Vespers Op. 37

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Howard Arman

Vespers, Op. 37 is a choral composition by Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов, completed in 1915. Set to Russian Orthodox liturgical texts for unaccompanied choir, it synthesises traditional chant modalities with late-Romantic harmonies, emphasises deep bass sonorities and rich choral textures through a mixture of homophonic and polyphonic writing, and marks Rachmaninoff's return to sacred Russian music within his early 20th-century choral output.

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  1. 1.
    Vesper Op. 37: Reading. "Glory be to the holy..."
    0:29
  2. 2.
    Vesper Op. 37: 1. O Come, Let Us Worship (Chorus)
    2:57
  3. 3.
    Vesper Op. 37: Reading. "For Thou art a good God"
    0:23
  4. 4.
    Vesper Op. 37: 2. "Bless the Lord, O My Soul" (Chorus, alto)
    5:29
  5. 5.
    Vesper Op. 37: 3. Blessed Is the Man (Chorus)
    6:14
  6. 6.
    Vesper Op. 37: Reading. "Lord, to Thee I call..."
    0:54
  7. 7.
    Vesper Op. 37: 4. Gladsome Radiance (Chorus, tenor)
    3:30
  8. 8.
    Vesper Op. 37: 5. Nunc Dimittis (Chorus, tenor)
    3:54
  9. 9.
    Vesper Op. 37: 6. Ave Maria (Chorus)
    3:19
  10. 10.
    Vesper Op. 37: Reading. "Glory be to the Father..."
    1:47
  11. 11.
    Vesper Op. 37: 7. Glory Be to God - Hexapsalmos (Chorus)
    3:33
  12. 12.
    Vesper Op. 37: 8. Laud Ye the Name of the Lord (Chorus)
    2:55
  13. 13.
    Vesper Op. 37: 9. Blessed Art Thou, O Lord (Chorus, tenor)
    7:39
  14. 14.
    Vesper Op. 37: 10. The veneration of the Cross (Chorus)
    3:23
  15. 15.
    Vesper Op. 37: 11. Magnificat (Chor)
    9:44
  16. 16.
    Vesper Op. 37: Reading. "O Praise the Lord..."
    0:16
  17. 17.
    Vesper Op. 37: 12. Gloria in Excelsis (Chorus)
    8:12
  18. 18.
    Vesper Op. 37: Reading. "He that has God..."
    1:40
  19. 19.
    Vesper Op. 37: 13. Today Hath Salvation Come (Hymn) (Chorus)
    2:28
  20. 20.
    Vesper Op. 37: 14. When Thou, O Lord, Hadst Arisen (Hymn) (Chorus)
    3:56
  21. 21.
    Vesper Op. 37: 15. Hymn to the Mother of God (Chorus)
    1:43

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