Peter Jermihov & Gloriæ Dei Cantores - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op.37 (2 LP)

Sergei Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil op. 37 (also known as The Great Morning and Evening Praise)was written in 1915 as a contribution to Russian Orthodox church music. The composition with its warm sonorous splendour is considered a showpiece for large choirs. For this recording with sound engineer Keith O. Johnson, Peter Jermihov and Richard K. Pugsley dedicate themselves to the work with the Gloriæ Dei Cantores and members of the St. Romanos Cappella, the Patriarch Tikhon Choir and the Washington Master Chorale. The 77 singers will be accompanied by soloists Dmitry Ivanchenko and Mariya Berezovska of the National Opera of Ukraine. Vadim Gan, Protodeacon of the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, sings together with Dmitry Ivanchenko the exclamations of the clergy.

Track-list:

Side A

1. Come, Let Us Worship

2. Bless the Lord, My Soul

3. Blessed is the Man

4. Gentle Light

Side B

5. Now Lettest Thou

6. Rejoice, Virgin

7. The Lesser Doxology

8. Praise the Name of the Lord

Side C

1. Blessed Art Thou, Lord

2. Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ

3. My Soul Magnifies the Lord

Side D

4. The Great Doxology

5. Troparion "Today Salvation Has Come"

6. Troparion "Thou Didst Rise from the Tomb"

7. To Thee, the Victorious Leader