All-Night Vigil (Vespers)

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Seattle Pro Musica & Karen P. Thomas

The All-Night Vigil (Vespers) is a choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninov, completed in 1915. The work draws on Russian Orthodox chant and dense polyphony, featuring extended low bass writing and rich, dark harmonies that produce a sombre, resonant sonority, and it is a late example of Rachmaninov's sacred choral output composed shortly before his emigration.

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  1. 1.
    Priidite, poklonimsya (Come, Let Us Worship)
    2:30
  2. 2.
    Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda (Bless the Lord, O My Soul)
    4:30
  3. 3.
    Blazhen muzh (Blessed Is the Man)
    4:53
  4. 4.
    Svete tikhyi (Gladsome Light)
    2:46
  5. 5.
    Nyne otpushchayeshi (Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart)
    2:48
  6. 6.
    Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O Virgin)
    2:44
  7. 7.
    Shestopsalmiye: Slava v vyshnikh Bogu (The Six Psalms: Glory to God in the Highest)
    2:29
  8. 8.
    Khvalite imya Gospodne (Praise the Name of the Lord)
    2:34
  9. 9.
    Blagosloven yesi, Gospodi (Blessed Art Thou, O Lord)
    6:01
  10. 10.
    Voskreseniye Khristovo videvshe (Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ)
    3:27
  11. 11.
    Velichit dusha moya Gospoda (My Soul Magnifies the Lord)
    8:07
  12. 12.
    Slavosloviye velikoye: Slava v vyshnikh Bogu (The Great Doxology: Glory to God in the Highest)
    7:09
  13. 13.
    Tropar: Dnes spaseniye (The Troparion: Today Salvation Has Come)
    1:49
  14. 14.
    Tropar: Voskres iz groba (The Troparion: Thou Didst Rise From the Tomb)
    3:14
  15. 15.
    Vzbrannoy voyevode (To Thee, the Victorious Leader)
    1:53

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