Vespers

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & St. Petersburg Chamber Choir & Nikolay Kornev

Vespers (the All-Night Vigil, Op. 37) is a choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninoff, composed in 1915. Drawing on Russian Orthodox liturgical texts and chant, it is scored for unaccompanied choir with expansive polyphony, prominent low-bass writing and modal-harmonic language, and it marks a consolidation of Rachmaninoff's interest in liturgical chant and choral writing near the end of his time in Russia.
First released: 20th September 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Vespers, op. 37: No. 1. Priidite, poklonimsya
    1:57
  2. 2.
    Vespers, op. 37: No. 2. Blagoslovi, dushe moya
    5:10
  3. 3.
    Vespers, op. 37: No. 3. Blazhen muzh
    3:49
  4. 4.
    Vespers, op. 37: No. 4. Svete tikhyi
    3:10
  5. 5.
    Vespers, op. 37: No. 5. Nyne otpushchayeshi
    3:45
  6. 6.
    Vespers, op. 37: No. 6. Bogoroditse Devo
    2:37
  7. 7.
    Vespers, op. 37: No. 7. Slava v vyshnikh Bogu
    2:59
  8. 8.
    Vespers, op. 37: No. 8. Khvalite imya Gospodne
    1:53
  9. 9.
    Vespers, op. 37: No. 9. Blagosloven esi, Gospodi
    5:37
  10. 10.
    Vespers, op. 37: No. 10. Voskreseniye Hristovo videvshe
    2:52
  11. 11.
    Vespers, op. 37: No. 11. Velichit dusha moya Gospoda
    7:22
  12. 12.
    Vespers, op. 37: No. 12. Slava v vyshnikh Bogu (2)
    7:47
  13. 13.
    Vespers, op. 37: No. 13. Dnes spaseniye
    2:13
  14. 14.
    Vespers, op. 37: No. 14. Voskrez iz groba
    3:40
  15. 15.
    Vespers, op. 37: No. 15. Vzbrannoy voevode
    1:25

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