Rachmaninoff: Russian Easter Vesper Mass, Liturgy / Robev, Popsavov

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Label
Capriccio
Release Date
February 24, 2009
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      RACHMANINOV, SERGE
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bulgarian Natl. Choir, Sofia Orthodox Church Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Robev, Posavov
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 24, 2009
    • UPC
      845221070100
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      C7010
    • LABEL
      Capriccio
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      4
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Beginning song: Come, let us worship

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Georgi Robev

    2. Psalm 103, "O praise the Lord, O my soul"

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Georgi Robev

    3. Psalm 1, "Blessed is the man"

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Georgi Robev

    4. O Joyful Light

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Georgi Robev

    5. Song of Simeon: Now Lettest Thou Depart

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Georgi Robev

    6. Rejoice Virgin Mother of God

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Georgi Robev

    7. Hexapsalms: Glory to God on high

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Georgi Robev

    8. Psalm 134-135, "O praise our Lord"

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Georgi Robev

    9. Blessed be the Lord

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Georgi Robev

    10. Christ's Resurrection: We have seen the resurrection

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Georgi Robev

    11. Magnificat: My soul doth magnify the Lord

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Georgi Robev

    12. Great Doxology: Glory be to God on high

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Georgi Robev

    13. Resurrection hymn: This day of salvation has com to the world

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Georgi Robev

    14. Resurrection hymn: Christ is risen from the dead

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Georgi Robev

    15. Thanksgiving to the Mother: O victorious leader

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Georgi Robev

    16. Great Litany

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    17. Bless the Lord, o my soul

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    18. Only begotten Son of God

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    19. In Thy Kingdom

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    20. Come, let us worship

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    21. Lord, deliver the devout and Holy God

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    22. Litany of supplication and the following

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    23. Cheroubicon

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Boncho Chakov

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    24. Litany of supplication and the Father and the Son

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    25. The Creed

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Stefan Markov, Evgenija Borisova, Ivo Venkov, Nicolai Vordanov

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    26. Mercy of Peace

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    27. We sing thee

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Nikolina Pankova

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    28. Meet it is the bless thee

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    29. Our Father

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Boncho Chakov

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    30. The Only Saint

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    31. Praise the Lord form the Heavens

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    32. Blessed is he who comth in the name of the Lord and we beheld the true light

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    33. Let our lips be full of your praise, o Lord

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Boncho Chakov, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    34. Blessed be the name of the Lord

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov

    35. Glory to the Father and the Devout

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Sofia Orthodox Ensemble

      Performer: Nicolai Dzichkovskii, Stefan Markov

      Conductor: Miroslav Popsavov


This set includes 3 CDs and 1 DVD.

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RACHMANINOFF Vespers . Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 1 & • Georgi Robev, cond; Miroslav Popsavov, cond; 1 Bulgarian Natl Ch; Sofia Orthodox Ch 1 • CAPRICCIO 7010 (3 CDs: 173:21)


& DVD, “Mystery of the East” (75:00)


This Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom was hailed as the longest version on records (18:6, where I misspelled the conductor’s name) and the Vigil (Vespers) was warmly received when new (20:1), so this makes a valuable coupling. The Liturgy has been offered in varying lengths because the litanies are repetitive but often abbreviated. The recently reissued Martin Best version (32:4) offered as much as could be fitted onto one CD. Popsavov, like Polyansky (16:6), Milkov (16:6), Kocsis (19:6), and Bruffy (20:4), requires two discs in order to extend the litanies and the Cherubic Hymn, which are drastically (some would say mercifully) abbreviated in the single-disc versions. Yet here Popsavov is 12 to 20 minutes longer than any of the other two-disc versions, so it is the logical choice if you want more than Best offers. Another reason to go for this one is the rich Slavic voices of the choir, so satisfying in this music. Best’s choir was as good as the non-Slavic choirs get, but this is extraordinary.


Robev’s Vespers was rated right next to the classic Sveshnikov version, high praise indeed. Like the Liturgy , it was issued without texts or translations, and it had the minor fault of titling the work “Russian Easter Vesper Mass,” both Easter and Mass being incorrect terms. In a box that costs little more than one full-priced single CD, it is no surprise that the texts are still lacking. If you are unfamiliar with the Orthodox liturgy, this is a serious lack, but if you can supply for the lack of texts, this has a claim on your attention for the extended length of the Divine Liturgy.


The DVD included here arrived more recently as a separate issue but never received a review. The two sections of the program were made in Tomsk (Siberia) and Sofia (Bulgaria) in May 2002, but the notes, which are abridged from the original booklet, write only about Tomsk. The city was built in 1604 and the monastery of Our Lady and St. Alexei was built at once. The city also has the tomb of Tsar Alexander I, who, after his reputed death in 1825, is widely believed to have lived in Tomsk as Feodor Kusmich. He died in 1864 (the Britannica of 1911 called him Fomich and gave his date of death incorrectly as 1870) and was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1984. The documentary 45-minute segment on Easter at Tomsk is narrated with a generic background of liturgical singing, while the 30-minute concert in Sofia (Hristov, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Kedrov) has the camera moving from the choir to the church interiors in familiar fashion. The Tomsk segment is expertly done, giving a real understanding of life in a Siberian city where the Orthodox faith appears to be strong. At the price, this is quite a generous offering.


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