Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, op. 37 - Gloriae Dei Cantores releases All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, conducted by Peter Jermihov (internationally recognized specialist in Russian and Orthodox Liturgical music). Rachmaninoff s All Night Vigil is made up of texts taken from the Russian Orthodox All-night vigil ceremony. Critics praised the work as Rachmaninoff s finest achievement and the greatest musical achievement of the Russian Orthodox Church. It was also one of the composer s favorite compositions, and the fifth movement was sung at his funeral. Gloriae Dei Cantores is joined by members of the St. Romanos Cappella, The Patriarch Tikhon Choir, and The Washington Master Chorale. Protodeacon under the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Vadim Gan, sings the clergy exclamations as well as Dmitry Ivanchenko. Soloists, Dmitry Ivanchenko and Mariya Berezovska, from the National Opera of Ukraine in Kiev, join the choir of 77 singers for this landmark collaboration and recording.

Tracklist:

All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: Come, Let Us Worship
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: Bless The Lord, O My Soul
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: Blessed Is The Man
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: Gentle Light
Now Lettest Thou Depart
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: Rejoice, Virgin
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: The Lesser Doxology
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: Praise The Name Of The Lord
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: Blessed Art Thou, Lord
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: Having Beheld The Resurrection Of Christ
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: My Soul Magnifies The Lord
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: The Great Doxology
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: Today Salvation Has Come
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: Thou Didst Rise From The Tomb
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: To Thee, The Victorious Leader

UPC: 709887006326
Label: Paraclete Press
Release Date: 3.3.17
Format: CD

Rachmaninoff / Patriarch Tikhon Choir / Jermihov - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, op. 37 (CD)