Vespers, Op. 37

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Государственный камерный хор Министерства культуры СССР & Irina Arkhipova & Victor Rumyantsev & Valery Kuzmich Polyansky

Vespers, Op. 37 is a choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninov, composed in 1915. Scored for unaccompanied choir and setting Russian Orthodox liturgical texts, the work draws on traditional chant and modal harmonies with prominent low-voice writing and dense, resonant choral textures, and represents one of Rachmaninov's major choral works from his late Russian period.
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  1. 1.
    Vespers, Op. 37: O Come and Worship
    2:20
  2. 2.
    Vespers, Op. 37: Praise the Lord, O My Soul (Greek Chant)
    5:26
  3. 3.
    Vespers, Op. 37: Blessed Is the Man
    4:27
  4. 4.
    Vespers, Op. 37: Joyful Light (Kiev Chant)
    3:58
  5. 5.
    Vespers, Op. 37: Now Lettest Thou Depart (Kiev Chant)
    4:10
  6. 6.
    Vespers, Op. 37: Hail Mary
    3:14
  7. 7.
    Vespers, Op. 37: Hexapsalmos
    3:22
  8. 8.
    Vespers, Op. 37: O Praise Our God (Znamenny Chant)
    2:42
  9. 9.
    Vespers, Op. 37: Blessed Be the Lord (Znamenny Chant)
    6:45
  10. 10.
    Vespers, Op. 37: Christ's Resurrection
    4:04
  11. 11.
    Vespers, Op. 37: My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord
    10:39
  12. 12.
    Vespers, Op. 37: Greater Doxology (Znamenny Chant)
    7:38
  13. 13.
    Vespers, Op. 37: Troparion: This Day of Salvation (Znamenny Chant)
    2:14
  14. 14.
    Vespers, Op. 37: Troparion: Christ Is Risen from the Dead
    4:21
  15. 15.
    Vespers, Op. 37: Thanksgiving to the Mother of God (Greek Chant)
    1:52

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