Vespers

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Corydon Singers & Matthew Best

Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37, is a choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninov, composed in 1915. The unaccompanied setting synthesises Russian Orthodox chant with late-Romantic harmonic language, featuring dense choral textures and prominent low bass writing, and it represents Rachmaninov's principal engagement with liturgical choral writing during his late Russian period.

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  1. 1.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": I. O come, let us worship
    2:44
  2. 2.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": II. Bless the Lord, O my soul
    5:40
  3. 3.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": III. Blessed is the man
    5:51
  4. 4.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": IV. O gladsome night
    3:30
  5. 5.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": V. Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart
    4:00
  6. 6.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": VI. Hail, O Virgin Mother of God
    3:14
  7. 7.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": VII. Hexapsalmos: Glory to God in the Highest
    3:19
  8. 8.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": VIII. Praise ye the name of the Lord
    2:53
  9. 9.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": IX. Blessed art Thou, O Lord
    6:17
  10. 10.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": X. We have seen the Resurrection
    3:32
  11. 11.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": XI. My soul doth magnify the Lord
    9:36
  12. 12.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": XII. Great Doxology: Glory to God in the highest
    7:10
  13. 13.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": XIII. Troparion: Today is salvation come
    2:15
  14. 14.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": XIV. Troparion: Being risen from the tomb
    4:18
  15. 15.
    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": XV. O Victorious Leader
    2:00

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