Vespers

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Groot Omroepkoor & Kaspars Putniņš

Vespers, often known as the All-Night Vigil, is a choral composition by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov, completed in 1915. The work is an a cappella setting of Russian Orthodox liturgical texts that blends chant-influenced melodies with late-Romantic harmony, featuring dense choral textures and prominent low bass writing, and it stands as a culminating work in Rachmaninov's choral output and a significant contribution to early 20th-century Russian sacred music.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: I. Priidite, poklonimsya
    2:40
  2. 2.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: II. Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda
    4:05
  3. 3.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: III. Blazhen muzh
    4:09
  4. 4.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: IV. Svete tikhyi
    2:45
  5. 5.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: V. Nyne otpushchaeshi
    3:23
  6. 6.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: VI. Bogoroditse Devo
    2:55
  7. 7.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: VII. Shestopsalmie: Slava v vyshnikh Bogu
    2:09
  8. 8.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: VIII. Kvalite imya Gospodne
    2:07
  9. 9.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: IX. Blagosloven esi, Gospodi
    5:56
  10. 10.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: X. Voskresenie Khristovo videvshe
    2:31
  11. 11.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: XI. Velichit dusha moya Gospoda
    6:21
  12. 12.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: XII. Slavoslovie velikoe: Slava v vyshnikh Bogu
    6:18
  13. 13.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: XIII. Tropar: Dnes spaseniye
    1:38
  14. 14.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: XIV. Tropar: Voskres iz groba
    2:48
  15. 15.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: XV. Vzbrannoy voevode
    1:25
  16. 16.
    The Theotokos
    7:52

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: 1. O come, let us worship
    2:44
  2. 3.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: 2. Praise the Lord, O my soul
    4:07
  3. 4.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: 3. Blessed is the man
    4:11
  4. 5.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: 4. O gentle radiance
    2:48
  5. 6.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: 5. Lord, now lettest Thou
    3:27
  6. 7.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: 6. O Virgin Mother of God, rejoice!
    2:58
  7. 8.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: 7. Hexapsalmos: Glory be to God on high
    2:11
  8. 9.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: 8. Praise ye the name of the Lord
    2:09
  9. 10.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: 9. Blessed art Thou, O Lord
    5:58
  10. 11.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: 10. Having beheld the Resurrection
    2:33
  11. 12.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: 11. My soul magnifies the Lord
    6:23
  12. 13.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: 12. The Great Doxology: Glory be to God on high
    6:20
  13. 14.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: 13. Troparion: 'Today is salvation come'
    1:41
  14. 15.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: 14. Troparion: 'Thou didst rise again'
    2:49
  15. 16.
    All-Night Vigil, op. 37: 15. O queen victorious
    1:37
  16. 17.
    The Theotokos, Ever-Vigilant in Prayer
    8:23

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