
Sergej Rachmaninoff
Chorwerk Ruhr
Edition: Coviello Classics
Booklet: de / en
Media: CD / HD Download
COV 92406
“I was less interested in God and religious ceremonies than in singing of unrivalled beauty.” What Sergei Rachmaninov later said about his early childhood contact with the Orthodox liturgy and its 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 its Byzantine tonal system based on eight notes and its 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 Rachmaninov masterfully combines with his modern tonal language in his Ganznächtliche Vigil, written two years before his emigration to the USA.
SERGEJ RACHMANINOW (1873 – 1943) Ganznächtliche Vigil · All-Night Vigil op. 37 |
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1. | INTONATION – PRIIDITE, POKLONIMSIA Kommt, lasst uns anbeten · Come, let us worship |
2:42 |
2. | BLAGOSLOVI, DUSHE MOYA Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele · Bless the Lord, O my soul |
4:47 |
3. | BLAZHEN MUZH Selig ist, wer nicht dem Rat der Gottlosen folgt · Blessed is the man |
4:59 |
4. | SVETE TIHIY Heiteres Licht · Gladsome Light |
3:00 |
5. | NINE OTPUSHCHAYESHI Herr, nun lass deinen Knecht · Lord, now lettest thou thy servant |
3:15 |
6. | BOGORODITSE DEVO Gegrüßt seist du, Jungfrau Maria · Rejoice, O virgin |
3:01 |
7. | SHESTOPSALMIYE Hexapsalm · The Six Psalm |
2:45 |
8. | HVALITE IMIA GHOSPODNE Lobet den Namen des Herrn · Praise the Name of the Lord |
2:10 |
9. | BLAGOSLOVEN YESI, GHOSPODI Gepriesen seist du, Herr · Blessed art Thou, O Lord |
5:45 |
10. | VOSKRESENIYE HRISTOVO VIDEVSHE Christi Auferstehung haben wir geschaut · Having beheld the resurrection of Christ |
3:21 |
11. | VELICHIT DUSHA MOYA GHOSPODA Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn · My soul doth magnify the Lord |
6:43 |
12. | SLAVOSLOVIYE VELIKOYE Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe · Glory be to God on high |
6:33 |
13. | DNES’ SPASENIYE Heute ist das Heil uns gekommen · Today hath salvation come |
1:47 |
14. | VOSKRES IZ GROBA Als Du aus dem Grabe auferstanden bist · Thou didst rise from the tomb |
3:11 |
15. | VZBRANNOY VOYEVODE Dir, siegreiche Anführerin · To Thee, the victorious leader |
1:52 |
Total time: | 56:00 |