Vespers

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Cambridge Choir of King’s College & Stephen Cleobury

The All-Night Vigil, Op. 37, commonly known as Vespers, is a choral composition by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov, composed in 1915. Drawing on Russian Orthodox chant and modal harmonies, the work features dense choral textures, extended low-register writing and a mixture of homophonic and polyphonic passages, and it occupies a prominent place in Rachmaninov's output as one of his principal sacred compositions from his late Russian period.

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  1. 1.
    Vespers, op. 37: Vosstanite... Slava svyatei
    1:13
  2. 2.
    Vespers, op. 37: Priidite, poklonimsya
    1:52
  3. 3.
    Vespers, op. 37: Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda
    5:52
  4. 4.
    Vespers, op. 37: Blazhen muzh
    5:15
  5. 5.
    Vespers, op. 37: Svete tikhii
    2:51
  6. 6.
    Vespers, op. 37: Nyne otpushchaeshi
    3:28
  7. 7.
    Vespers, op. 37: Bogoroditse Devo
    3:03
  8. 8.
    Vespers, op. 37: Shestopsalmie
    2:37
  9. 9.
    Vespers, op. 37: Khvalite imya Gospodne
    2:06
  10. 10.
    Vespers, op. 37: Blagosloven esi, Gospodi
    6:11
  11. 11.
    Vespers, op. 37: Voskresenie Khristovo videvshe
    2:56
  12. 12.
    Vespers, op. 37: Velichit dusha moya Gospoda
    9:32
  13. 13.
    Vespers, op. 37: Slavoslovie velikoe
    6:57
  14. 14.
    Vespers, op. 37: Tropar: Dnes spasenie
    1:52
  15. 15.
    Vespers, op. 37: Tropar: Voskres iz groba
    3:05
  16. 16.
    Vespers, op. 37: Vzbrannoi voevode
    1:49

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