Rachmaninoff's Vespers
- Choir of the West – Richard Sparks, Director
Vespers is a masterpiece that combines Sergei Rachmaninoff’s own deep faith, his talents as a composer and centuries-old traditions from the Russian Orthodox church. Experience this wonderful master work, not just for its purely musical virtues, but for its expression of the spiritual life of one of the world’s great traditions. It was recorded in the richly reverberant acoustics of Lagerquist Concert Hall in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center at Pacific Lutheran University.
Compact Disc – 1996
PLU Multimedia Recordings — Pacific Lutheran University
Program
| Track | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Come, Let Us Worship; Intonation: Benjamin Harris, Patrick Ryan | 2:35 |
| 2 | Bless the Lord, O My Soul; Colleen Miller, Alto solo | 5:40 |
| 3 | Blessed Is the Man | 4:47 |
| 4 | Gladsome Light; Matthew Philips, Tenor solo | 2:44 |
| 5 | Lord, Now Lettest Thou; Gavin Pyle, Tenor solo | 3:22 |
| 6 | Rejoice, O Virgin | 3:03 |
| 7 | The Lesser Doxology | 2:15 |
| 8 | Praise the Name of the Lord | 2:01 |
| 9 | Blessed Art Thou, O Lord | 6:30 |
| 10 | Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ | 3:09 |
| 11 | My Soul Magnified the Lord | 7:57 |
| 12 | The Great Doxology | 6:37 |
| 13 | The Troparion “Today Salvation Has Come” | 2:00 |
| 14 | The Troparion “Thou Didst Rise From the Tomb” | 3:21 |
| 15 | To Thee, the Victorious Leader of Triumphant Hosts | 1:31 |