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Composer(s): Rachmaninov, Sergey
Lyricist(s): Bible - New Testament
Conductor(s): Söderström, Eric-Olof
Choir(s): Finnish National Opera Chorus
Artist(s): Antoni, Eugen; Palmu, Raisa; Wimeri, Erja
Label: Naxos
Genre: Choral - Sacred
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.555908
Barcode: 747313590827
Release Date: 09/2004
RACHMANINOV, S.: Vespers (Finnish National Opera Chorus, E.-O. Söderström)
Written during Rachmaninov’s most creative period, which culminated in the Second and Third Piano Concertos, the 1915 All-Night Vigil, popularly known as Vespers, is a masterpiece of 20th-century sacred music. Inspired by the Saturday All-Night Vigil celebrated in the Russian Orthodox Church, Rachmaninov’s setting is remarkable for its melodic invention, choral virtuosity and Slavic intensity.
Tracklist
Rachmaninov, Sergey
Bible - New Testament - Lyricist
Bible - New Testament - Lyricist
Finnish National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Wimeri, Erja (contralto)
Antoni, Eugen (tenor)
Palmu, Raisa (soprano)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Wimeri, Erja (contralto)
Antoni, Eugen (tenor)
Palmu, Raisa (soprano)
|  | 1 | Come, let us worship | 01:41 |
Finnish National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
| | 2 | Bless the Lord, O my soul | 05:57 |
Finnish National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Wimeri, Erja (contralto)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Wimeri, Erja (contralto)
| | 3 | Blessed is the Man | 03:56 |
Finnish National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
| | 4 | Gladsome Light | 02:41 |
Finnish National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Antoni, Eugen (tenor)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Antoni, Eugen (tenor)
| | 5 | Canticle of Simeon | 03:29 |
Finnish National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Antoni, Eugen (tenor)
Palmu, Raisa (soprano)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Antoni, Eugen (tenor)
Palmu, Raisa (soprano)
| | 6 | Troparion for the Virgin Mary | 03:25 |
Finnish National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
| | 7 | Intonation to the Hexapsalm | 02:15 |
Finnish National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
| | 8 | Polyeleopsalm | 01:56 |
Finnish National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
| | 9 | Troparia of the Resurrection | 05:18 |
Finnish National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Antoni, Eugen (tenor)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Antoni, Eugen (tenor)
| | 10 | Having beheld the Resurrection | 02:57 |
Finnish National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
| | 11 | Hymn of Thanksgiving to the Mother of God | 06:21 |
Finnish National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
| | 12 | The Great Doxology | 07:28 |
Finnish National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
| | 13 | Troparion of the Resurrection I | 01:54 |
Finnish National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
| | 14 | Troparion of the Resurrection II | 03:09 |
Finnish National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
| | 15 | Kontakion for the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary | 01:31 |
Finnish National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Söderström, Eric-Olof (Conductor)
Total Playing Time: 53:58