Vespers - a cycle of religious services celebrated by the followers of the Orthodox Church on the eve of all feasts and each Little Pascha - i.e. Sunday. Vechernya, povecherye and utrenya are celebrated from evening to dawn. Among numerous composers who have developed the text of Vespers, it is Sergey Rachmaninoff that stands out due to his mastery of form. Carefully selected sounds of discreetly modern harmony render the acoustics of an Eastern Orthodox temple. Changes of cast (from three to eleven voices) and polychorality depict a sui generis theatrical nature of Orthodox Church ceremonies whose action evolves on a few levels, in different space points of the temple. It is particularly the sonorous, crystalline registers of female voices that contrast and perfectly combine with the male voices, among which the basso profondo basses, rarely found in the Western culture, have a profound meaning. The Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, also due to their artistic levels, guarantee the highest performance level of this kind of music in Poland.

Tracklist:

All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": No. 1, O Come, Let Us Worship
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": No. 2, Praise The Lord, O My Soul
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": No. 3, Blessed Is The Man
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": No. 4, Gladsome Light
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": No. 5, Nunc Dimittis
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": No. 6, Ave Maria
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": No. 7, Glory Be To God
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": No. 8, Praise Be The Name Of The Lord
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": No. 9, Blessed Be The Lord
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": No. 10, The Veneration Of The Cross
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": No. 11, Magnificat
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": No. 12, Gloria In Excelsis
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": No. 13, The Day Of Salvation
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": No. 14, Christ Is Risen
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": No. 15, The The Mother Of God

UPC: 5902547014043
Label: Dux Recording Prod.
Release Date: 5.18.18
Format: CD

Rachmaninoff / Rehlis - All-Night Vigil 37 (CD)