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neusïpayushchuyu Bogoroditsu” [“The Theotokos, ever-vigilant in prayer”], which was written in his youth and remained unpublished during his lifetime, also stands out among the works of contemporaries by its artistic design and intensity of expression.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.)

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Sergei Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil, Op.37

Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

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

Conductor: Peter Jermihov

Label: Paraclete Press

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Sergei Rachmaninoff Rachmaninoff: All Night Vigil (Vespers)

Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Performers: USSR Academic Russian Choir

Conductor: A. Sveshnikov

Label: Melodia/Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery

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Sergei Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil ('Vespers')

Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Voicing: Mixed

Language: Church Slavonic

No. of titles: 15

No. of pages: 124

Cat. No: Ra-ANV

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Sergei Rachmaninoff Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Liturgiya Sv. Ioanna Zlatousta

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Voicing: Mixed

Language: Church Slavonic

No. of titles: 20

No. of pages: 174

Cat. No: Ra-DL

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Sergei Rachmaninoff Six Choral Songs (Six Choruses) (with Russian and English text)

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Voicing: Women’s/Treble

Language: English, Russian

No. of titles: 6

No. of pages: 36

Cat. No: Ra6Ch

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Sergei Rachmaninoff The Bells

Kolokola

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Voicing: Mixed (with orch.)

Language: Russian

No. of pages: 88

Cat. No: CP-TB

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Sergei Rachmaninoff The Bells (Piano-vocal score)

Kolokola

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Voicing: Mixed (with orch.)

Language: Russian

Cat. No: CP-TB

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Sergei Rachmaninoff The Creed

Veruyu

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Voicing: SATB(div)

Language: Church Slavonic

Cat. No: Ra012

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Sergei Rachmaninoff The Great Litany

Velikaya yekteniia

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Voicing: SATB(div)

Language: Church Slavonic

Cat. No: Ra002

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Sergei Rachmaninoff The Lord’s Prayer

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Voicing: doubch

Language: Church Slavonic

Cat. No: Ra016

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Sergei Rachmaninoff The Pine Tree (No. 3 from Six Choruses) (with English text)

Sosna

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Voicing: SSAA

Language: Russian

Cat. No: Ra6Ch-3

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Sergei Rachmaninoff The Theotokos, Ever-Vigilant in Prayer

V molitvah neusïpayushchuyu Bogoroditsu

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Voicing: SATB(div)

Language: Church Slavonic

Cat. No: V1-44

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Sergei Rachmaninoff The Theotokos, Ever-Vigilant in Prayer

V molitvah neusïpayushchuyu Bogoroditsu

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Voicing: SATB(div)

Language: Church Slavonic

Cat. No: Ra001

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Sergei Rachmaninoff The Waves Are Slumbering (No. 4 from Six Choruses) (with English text)

Zadremali volni

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Voicing: SSAA

Language: Russian

Cat. No: Ra6Ch-4

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Sergei Rachmaninoff Thou Didst Arise from the Tomb

Voskres iz groba

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Arrangement of: Znamenny Chant

Voicing: SATB(div)

Language: Church Slavonic

Cat. No: Ra036

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Sergei Rachmaninoff Today Salvation Has Come

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Arrangement of: Znamenny Chant

Voicing: SATB(div)

Language: Church Slavonic

Cat. No: Ra035

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CD track: Hail, O Virgin Mother Of God

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

On CD: In the Bond of Love

Performers: Male Choir of the Moscow Representation Church of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery

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CD track: Lord, Now Lettest Thou

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

On CD: With the Voice of the Archangel

Performers: Credo Chamber Choir

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CD track: Six Psalms

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

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Performers: USSR Academic Russian Choir

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CD track: The Lesser Doxology

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

On CD: All-Night Vigil, Op.37

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

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CD track: Praise the Name of the Lord

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

On CD: All-Night Vigil, Op.37

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

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CD track: Praise Ye The Name Of The Lord

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

On CD: Rachmaninoff: All Night Vigil (Vespers)

Performers: USSR Academic Russian Choir

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CD track: Blessed Art Thou, Lord

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

On CD: All-Night Vigil, Op.37

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

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CD track: Blessed Art Thou, o Lord

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CD track: Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

On CD: All-Night Vigil, Op.37

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

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CD track: Having Beheld The Resurrection Of Christ

By: Sergei Rachmaninoff

On CD: Rachmaninoff: All Night Vigil (Vespers)

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