Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, op. 31

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Государственная академическая симфоническая капелла России & Valery Kuzmich Polyansky

Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31 is a liturgical choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninoff, composed in 1910. Musically it draws on Russian Orthodox chant and late-Romantic harmonic language, combining rich choral sonorities, contrapuntal writing and spacious liturgical pacing, and it marks Rachmaninoff's engagement with sacred music within his compositional output.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Great Ektenia
    3:45
  2. 2.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: First Antiphon
    6:34
  3. 3.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Second Antiphon
    4:37
  4. 4.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Third Antiphon
    6:02
  5. 5.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Entrance Hymn
    1:52
  6. 6.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Trisagion Hymn
    3:19
  7. 7.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Fervent Supplication
    8:23
  8. 8.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Cherubimic Hymn
    6:33
  9. 9.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Ektenia of the Prothesis
    3:47
  10. 10.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Nicaean Creed
    6:49

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Anaphora
    5:20
  2. 3.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Hymn of Praise
    2:59
  3. 4.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Hymn to the Virgin
    7:28
  4. 5.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: The Lord's Prayer
    4:42
  5. 6.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: The Elevation
    1:20
  6. 7.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Communion Hymn
    3:02
  7. 8.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Blessing
    2:29
  8. 9.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Hymn of Praise
    8:51
  9. 10.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Blessed Be His Name
    0:53
  10. 11.
    Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Op. 31: Glory to the Father
    2:28
  11. 12.
    O Mother of God Vigilantly Praying
    9:36
  12. 13.
    Chorus of Spirits
    1:34
  13. 14.
    Panteley the Healer
    4:12

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