Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

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RACHMANINOFF, Sergei Vasil’yevich (b. 20 March [1 April] 1873, the estate of Oneg (Semyonovo?), in today’s Novgorod region of the Novgorod district; d. 28 March 1943, Beverly Hills, California) — from 1882 studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, then in 1885 transferred to the Moscow Conservatory from which he graduated in piano (1891) and composition (1892); studied with Alexander Ziloti, Anton Arensky, and Sergei Taneyev. Renowned as a pianist, composer, and conductor. Although Rachmaninoff’s compositional activity was devoted primarily to secular music (operas, symphonies, chamber works, piano works, romances, choruses with piano, et al.), his sacred choral works — the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, opus 31, and the All-Night Vigil, opus 37 — stand as major masterpieces in the Russian church music literature. One other sacred work, the sacred concerto “V molitvah neusïpayushchuyu Bogoroditsu” [“The Theotokos, ever-vigilant in prayer”], which was written in his youth and remained unpublished during his lifetime, also stands out among the works of contemporaries by its artistic design and intensity of expression. All of Rachmaninoff’s sacred works are marked by highly individualistic religious emotionalism and a complexity of musical technique (texture, sonority, dynamics, etc.)
A140web_search Sergei Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil, Op.37

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Gloriae Dei Cantores, St. Romanos Cappella, the Patriarch Tikhon Choir, and the Washington Master Chorale

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A128_search Sergei Rachmaninoff Rachmaninoff: All Night Vigil (Vespers)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

USSR Academic Russian Choir

A. Sveshnikov

Melodia/Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery

A128

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123716_search Sergei Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil ('Vespers')
Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Mixed

Church Slavonic

15

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Ra-dl_search Sergei Rachmaninoff Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Liturgiya Sv. Ioanna Zlatousta

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Mixed

Church Slavonic

20

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Ra-6ch_search Sergei Rachmaninoff Six Choral Songs (Six Choruses) (with Russian and English text)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Women’s/Treble

English, Russian

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36

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Kolokola

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Mixed (with orch.)

Russian

88

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Cp-tb-bells-cover_search Sergei Rachmaninoff The Bells (Piano-vocal score)
Kolokola

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Mixed (with orch.)

Russian

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Ra012_search Sergei Rachmaninoff The Creed
Veruyu

Sergei Rachmaninoff

SATB(div)

Church Slavonic

Ra012

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Ra002_search Sergei Rachmaninoff The Great Litany
Velikaya yekteniia

Sergei Rachmaninoff

SATB(div)

Church Slavonic

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Ra016_search Sergei Rachmaninoff The Lord’s Prayer
Otche nash

Sergei Rachmaninoff

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Church Slavonic

Ra016

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Ra036_search Sergei Rachmaninoff Thou Didst Arise from the Tomb
Voskres iz groba

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Znamenny Chant

SATB(div)

Church Slavonic

Ra036

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Dnes spaseniye

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Znamenny Chant

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Church Slavonic

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O Victorious Leader

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Rachmaninoff: All Night Vigil (Vespers)

USSR Academic Russian Choir

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To Thee, the Victorious Leader

Sergei Rachmaninoff

All-Night Vigil, Op.37

Gloriae Dei Cantores, St. Romanos Cappella, the Patriarch Tikhon Choir, and the Washington Master Chorale

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The Mother of God, ever-vigilant in prayer

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sacred Songs of Russia

Gloriae Dei Cantores

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Glory, from Six choruses for treble voices

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Without Time or Season: Russian Choruses for Children

The Bolshoi Theatre Children's Choir

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Italian Polka

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Russian Folk Songs, vol. 2

State Academic Russian Choir

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Let Our Mouths Be Filled

Sergei Rachmaninoff

The Sacred Spirit of Russia

Conspirare

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Blessed Be the Name of the Lord

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The Sacred Spirit of Russia

Conspirare

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Night, from Six choruses for treble voices

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Without Time or Season: Russian Choruses for Children

The Bolshoi Theatre Children's Choir

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Rejoice, Virgin Theotokos

Sergei Rachmaninoff

From My Youth; An American Orthodox Journey

St. John's Girls Octet

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The Pine Tree, from Six choruses for treble voices

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Without Time or Season: Russian Choruses for Children

The Bolshoi Theatre Children's Choir

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