἄγγελος ἐβὸα) Easter sticheron in Glas 1 for Orthros
9) Doxastikon Тебе ѡдѣющагосѧ (Σὲ τὸν ἀναβαλλόμενον φῶς) in Glas 5 for Hesperinos of Good Friday
10) Heirmos kalophonikos Не тлѣнiѧ искоушенiемъ рождшаѧ (Μὴ τῆς φθορᾶς) in Glas 7 for Pentecost by Balasios the Priest (L 288)
11) Doxastikon Покаѧнiѧ ѡтверзими (Τῆς μετανοίας ἄνοιξόν μοι) in Glas 8 and psalm 50 in Glas 6 for Orthros (U 1-4)
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The letters refer to the standard editions used by Neofit and officially reprinted by the Holy Synod, the following numbers refer to the pages:
M: Manasiy Pop Todorov, ed.,
Псалтикийна Минейник Сѫдѫржащ всичките самогласни стихири, слави, тропари, величания и кондаци на всичките Господски и Богорочники праздници и празднуеми през цялата година (Sofia: Pečadnica «Pravo», 1922).
L: Manasiy Pop Todorov, ed.,
Псалтикийна Литургия На Св. Св. Иоанна Златоуста, Василия Велики и Григория Двоеслова (Sofia: Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, 1905).
U: Manasiy Pop Todorov, ed.,
Псалтикиина Утренна, repr. (Sofia: Sinodalno Izdatelstvo, 1992).
The same version is sung by the Sofia Choir of the Priests conducted by Neofit (first row, fourth from the left). His name was still Simeon Nikolov Dimitrov who started on 1 September 1973 as professor for cathedral chant at the Academy Sv. Kliment Ohridski, after he had returned from Moscow. As such he conducted the choir of the theological students. Since this recording was published in 1980, he was already archimandrite Neofit (1977 at the Sv. Nedelya cathedral). After the fall of the wall, Neofit became rector of the Sofia Academy of Theology Sv. Kliment Ohridski, and in 1992, after it was re-associated to the University (which has now as whole institution the name "Sv. Kliment Ohridski"), dean of the Faculty of Theology.
It is still the simplest version of the Psaltikinen' Mineynik, while the much less known edition by Petĕr Sarafov has three alternative versions:
1) the one by Gregorios the Protopsaltes (pp. 298-308),
2) Iakovos' version taken from the printed Doxastarion argon edition by Chourmouzios, adapted to Old Church Slavonic without changing any note (pp. 308-315),
3) a third version by Georgiy Protopsalt of Lozengrad (Gr. Σαράντα Εκκλησιές, Tk. Kırklareli) (pp. 316-321).
S: Petĕr V. Sarafov,
Рѫководство За Практическото и Теоретическо Изучване На Восточната Църковна Музика [Includes an Anthology Dedicated to Ioan Kukuzel with Menaion, a Voskresnik, and an Anthology for Utrenna and the Divine Liturgies] (Sofia: Peter Gluškov, 1912).