Beyond his piano playing, beyond his orchestral conducting, beyond even his instrumental composing, it could be argued that Sergey Rachmaninov was at his best as a composer of a cappella music for the Russian Orthodox Church. In all his other musical activities, Rachmaninov's reputation was as an extravagantly gifted virtuoso -- a pianist whose technique was second to none, a conductor whose performances were thrilling and a composer whose music was the culmination of Russian Romanticism. But in his a cappella setting of ...
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Beyond his piano playing, beyond his orchestral conducting, beyond even his instrumental composing, it could be argued that Sergey Rachmaninov was at his best as a composer of a cappella music for the Russian Orthodox Church. In all his other musical activities, Rachmaninov's reputation was as an extravagantly gifted virtuoso -- a pianist whose technique was second to none, a conductor whose performances were thrilling and a composer whose music was the culmination of Russian Romanticism. But in his a cappella setting of the All-Night Vigil, Rachmaninov's virtuosity is completely subsumed in the purity and profundity of his spiritual belief. Although he left the Russian Orthodox Church when committed the sin of consanguity of marrying his first cousin, during the Great War Rachmaninov returned to church musically, if not actually, and composed his Vigil in the style and substance of the music of his nation. The result is a clear, deep, and intensely moving expression of his spiritual faith.Aside from...
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