Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil (Vespers)

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & London Symphony Chorus & Simon Halsey

All-Night Vigil (Vespers) is a choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninov, composed in 1915. Rooted in the Russian Orthodox liturgical tradition, the work employs rich low-voice sonorities, dense harmonic writing and expansive choral textures, representing a culmination of Rachmaninov's engagement with sacred music and a central work in the Russian choral repertoire.
First released: 10th June 2016

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    All-Night Vigil: Come, let us worship
    1:53
  2. 2.
    All-Night Vigil: Bless the Lord, O my soul
    4:11
  3. 3.
    All-Night Vigil: Blessed is the man
    4:30
  4. 4.
    All-Night Vigil: Gladsome Light
    2:34
  5. 5.
    All-Night Vigil: Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant (Nunc Dimittis)
    3:02
  6. 6.
    All-Night Vigil: Rejoice, O Virgin (Ave Maria)
    2:33
  7. 7.
    All-Night Vigil: The Six Psalms (Introduction) - Glory be to God
    2:17
  8. 8.
    All-Night Vigil: Praise the Name of the Lord
    2:14
  9. 9.
    All-Night Vigil: Blessed art Thou, O Lord
    6:08
  10. 10.
    All-Night Vigil: Having beheld the resurrection of Christ
    3:12
  11. 11.
    All-Night Vigil: My soul doth magnify the Lord (Magnificat)
    7:19
  12. 12.
    All-Night Vigil: Glory be to God on high (The Great Doxology)
    7:13
  13. 13.
    All-Night Vigil: Troparion. Today hath salvation come
    1:41
  14. 14.
    All-Night Vigil: Troparion. Thou didst rise from the tomb
    2:59
  15. 15.
    All-Night Vigil: To Thee, the victorious leader
    1:40

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