Всенощная

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Государственный академический русский хор имени А. В. Свешникова & Aleksandr Sveshnikov

The All-Night Vigil (Всенощная) is a choral composition by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, composed in 1915. Written for unaccompanied choir, it draws on Russian Orthodox liturgical chant and features expansive low-bass writing and rich polyphonic textures, representing the composer's late-career engagement with liturgical tradition in Russian sacred music.

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  1. 1.
    Vespers, op. 37: Come, Let Us Worship
    2:26
  2. 2.
    Vespers, op. 37: Bless the Lord, O My Soul (Greek Chant)
    5:32
  3. 3.
    Vespers, op. 37: Blessed Is the Man
    5:38
  4. 4.
    Vespers, op. 37: O Gladsome Radiance (Kiev Chant)
    3:36
  5. 5.
    Vespers, op. 37: Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart (Kiev Chant)
    4:25
  6. 6.
    Vespers, op. 37: Hail, Theotokos Virgin
    2:57
  7. 7.
    Vespers, op. 37: Hexapsalmos
    3:12
  8. 8.
    Vespers, op. 37: Praise Ye the Name of the Lord (Znamenny Chant)
    3:39
  9. 9.
    Vespers, op. 37: Blessed Be the Lord (Znamenny Chant)
    7:10
  10. 10.
    Vespers, op. 37: Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ
    3:12
  11. 11.
    Vespers, op. 37: My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord
    7:50
  12. 12.
    Vespers, op. 37: Great Doxology (Znamenny Chant)
    8:15
  13. 13.
    Vespers, op. 37: This Day of Salvation (Troparion. Znamenny Chant)
    1:33
  14. 14.
    Vespers, op. 37: Christ Is Risen from the Dead (Troparion. Znamenny Chant)
    3:05
  15. 15.
    Vespers, op. 37: Queen of the Heavenly Host (Greek Chant)
    1:43

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