RACHMANINOV: VESPERS (ALL-NIGHT VIGIL) OP. 37 - USSR MINISTRY OF CULTURE CHOIR

Rachmaninov Vespers (All-Night Vigil) Op.37

USSR Ministry of Culture Choir
Valeri Polyansky
Irina Arkhipova, mezzo-soprano
Victor Rumyantsev, tenor

“Polyansky and the USSR…are superb … It is marvellous music, strong in its sense of tradition yet yielding to different interpretative approaches. Greater drama, in fact, is contained in some of Polyansky’s powerfully controlled meditations. Polyansky is inward though positive and well-judged” (Gramophone)

1. Come, let us worship 2:21
2. Bless the Lord, O my soul 5:27
3. Blessed be the man 4:26
4. O serene light (Kiev chant) 3:58
5. Now let Thy Servant depart (Kiev chant) 4:09
6. Rejoice, O Virgin (Hail Mary) 3:15
7. Hexapsalmos (Glory to God in the highest) 3:22
8. Praise the name of The Lord (Znamenny chant) 2:41
9. Blessed art Thou, O Lord (Znamenny chant) 6:45
10. Hymn of the Resurrection 4:05
11. My soul doth magnify the Lord 10:39
12. Great Doxology (Gloria) (Znamenny chant) 7:38
13. This day of salvation (troparion, znamenny chant) 2:15
14. Christ is risen from the dead (troparion) 4:21
15. Hymn to the Mother of God (Greek chant) 1:56