Cover: SS Boris and Gleb (detail) (late 13th century).
Hyperion CDH55352 · February 2011
Grechaninov - Vespers
Holst Singers, Stephen Layton (conductor)
Press
Classic CD1999Stephen Layton’s Holst Singers treat the piece (legimately) as a concert work and bring to bear a light, beautifully blended vocal sound, concentrated and duly devotional , making much of the music’s long-breathed lines and…Read the review 
The Guardian1999Three years before Rachmaninov wrote his Vespers, Gretchaninov, in 1912, wrote this mellifluous setting of the same Russian Orthodox texts, not so tough or austere, but offering equally rapt and dedicated choral writing, close in…Read the review 
BBC Music Magazine1999It is an expertly disciplined ensemble, and technically its musicianship is impeccable. Claire WrathallRead the review 
Choir and Organ1999Numerous delights. The performance by the Holst Singers is stunningly good. This serene, delectable music is irresistible and so is its performance.Read the review 
The Scotsman1999Great blocks of beautifully contructed sound are stunning in their apparent simplicity.Read the review 
Gramophone Magazine1999Grechaninov's music has, in recent years, begun once more to be performed and recorded as it deserves. There are excellent recent discs available of several of his Liturgies (including the famous Liturgia Domestica), Masses, the…Read the review
Recorded: November 1998
Produced by Chris Hazell
Engineered by Simon Eadon
Release date: February 2011
Total duration: 62 minutes 33 seconds
Track list
- Nïne silï nebesnïya 'Now the powers of heaven'Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)5'20
- Vo tsarstvii Tvoyem 'In thy kingdom'Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)7'29
- Nïne otpushchayeshï 'Lord, now lettest thou thy servant' Op 34 No 1Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)2'32
- Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye 'All-Night Vigil' Op 59: Blagoslovi, dushe moya 'Bless the Lord, O my soul'Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)6'15
- Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye 'All-Night Vigil' Op 59: Blazhen muzh 'Blessed is the man'Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)5'16
- Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye 'All-Night Vigil' Op 59: Svete tihiy 'Gladsome light'Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)3'34
- Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye 'All-Night Vigil' Op 59: Bogoroditse Devo 'Rejoice, O virgin'Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)1'20
- Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye 'All-Night Vigil' Op 59: Hvalite imia Ghospodne 'Praise the name of the Lord'Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)6'49
- Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye 'All-Night Vigil' Op 59: Blagosloven yesi, Ghospodi 'Blessed art thou, O Lord'Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)5'25
- Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye 'All-Night Vigil' Op 59: Ot yunosti moyeya 'From my youth'Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)3'48
- Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye 'All-Night Vigil' Op 59: Voskreseniye Hristovo videvshe 'Having beheld the resurrection of Christ'Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)3'41
- Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye 'All-Night Vigil' Op 59: Slava v vïshnih Bogu 'Glory be to God'Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)9'10
- Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye 'All-Night Vigil' Op 59: Vzbrannoy voyevode 'To thee, victorious leader'Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864-1956)1'54
Recording details from Hyperion Records.