"although the best-known Rachmaninov works are not uncharacteristic, they represent only one side of his musical personality. Some of his finest scores have nothing to do with the piano, or the orchestra, and ranking high among them are his two major religious pieces, the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, and the Vespers... The culmination of 100 years of effort by Russian composers to fuse liturgical and art music. Certainly they were not unexpected for Rachmaninov, because the tones of Russian religious choirs - dark, rich, sonorous - haunted his inner ear as much as the sound of piano" (Gramophone)
1 Pavel Chesnokov : Let My Prayer Be Set Forth Before Thee
2 O Fervent Intercessor, Most Holy Queen, Op.43 No.6
3 The Eternal Council, Op. 40 No.2
4 Alexander Arkhangelsky: Praise Ye the Name of the Lord
5 Gregory Davidovsky : Lord Now Lettest Thy Servant Depart
6 Sergei Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op.31, Bless the Lord, O My Soul
7 Glory Be to the Father and Only-Begotten Son
8 In Thy Kingdom Remember Us, O Lord (3rd Antiphon)
9 The Little Entrance: Come, Let Us Worship
10 Lord, Be Merciful to the Faithful and the Trisagion
11 Augmented Litany
12 Cherubic Hymn
13 The Creed
14 A Mercy of Peace
15 To Thee We Sing
16 Hymn to the Mother of God: It Is Truly Meet
17 The Lord's Prayer
18 Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord
19 Blessed Is He and We Have Seen the True Light
20 Let Our Mouths Be Filled with Thy Praise
21 Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
22 [Dismissal]: Glory Be to the Father
"although the best-known Rachmaninov works are not uncharacteristic, they represent only one side of his musical personality. Some of his finest scores have nothing to do with the piano, or the orchestra, and ranking high among them are his two major religious pieces, the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, and the Vespers... The culmination of 100 years of effort by Russian composers to fuse liturgical and art music. Certainly they were not unexpected for Rachmaninov, because the tones of Russian religious choirs - dark, rich, sonorous - haunted his inner ear as much as the sound of piano" (Gramophone)
