Vespers - All-Night Vigil

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & London Choir of King’s College & Joseph Fort

Vespers (All-Night Vigil) is a choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninoff, completed in 1915. The a cappella setting of Russian Orthodox liturgical texts features dense, late-Romantic harmonies, expansive choral textures and prominent low-bass writing, reflecting Rachmaninoff's engagement with Russian liturgical tradition and marking one of his major contributions to the choral repertoire.
First released: February 2023

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: I. Come, let us Worship
    1:45
  2. 2.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: II. Bless the Lord, O my Soul (Greek chant)
    4:02
  3. 3.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: III. Blessed is the Man
    5:09
  4. 4.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: IV. O Gladsome Light (Kyivan chant)
    2:25
  5. 5.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: V. Now Lettest Thou (Kyivan chant)
    2:52
  6. 6.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: VI. Rejoice, O Virgin
    2:40
  7. 7.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: VII. Glory to God in the Highest (The Six Psalms)
    2:27
  8. 8.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: VIII. Praise the Name of the Lord (Znamenny chant)
    1:59
  9. 9.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: IX. Blessed art Thou, O Lord (Znamenny chant)
    5:43
  10. 10.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: X. Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ
    3:15
  11. 11.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: XI. My Soul doth Magnify the Lord
    7:05
  12. 12.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: XII. The Great Doxology (Znamennyy chant)
    7:21
  13. 13.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: XIII. Troparion. Today Salvation is Come (Znamenny chant)
    1:43
  14. 14.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: XIV. Troparion. Thou Didst Rise from the Tomb (Znamenny chant)
    3:10
  15. 15.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: XV. To Thee, Victorious Leader (Greek chant)
    1:34