'Bogoroditsye Dyevo'
From the album ‘Lighten our Darkness' - Music for the close of day
Composer Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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This much-loved setting of the Russian Orthodox version of the Ave Maria text is no. 6 of the fifteen pieces making up Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil, written in 1915 and proper to the close of Vespers on Easter Eve. Despite a flavour of Russian chant, the music is all Rachmaninov’s own (he admitted to using ‘counterfeit chants’ in several numbers of the Vigil) and it is quite typical of him in its lyrical resonance and fervent expressive depth.
LYRICS:
B ̆og ̆oroditsye Dyevo, raduissya,
Blag ̆odatnaya Mariye,
Gospod T ̆oboyu.
Blag ̆osl ̆ovyenna Tyivzhenakh,
I blag ̆osl ̆ovyen
Plod chryeva Tv ̆oyego,
Yako Spassa r ̆odila
Yessi dush nashikh.
(Hail Mary, full of grace! The Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now at the hour of our death. Amen.)
Lighten our Darkness
The service of Compline has inspired many incredibly beautiful compositions and this collection gathers together 18 of the many lovely a cappella choral motets written to adorn the evening worship of the church. Composers include Byrd, Guerrero, Rachmaninov and Sheppard, alongside such less well-known masterworks as Rheinberger’s Abendlied and the four great Marian motets of Victoria.
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1981) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
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