Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil / Antonenko, PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
March 22, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Serge Rachmaninoff
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Patram Institute Male Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Igor Morozov, Evgeny Kachurovski, Alexis V. Lukianov
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 22, 2024
    • UPC
      095115534922
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHSA 5349
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Arise! Master, give the blessing - Amen. Come, let us worship God, our King

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

      Performer: Alexis Lukianov

      Conductor: Ekaterina Antonenko

    2. Bless the Lord, O my soul

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

      Performer: Evgeny Kachurovsky

      Conductor: Ekaterina Antonenko

    3. Blessed is the man

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

      Conductor: Ekaterina Antonenko

    4. Gladsome Light

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

      Performer: Alexis Lukianov

      Conductor: Ekaterina Antonenko

    5. Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

      Performer: Igor Morozov

      Conductor: Ekaterina Antonenko

    6. All-night Vigil, Op. 37, "Vespers": Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos (arr. B. Sheehan for male choir)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

      Conductor: Ekaterina Antonenko

    7. All-night Vigil, Op. 37, "Vespers": Glory to God in the highest (arr. A. Gretchaninov for male choir)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

      Conductor: Ekaterina Antonenko

    8. Praise the name of the Lord

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

      Conductor: Ekaterina Antonenko

    9. Blessed art Thou, O Lord

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

      Performer: Igor Morozov

      Conductor: Ekaterina Antonenko

    10. Having begeld the resurrection of Christ

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

      Conductor: Ekaterina Antonenko

    11. My soul magnifies the Lord

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

      Performer: Alexis Lukianov

      Conductor: Ekaterina Antonenko

    12. Glory to God in the highest

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

      Conductor: Ekaterina Antonenko

    13. Today salvation has come to the world

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

      Conductor: Ekaterina Antonenko

    14. Thou didst arise from the tomb

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

      Conductor: Ekaterina Antonenko

    15. To Thee, the victorious Leader of triumphant hosts

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

      Conductor: Ekaterina Antonenko


In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Serge Rachmaninoff, PaTRAM* Institute Male Choir invites you to experience the extraordinary beauty of his choral tour de force, the All-night Vigil, composed in 1915.

The Vigil is a traditional Russian Orthodox evening worship service. Combining the offices of Vespers and Matins, it is celebrated on evenings in advance of Sundays and major feast days. Rachmaninoff’s setting of fifteen fixed texts appointed for Saturday evening services relies principally on traditional chant melodies. The ‘Rachmaninoff in the Holy Land’ project brought together experienced choristers from around the globe to unite as PaTRAM Institute Male Choir.

The album was recorded in the Russian Orthodox Convent Monastery Church of the Ascension, set amidst an olive grove atop the Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem. Inspired by Alexander Gretchaninoff’s arrangement of ‘Glory to God in the Highest’ (hymn 7), the Choir turned to adaptations by Dmitrii Lazarev and Benedict Sheehan for male voice choir of the remaining hymns. Lowering the key of many of the pieces (to fit better with male voices) allowed the eight bass octavists featured on the recording to give an exceptional depth to the Choir’s sound.

*Patriarch Tikhon Russian-American Music Institute