This CD is superb. Every track relies extensively on the choral work of the singers in the Pokrovsky Ensemble. There's a little variation in tempo and background instrumentation, but most of the tracks are pretty similar, with an oddly unsettling, powerful quality to them. None are more unsettling than the Stravinsky pieces themselves, where angular, demented instrumentation supplements the intense vocal work.
Every track is great.
Try cut 17 and tell me this isn't some of the most powerful music you've ever heard. Try cut 3 for an excellent solo female vocal lament, and compare it to Stravinsky's augemented version, cut 4. The liner notes are also superb. Translations of all the songs are provided, as well extensive notes, which describe Russian wedding customs, and speculate on Stravinsky's motives for denying that he incorporated traditional influences in his work. The Bed Fairly rapid chorus.