Rachmaninov's work for Soprano or Tenor soloist detatches the singer from the need for text creating a quasi-instrumental musical structure that explores the nature of the voice itself. For accomplished performers and with an equally challenging Piano accompaniment.

Sergei Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil for Alto and Tenor Soli and SATB divisi a cappella.

This is a collection of 71 songs in two volumes. These long-neglected works are finally beginning to recieve the exploration and recognition that they deserve. This edition (Volume Two) contains songs 37-71. For Voice with Piano Accompaniment with both English and Russian text.

Par RACHMANINOV SERGEI. Rachmaninoff lui-même considéré comme son Vêpres, aussi connu sous le titre de vigiles, l'une de ses meilleures compositions. Le travail est basé sur la vieille de plusieurs siècles orthodoxe chants avec leur forme liturgique stricte qui ont été fusionnés par Rachmaninoff à son propre lat / The Monuments of Russian Sacred Music Series IX, V / Répertoire / Choeur Mixte a Cappella (SATB)

Rachmaninoff?s music for the All-Night Vigil service ? long known inaccurately as his ?Vespers? ? is a masterpiece in its own right. It draws on centuries-old Orthodox chant and the performance tradition of Russian folk music and embodies the ideal of Russian church music championed by a group of Moscow musicians of the time. In this All-Night Vigil the great composer-pianist-conductor has allied his own imagination skill and experience with the expertise built up at the Synodal School of Church Music ? not least by its choir which gave the first performances at several Moscowconcerts.   This edition has been carefully prepared to present Rachmaninoff?s music in a clear and easily readable format and also offers a new transliteration of the Church Slavonic text. For the first time an audio pronunciation guide is provided online which will prove indispensable for choirs wishing to perform this most beautiful of masterpieces.   In the November/December issue of Choir

Rejoice O Virgin-Bogoroditsè Devo (Rejoice O Virgin) is a work by Sergei Rachmaninoff for Unaccompanied SATB Choir. From the 'All-Night Vigil ' this is the Vocal Score featuring a pronunciation guide and an explanation of the transliteration and translation. The lyrics are in the original and a phonetic transliteration.