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Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37
Footprint Records

Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37

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Composer
RACHMANINOFF, SERGEI
Artist
Parkman, Hudak, Wallin
Format
CD
Label
Footprint Records
Released
May 19, 2017
Catalog #
FRCD 091
UPC
7320470215234

About

With its reputation for technical excellence, it was only a matter of time before the Academy Chamber Choir of Uppsala recorded one of the most testing choral works in the a cappella repertory: Sergei Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil. With his beloved Russian homeland in turmoil in 1915, Rachmaninoff turned inward: to his deep personal faith and to his country’s glorious sacred music tradition. The result was one of the composer’s most honest and moving works, an aggregation of the Orthodox offices of Vespers, Matins and First Hour that moves from confession to celebration. Nine of Rachmaninoff’s movements are based on traditional orthodox chant; the rest are freer in form but imbued with the same scented spirituality that lies at the heart of the Russian Orthodox choral sound. Rachmaninoff’s work is reflective and deeply moving. It offers praise, meditation, penitence and proclamation. Like the composer, the Academy Chamber Choir of Uppsala – founded by Eric Ericson in 1957 and now under the stewardship of Stefan Parkman – take the text as their starting point. Captured in atmospheric sound at Bälinge Church in Sweden, the choir brings exceptional bend and balance to the score with a rich tutti sound and beautifully plaintive solos from Annika Hudak and Patrik Wallin. Footprint is proud to release this wholly distinctive and devotional interpretation of Rachmaninoff’s masterpiece on record, the first from a Scandinavian choir for many years.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Priidite, poklonimsja (O come, let us worship) 02:29
    Track
    1
    Title
    Priidite, poklonimsja (O come, let us worship)
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Stefan Parkman
  2. 2 Blagoslovi, dushe moya', Gospoda (Praise the Lord, O my soul) 04:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    Blagoslovi, dushe moya', Gospoda (Praise the Lord, O my soul)
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Annika Hudak
    Ensemble
    Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Stefan Parkman
  3. 3 Blazhen muzh (Blessed is the man) 04:58
    Track
    3
    Title
    Blazhen muzh (Blessed is the man)
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Stefan Parkman
  4. 4 Svete tikhii (O gladsome light) 02:58
    Track
    4
    Title
    Svete tikhii (O gladsome light)
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Patrik Wallin
    Ensemble
    Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Stefan Parkman
  5. 5 Nyne otpushchayeshy (Lord, now lettest thou) 03:27
    Track
    5
    Title
    Nyne otpushchayeshy (Lord, now lettest thou)
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Patrik Wallin
    Ensemble
    Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Stefan Parkman
  6. 6 Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O virgin mother of God) 02:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O virgin mother of God)
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Stefan Parkman
  7. 7 Slava v vyshnikh Bogu (Glory be to God) 02:24
    Track
    7
    Title
    Slava v vyshnikh Bogu (Glory be to God)
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Stefan Parkman
  8. 8 Khvalite imya Gospodne (O praise the name of the Lord) 02:01
    Track
    8
    Title
    Khvalite imya Gospodne (O praise the name of the Lord)
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Stefan Parkman
  9. 9 Blagosloven esi, Gospodi (Blessed art thou, O Lord) (Tenor) 05:56
    Track
    9
    Title
    Blagosloven esi, Gospodi (Blessed art thou, O Lord) (Tenor)
    Duration
    05:56
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Patrik Wallin
    Ensemble
    Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Stefan Parkman
  10. 10 Voskresenie Khristovo videvshe (Hymn of the Resurrection) 03:08
    Track
    10
    Title
    Voskresenie Khristovo videvshe (Hymn of the Resurrection)
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Stefan Parkman
  11. 11 Velichit dusha moya Gospoda (Magnificat) 06:51
    Track
    11
    Title
    Velichit dusha moya Gospoda (Magnificat)
    Duration
    06:51
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Stefan Parkman
  12. 12 Slava v vyshnikh Bogu (Glory be to God on high) 06:26
    Track
    12
    Title
    Slava v vyshnikh Bogu (Glory be to God on high)
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Stefan Parkman
  13. 13 Dnes' spasenie miru byst (Today is salvation come) 01:43
    Track
    13
    Title
    Dnes' spasenie miru byst (Today is salvation come)
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Stefan Parkman
  14. 14 Voskres iz groba (Thou didst rise from the tomb) 03:00
    Track
    14
    Title
    Voskres iz groba (Thou didst rise from the tomb)
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Stefan Parkman
  15. 15 Vzbrannoi voevode (To thee, our leader in battle) 01:44
    Track
    15
    Title
    Vzbrannoi voevode (To thee, our leader in battle)
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Stefan Parkman