Rachmaninoff: All-Night Virgil, Op. 37

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Label
Coviello
Release Date
June 7, 2024
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Sergej Rachmaninoff
    • PERFORMER
      Chorwerk Ruhr, Florian Helgath
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 07, 2024
    • UPC
      4039956924067
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      COV92406
    • LABEL
      Coviello
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Intonation - Priidite, poklonimsia (Beginning song: Come let us worship)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: ChorWerk Ruhr

      Conductor: Florian Helgath

    2. Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Ghospoda (Psalm 103 (104), "O praise the Lord")

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: ChorWerk Ruhr

      Conductor: Florian Helgath

    3. Blazhen muzh (Blessed is the man)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: ChorWerk Ruhr

      Conductor: Florian Helgath

    4. Svete tihiy (O Joyful Light)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: ChorWerk Ruhr

      Conductor: Florian Helgath

    5. Nine otpushchayeshi (Song of Simeon: Lord, now let your servant depart)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: ChorWerk Ruhr

      Conductor: Florian Helgath

    6. Bogoroditse Devo (Hail, O Virgin Mother (Ave Maria))

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: ChorWerk Ruhr

      Conductor: Florian Helgath

    7. Shestopsalmiye (Hexapsalms: Glory to God on high)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: ChorWerk Ruhr

      Conductor: Florian Helgath

    8. Hvalite imia Ghospodne (Psalm 134-135 (135-136), "O praise the name of the Lord")

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: ChorWerk Ruhr

      Conductor: Florian Helgath

    9. Blagosloven yesi, Ghospodi (Glorifying song of the Resurrection: Teach me O lord in the way of truth)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: ChorWerk Ruhr

      Conductor: Florian Helgath

    10. Voskreseniye Hristovo videvshe (Hymn of Resurrection: We have seen the resurrection)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: ChorWerk Ruhr

      Conductor: Florian Helgath

    11. Velichit dusha moya Ghospoda (Magnificat: My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: ChorWerk Ruhr

      Conductor: Florian Helgath

    12. Slavosloviye velikoye (Great Doxology: Glory be to God on high)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: ChorWerk Ruhr

      Conductor: Florian Helgath

    13. Dnes' spaseniye (Resurrection hymn (Troparion): This day of salvation has come to the world)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: ChorWerk Ruhr

      Conductor: Florian Helgath

    14. Voskres iz groba (Resurrection hymn (Troparion): When you had risen)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: ChorWerk Ruhr

      Conductor: Florian Helgath

    15. Vzbrannoy voyevode (Thanksgiving hymn of Virgin Mary: O victorious leader)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: ChorWerk Ruhr

      Conductor: Florian Helgath


I was less interested in God and religious ceremonies than in singing of unrivalled beauty. What Sergei Rachmaninoff later said about his early childhood contact with the Orthodox liturgy and it's rituals also applied to his later life as a composer. Singing plays a central role in the Russian Orthodox rite: almost the entire service is sung, instruments are not permitted and only the word should take centre stage. This mystical a cappella singing is characterised by it's Byzantine tonal system based on eight notes and it's strong bass foundation. In combination with the peculiar language of the special Church Slavonic, the result is an archaic, exotic and fascinating world of sound, which Rachmaninoff masterfully combines with his modern tonal language in his Ganznachtliche Vigil, written two years before his emigration to the USA.