All Night Vigil, Op. 37 - Sergei Rachmaninoff

Gloriæ Dei Cantores presents All-Night Vigil, Op. 37, conducted by Peter Jermihov (specialist in Russian and Orthodox liturgical music) and produced by Richard K. Pugsley, Director of Gloriæ Dei Cantores. Expressing their ongoing vision of unity through music, Gloriæ Dei Cantores is joined by members of the St. Romanos Cappella, The Patriarch Tikhon Choir, and The Washington Master Chorale. Soloists Dmitry Ivanchenko and Mariya Berezovska, of the National Opera of Ukraine in Kiev join the seventy-seven singers for this landmark collaboration. Vadim Gan, protodeacon under the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church sings the clergy exclamations with Dmitry Ivanchenko. All-Night Vigil was recorded by the legendary sound engineer, Keith O. Johnson from Reference Recordings. Official website: Recording: Stream: “Rachmaninoff submitted the newly-composed score of the All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 for evaluation and correction to his former composition teacher, Sergei Taneev (1856-1915). The esteemed master, known for his critiques and detailed insights, complimented the younger composer and returned the score without a single correction. . . He may have recognized the coming into the world of an extraordinary composition.“ — From the Program Notes by Peter Jermihov