If human beings can sing like this in a fallen world under their fallen condition can you imagine what it will sound like when the saints perfected in Christ Jesus our Lord and the hosts of angels will sing his praises in heaven.
After an experience with death I could no longer listen to human music for several years, even the most beautiful. Angelic music is so beyond anything ears on Earth have ever heard, that returning to this Earth music was jarring to my spirit. Yes, you are so right. Let's enjoy what humans can do with our voices here till we learn to sing as the Angels do in heaven. Oh beautiful is to weak a word....
I have been an Evangelical Protestant pastor for 41 years. Contemporary "worship" music has increasingly gotten "me-centered." Essentially it is about "MY" experience of God. I can hardly stand to listen or sing the stuff. I listen to Chant or anything liturgical--other than contemporary Christian pop music. I have even influenced my wife to change her habits. She was a huge fan of the pop genre.
@@valq10 Some of the greatest and most beloved hymns glorifying God and the Savior, Jesus Christ were written by Protestants. Unfortunately, much of the contemporary Me-centered worship music is also written by Protestants. However, I also know that Catholics attracted to the Traditional Latin Mass have often found the music developed after Vatican II to be less than God-centered and uplifting.
@@valq10, No, it has not always been that way. Think of the hymns of Fanny Crosby, Charles Wesley and even Luther (A Mighty Fortress is Our God). The current stuff is a departure.
@@kansashoneybadger7899 thanks for the recommendation , iv heard it before somewhere but now i know what its called, yes truly an ortherworldy piece of music
@@brankabrnica1914 but, God is , was, is gong to forever, why you don't ask Jesus to know the Original Teaching? son of man not seek the holy one, but look for from human and religion?
Glad to see Poland people staying faithful to Jesus Christ...Love and Greetings from India...in the mighty name of Jesus Christ the savior of mankind and only hope.❤️🙏✝️
Pray for Poland. The new generations are not growing enthusiastically enough to love Jesus. I’m publishing a weekly UA-cam video on episodes from the life of Don Bosco, entitled ST JOHN BOSCO by JOE ZAMMIT. In this series I’m narrating events and miracles from the splendid life of Don Bosco. St John Bosco used to perform a miracle almost every day, through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. From the lives of saints we can learn how to love God more and draw closer to him. Thank you.
@@BJIM42 Indeed Jimmy. Consider me a friend - if you have been united to Christ then we are both united as brothers through the blood of Him who rescued us from the curse. Blessings in Christ to you and yours.
@@garethifan1034 Thank you for replying! I accepted Christ and baptized when I was 22 yrs old. When I was living in Cyprus for a year, I became interested in the Greek Orthodox Church. Please, if you have 5 minutes a week, I need a friend to talk about my interest in Orthodox Church and Christ Jesus. No one understands me. Bjim42 at Gmail dot com. God bless you Gareth!
I have listened to this countless times and never tire of it. It is the superb balance of the solo against the rest of the choir. This changes seamlessly. I wish that they would produce many more!
@@valeriesimonson9811 How, exactly? There are no individual microphones, and lots of room sound. Good performers do not require electronic intervention.
Even though I have listened to this hymn countless times, each time is like the first time. The power of this song of praise takes us beyond earthly boundaries to a realm where order, peace, beauty and love have their genesis...
Heaven will be a megillion times more glorious. Megillion has 3,000,004 digits and would take immortality itself to experience such supernatural of beauty in heaven.
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Год уже слушаю регулярно это исполнение. Очень красиво и на слух и визуально. Огромное спасибо всем исполнителям! Огромное уважение всем, кто сотворил такую красоту!
ua-cam.com/video/U2NSfTXjEPI/v-deo.html Plenty of comments by seasoned listeners saying this is far and above the best version of the entire Rachmaninoff's all night vigil. A lot of comments, though, complaining of add interruptions. I had none on my iPhone fortunately, but on my laptop, many interruptions.
Yes, it's not typical professionally trained classical alto voice, but that makes it in my opinion more natural human, emotional and so pleasant do listen to.
Tenor also have unusual color,it s rly great they choose to sing for Lord rather than worldly crap, every single peraon here stick to each other here...on great speakers you can fully enjoy,and harmony when girls sings together,beautifull....but my top ever are russian oktavist with master Mikhail Zlatopolsky...lowest bass ever RIP
I cannot help myself to return to this most beautiful performance. They are the very essence of what Rachmaninov intended for this piece. Angel choirs made human.
A sadness pervades Russian music in general...but even in this sacred piece there is the Russian soul’s tears of sorrow and pain. My heart is humbled by the performers and Sergei Rachmaninov, the great composer.
But it is a sadness infused by hope and love, a certain sweetness one finds in no other sacred music. I found the same sadness in the eyes of a Russian man, an officer in Berlin. I believe that knew that I wanted more than freindship, but I did not press the freindship. How tender his dark, sad eyes, how sad and sweet the enigmatic smile. Alyosha, always longed for, ever remembered, it is your eyes I see when I hear this.
@@castloader1715 Those were the days directly after the cold war. What hope did an American soldier and a Russian officer have? Now that I have the plot of land I told him of in my dreams, that little farm with chickens and melons and. Tomatoes, what would he say? Would he be proud of me? He wanted to keep bees, this gentle man. Thank you. Pray that today he is happy?
@@madamvaudelune3298 Sweet story. Thanks. Prayers for the Russian people to achieve the level of freedom and happiness that we all hoped, in 1991, that they would receive.
"No greater love hath man a than this, that a man give his life for his friends" - Jesus, the Christ. The only begotten Son of the living God. The Saviour of the world.
Adoration belongs only to God while admiration is very possible to man. All these marvelous chants are a means to the real end which is the living n personal God, in Christ Jesus, alone. While we give thanks for such gift for these beautiful souls, we kneel n adore our Loving YaHaVaH in His Son, Christ Jesus. Peace n God love you !!
Angels, archangels, seraphim and cherubim proclaim the glory of God. They are all represented by this group. May the Lord God bless you and keep you in His Heart forever.
My husband's voice has a very deep bass (maybe baritone) quality and he is just as tall as the gentleman in the video! It gives me hope that one day he can join the choir because he loves to sing, but choir directors don't know what to do with his voice or have the appropriate music. My poor husband, so willing to participate, but kicked out of choir because of his deep, booming voice that confuses the other choirs members. 😢❤
It's the curse of many choirs and their choir directors and choice of music: They're often focused on and centered around the female singers and give very little love to the males. And more often than not, they're focused on and centered around the sopranos, and the altos/mezzos just get the short end of the stick. When you have a good bass like Rafał or your husband, it's definitely a blessing and should be capitalized upon! I would suggest to the choir director that he or she look to more Eastern European (Serbian, Romanian, Georgian, Russian) hymns. They know how to write incredibly beautiful hymns that make wonderful use of altos/mezzos and basses. Granted, I don't know what your and your husband's religious background is, but my suggestion in much easier if you are Orthodox.
I have had music move me to tears before, but not like this. This is much different. Without fail this song shakes the foundation of my soul, it's so beautiful.
This rendition of Bless the Lord, O My Soul from Rachmaninov's Vespers is special. Performed by a smaller than usual ensemble, it makes its mark by the clarity and richness of its presentation. Bravo.
I heard this in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, in 1996. On hearing it again and again, my hair stood on end. Such a sacred soul is Rachmaninov, and such angels to sing his notes.I am humbled. How can we transmit this serenity to our troubled world...to save it from pain? I hear it every day. I cry with emotion. 🙏
I visited the Nevsky Lavra in 1996 -- jammed with people. In the beauty of the Liturgy, the Presence of the Holy Spirit created electricity through the crowd. My hair quivered, my hands stung. One of my great experiences: to come in contact with the Power.
Stunning. A good acoustic in a setting where the piece is meant to be sung. Beautiful voices and blending of voices. Such clarity, especially in the tenor and bass lines. This is a performance for the ages. Goose bumps and a tear.
The lead singer has a command of the song, the other girls provide support and beautiful sweetness, the men, the bass and foundation, together the sum is greater than the parts....best version online! wow!
I don’t know what it is about this song but it just makes me cry uncontrollably. I feel like God is so sad, at the state of the world right now. God is love
Indeed, there's something very special about this piece - sacred, emotional and impressive at the same time. It's really difficult to perform, too. I am sure it's one of the Gods favourite pieces. This is also magical in a bit more western cold fashion: ua-cam.com/video/36Y_ztEW1NE/v-deo.html God bless you.
I totally agree. Being a man makes no difference in the presence of God. Tears for the beauty, the Love, the Holiness, and weeping for our sin and the sin of the world
Simply outstanding. A perfectly-sung Orthodox anthem from the heart of Catholic Poland...gives hope for the long-awaited reunion of Christ's Church. Ut Unum Sint!
Are you kidding me with this?? This is absolutely beautiful the way their voices blend in together!!! I didn't cry watching this but I also wasn't that far off. Spectacular!!
The serene image of my casket coming out of the back of the hearse into the church, gives me hope that this long painful life is not permanent, as the casket lid opens to reveal my serene self inside, i will look down from heaven in bliss to know that i am finally home.
Magnificent and Glorious for The One Who Is The Beginning and By, To, and Through Whom are all things! This is sublimity at its apogee and the paragon of excellency! I'm struck! Awe Struck! This song means so much to me because I claimed to be an atheist in high school and my sophomore year I was doing Saturday chores. However, I loved classical music. This song came on Public Radio...I was punched in the face by something or SomeOne I couldn't articulate at the time. I'd hear it on Christmas break and here and there. When ever it came on..it commanded my attention. I could only stop and submit to this Goodness, Truth, and Beauty. Years later when I was saved....The Light turned on and I could only fall to my knees! Glory To The Father and To The Son and To The Holy Spirit...as it was in the Beginning is Now and Ever Shall be World without End..Amen!!
Richard Jordan What you said is utterly beautiful and uplifting - like that choir of angels we have just heard on this video. Glad to call you my brother in Christ!
Richard Jordan Your words will be inspiring to so many people. May the Lord bless you and keep you and His Light shine down upon you all the days of your life. Blessed is our God, always now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen! ☦️☦️☦️
Love it! Never get tired of listening to Rachmaninoff's rendition of this sacred score. The chord shifts before the cadence are powerful and moving. I can feel my heart become heavy with the burden of melancholy and isolation...its one of the few times I can feel closer to God with no effort, almost as innate as breath.
Irina Bogdanovich and Polina Shamaeva are officially my favorite soloists for this beautiful song - thank you both! Such beauty and this is a wonderful performance - I wish I had your voices! :-) Thank you, from the USA
Always my favorite of Rachmaninoff's Vespers. I've never heard it sung by so few singers, but between the acoustics of the space and the impeccable intonation of the singers, the sound is still HUGE. Beautiful!
Очень красивое пение! Наслаждаюсь каждый день... Спасибо Сергею Рахманинову и исполнителям. Даже не верится, что это "Всенощное бдение"написано в 1915 году!
I’ve sung it, heard dozens of ensembles sing it-but every time-I come back to this group to hear their interpretation again. So reverent, so beautiful.
If human beings can sing like this in a fallen world under their fallen condition can you imagine what it will sound like when the saints perfected in Christ Jesus our Lord and the hosts of angels will sing his praises in heaven.
I mean yeah~! So pretty! I enjoy Christian/Jesus Themed music from around the globe!
Exactly!
Yea and Amen!
Amen David! Well said.
After an experience with death I could no longer listen to human music for several years, even the most beautiful. Angelic music is so beyond anything ears on Earth have ever heard, that returning to this Earth music was jarring to my spirit. Yes, you are so right. Let's enjoy what humans can do with our voices here till we learn to sing as the Angels do in heaven. Oh beautiful is to weak a word....
I'm sure this piece has led many people to God. Beauty is one of the three transcendentals - Beauty, Truth and Goodness.
I was lead to the Orthodox Church because of this piece - it was the most beautiful things I had ever encountered.
This alto soloist has the most gorgeous voice for Old Church Slavonic music.
you are right. Theu should have had a fuller deeper voiced bass though
I love how his fellow singers are smiling in awe when the bass rumbles out the last line.
Stunning piece and sung with such Finesse...the Mezzo has that Richness we find difficult to replicate outside of Eastern Europe...dgp
I can't stop myself from crying when I hear this lovely ensemble sing so movingly-- thank you!
I AGREE!!!!!!
I never tire of listening to these people singing this wondrous piece of music.
Me too.
Same
@@nnicollan - Ditto. Could listen to it all day ... and all night, too.
One cannot help but see the difference in offering praise to our Creator and hymns about our feelings. This is true worship!
I have been an Evangelical Protestant pastor for 41 years. Contemporary "worship" music has increasingly gotten "me-centered." Essentially it is about "MY" experience of God. I can hardly stand to listen or sing the stuff. I listen to Chant or anything liturgical--other than contemporary Christian pop music. I have even influenced my wife to change her habits. She was a huge fan of the pop genre.
@@bestpossibleworld2091 In brotherly love may I cheekily ask: is Protestantism not always about "MY" experience of God?
@@valq10 Some of the greatest and most beloved hymns glorifying God and the Savior, Jesus Christ were written by Protestants. Unfortunately, much of the contemporary Me-centered worship music is also written by Protestants. However, I also know that Catholics attracted to the Traditional Latin Mass have often found the music developed after Vatican II to be less than God-centered and uplifting.
@@valq10, No, it has not always been that way. Think of the hymns of Fanny Crosby, Charles Wesley and even Luther (A Mighty Fortress is Our God). The current stuff is a departure.
@@kansashoneybadger7899 thanks for the recommendation , iv heard it before somewhere but now i know what its called, yes truly an ortherworldy piece of music
I'm really a great sinner.
But this song always, inevitably invites me to come closer to God...
There were 5 original Patriarchates.
Rome changed Christ's teaching in 1054.
Only, Eastern Orthodox Christianity keeps Christ's ORIGINAL TEACHING☦️
@@brankabrnica1914 but, God is , was, is gong to forever, why you don't ask Jesus to know the Original Teaching? son of man not seek the holy one, but look for from human and religion?
@@brankabrnica1914And gives its blessing to Putin, the modern Hitler...
Glad to see Poland people staying faithful to Jesus Christ...Love and Greetings from India...in the mighty name of Jesus Christ the savior of mankind and only hope.❤️🙏✝️
Pray for Poland. The new generations are not growing enthusiastically enough to love Jesus. I’m publishing a weekly UA-cam video on episodes from the life of Don Bosco, entitled ST JOHN BOSCO by JOE ZAMMIT. In this series I’m narrating events and miracles from the splendid life of Don Bosco. St John Bosco used to perform a miracle almost every day, through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. From the lives of saints we can learn how to love God more and draw closer to him. Thank you.
In the name of the Most Adorable, greetings from Colombia
Greetings from America! Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us
@@mauriciomontoyabriceno940 Lord Jesus bless you, Shalom from India 🇮🇳 ✝️
@@CHURCHISAWESUM Greetings and shalom from India 🇮🇳 ✝️ ...Jesus is Lord
I came here for solace from the modern world and there are tears streaming down my face. Christ have mercy on me.
He is merciful to all who call on Him from a sincere heart.
Me, too. Crying, too. Thanks be to God for His great Love, Mercy and Grace for us!!
Gareth Ifan, I wish I was your friend. We need friends who can praise together and talk about our need for Our Great Father!! Bless you!!
@@BJIM42 Indeed Jimmy. Consider me a friend - if you have been united to Christ then we are both united as brothers through the blood of Him who rescued us from the curse.
Blessings in Christ to you and yours.
@@garethifan1034 Thank you for replying! I accepted Christ and baptized when I was 22 yrs old. When I was living in Cyprus for a year, I became interested in the Greek Orthodox Church. Please, if you have 5 minutes a week, I need a friend to talk about my interest in Orthodox Church and Christ Jesus. No one understands me. Bjim42 at Gmail dot com. God bless you Gareth!
I never get tired of this piece... sublime...
I'm Alaskan Orthodox, I must attest, the solo is beautiful... and the way it was performed makes it Heavenly. Well done.
Absolutely gorgeous! Just like Rachmaninoff is supposed to be sung. You honored him and blessed us. Thank you sincerely.
Listening and listening again. This deserves to be uploaded and preserved in 4K for generations to come.
I have listened to this countless times and never tire of it. It is the superb balance of the solo against the rest of the choir. This changes seamlessly. I wish that they would produce many more!
It is so balanced because it is balanced in the studio :)
@@valeriesimonson9811 What are your thoughts? Has the performance been diminished?
@@valeriesimonson9811 How, exactly? There are no individual microphones, and lots of room sound. Good performers do not require electronic intervention.
@@tedehrhard3090 It's a studio recording and they're miming in the video
@@bukarin Обворожительный
Słucham, podziwiam, zachwycam się i ... wracam do odsłuchania ponownie. Najlepsze wykonanie jakie słuchałem!
Even though I have listened to this hymn countless times, each time is like the first time. The power of this song of praise takes us beyond earthly boundaries to a realm where order, peace, beauty and love have their genesis...
Heaven will be a megillion times more glorious. Megillion has 3,000,004 digits and would take immortality itself to experience such supernatural of beauty in heaven.
Yeah Rachmaninov was raptured into heavens Realm one night and came back to teach us how it is like !
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Wow the tall young guy is a bass!!! Amazing!
This is a wonderful praise to the Lord for His goodness & strength. Thank you, Lord Jesus Christ for saving us.
Год уже слушаю регулярно это исполнение. Очень красиво и на слух и визуально. Огромное спасибо всем исполнителям! Огромное уважение всем, кто сотворил такую красоту!
My soul is uplifted by this song
Wonderful - just love that last note from the Bass singer!
An OCTAVIST!
I don't think there could possibly be a better version of this gorgeous piece of music, haunts me
There is a comparable one: ua-cam.com/video/oYvw7jm-lsw/v-deo.html
Do
ua-cam.com/video/U2NSfTXjEPI/v-deo.html
Plenty of comments by seasoned listeners saying this is far and above the best version of the entire Rachmaninoff's all night vigil. A lot of comments, though, complaining of add interruptions. I had none on my iPhone fortunately, but on my laptop, many interruptions.
@@mateoyavorsky7646 Yes, also stunning, astonishing beauty.
The lady singing the solo has the best Alto voice I think I've ever heard. I come from a protestant background and I love this music.
We're not protesting, indeed.
Yes, it's not typical professionally trained classical alto voice, but that makes it in my opinion more natural human, emotional and so pleasant do listen to.
Tenor also have unusual color,it s rly great they choose to sing for Lord rather than worldly crap, every single peraon here stick to each other here...on great speakers you can fully enjoy,and harmony when girls sings together,beautifull....but my top ever are russian oktavist with master Mikhail Zlatopolsky...lowest bass ever RIP
I also prefere alto :)Singing alto as amateur for years :)
Mezzo?
I cannot help myself to return to this most beautiful performance. They are the very essence of what Rachmaninov intended for this piece. Angel choirs made human.
The interaction between the most wonderful alto and the sublime tenor makes this so special.
A sadness pervades Russian music in general...but even in this sacred piece there is the Russian soul’s tears of sorrow and pain. My heart is humbled by the performers and Sergei Rachmaninov, the great composer.
Nothing like the soulful music of the Russians! Passion and warmth in that cold land.
But it is a sadness infused by hope and love, a certain sweetness one finds in no other sacred music. I found the same sadness in the eyes of a Russian man, an officer in Berlin. I believe that knew that I wanted more than freindship, but I did not press the freindship. How tender his dark, sad eyes, how sad and sweet the enigmatic smile. Alyosha, always longed for, ever remembered, it is your eyes I see when I hear this.
@@madamvaudelune3298 😥 God bless you.
@@castloader1715 Those were the days directly after the cold war. What hope did an American soldier and a Russian officer have? Now that I have the plot of land I told him of in my dreams, that little farm with chickens and melons and. Tomatoes, what would he say? Would he be proud of me? He wanted to keep bees, this gentle man. Thank you. Pray that today he is happy?
@@madamvaudelune3298 Sweet story. Thanks. Prayers for the Russian people to achieve the level of freedom and happiness that we all hoped, in 1991, that they would receive.
"No greater love hath man a than this, that a man give his life for his friends"
- Jesus, the Christ. The only begotten Son of the living God. The Saviour of the world.
Even after 6 years I keep comming back to this amazing recording. And I am not a believer in any God what so ever. Irina Bogdanovich is truly gifted.
Can't you see that God Almighty is calling you to come to Him while there is still time of His Divine Mercy,
God's yoke is easy & his burden is light. You are loved SO Much more than you know.
please God, dont let this version ever disappear from the internet. i am on my knees and full of tears and adoration for you.
I agree
I agree
@@rolandfarmer
I got your note. Thank you.
Right ?
I've listened to it hundreds of times.
Adoration belongs only to God while admiration is very possible to man. All these marvelous chants are a means to the real end which is the living n personal God, in Christ Jesus, alone. While we give thanks for such gift for these beautiful souls, we kneel n adore our Loving YaHaVaH in His Son, Christ Jesus.
Peace n God love you !!
I never tire of this. I listen, again and again
Glory to God for all things.
I would love to hear much more by these wonderful young singers. They are truly marvellous.
perfection. singing Rachmaninoff is one of the hardest things I've ever had the privilege of doing. this was sheer delight for my ears.
Love the contrast of the different voices. Beautiful thank you. God bless.
Such depth of voices bring out the cry of the soul to her Creator.
Angels from heaven, come down to earth to comfort us
I belong to the Orthodox church and we sing this at Vespers but in English. Russian Orthodox music is so beautiful!!
I am Roman Catholic and this music takes my breath away. Sublime.
Where can one get such Russian choral music in English?
By music I mean the scores so we can sing them.
ua-cam.com/video/rzRiDyOrTPQ/v-deo.html
@@terrywestbrook-lienert2296 ua-cam.com/video/rzRiDyOrTPQ/v-deo.html
I cannot imagine a better performance of this piece can ever be done.
Angels, archangels, seraphim and cherubim proclaim the glory of God. They are all represented by this group. May the Lord God bless you and keep you in His Heart forever.
Rafał Brzeziński, my goodness you can go low! Continue on with that blessed voice.
My husband's voice has a very deep bass (maybe baritone) quality and he is just as tall as the gentleman in the video! It gives me hope that one day he can join the choir because he loves to sing, but choir directors don't know what to do with his voice or have the appropriate music. My poor husband, so willing to participate, but kicked out of choir because of his deep, booming voice that confuses the other choirs members. 😢❤
It's the curse of many choirs and their choir directors and choice of music: They're often focused on and centered around the female singers and give very little love to the males. And more often than not, they're focused on and centered around the sopranos, and the altos/mezzos just get the short end of the stick.
When you have a good bass like Rafał or your husband, it's definitely a blessing and should be capitalized upon! I would suggest to the choir director that he or she look to more Eastern European (Serbian, Romanian, Georgian, Russian) hymns. They know how to write incredibly beautiful hymns that make wonderful use of altos/mezzos and basses.
Granted, I don't know what your and your husband's religious background is, but my suggestion in much easier if you are Orthodox.
@creepypastime1664 Yes! Rafał has an incredibly beautiful voice, and I hope he's still glorifying God with his wonderful gift. 🥰🙏☦
I believe the Lord is listening to all these wonderful praises of Mankind, Jesus bless you All
Hauntingly Beautiful.
Heavenly
Simplement angélique. Et donc sublime. Gloire à notre Seigneur Jésus Christ. Rien d'autre.
Purity, piety and perfection in one perfect package.
This is incredible. That bass is amazing.
Yes
The bass
It's called Basso Profondo, or contrabass. Russia seems to grow a lot of them.
@@Scorianos imagine Mikhail Zlatopolsky drop bass bomb here...best oktavist ever RIP
@@Scorianos The Contrabass isn't Russian, actually he's Polish. But he is Absolutely amazing
@@Miguli98 Thanks for the correction.
I listen to this almost every day. It uplifts my soul and restores my spirit.
This must be one of the most beautiful harmonies I have ever heard.
From a german atheist who loves orthodox chanting sooo much , thank you for touching my heart .
Лезгинку не понимаю́т ни где! А она мне нравилась 30 лет назад!
I have had music move me to tears before, but not like this. This is much different. Without fail this song shakes the foundation of my soul, it's so beautiful.
This rendition of Bless the Lord, O My Soul from Rachmaninov's Vespers is special. Performed by a smaller than usual ensemble, it makes its mark by the clarity and richness of its presentation. Bravo.
Truth!
The music and the comeliness and beauty of the singers is so matched.
I heard this in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, in 1996.
On hearing it again and again, my hair stood on end. Such a sacred soul is Rachmaninov, and such angels to sing his notes.I am humbled.
How can we transmit this serenity to our troubled world...to save it from pain? I hear it every day. I cry with emotion. 🙏
How about saving the world from sin first???!!!
Vasilis Kardasis - Praise to glorious Russia from the USA. Peace to us all.
Only Christ can save but we can certainly “pray the Lord of the harvest that He would send laborers into the field (the world)”.
I visited the Nevsky Lavra in 1996 -- jammed with people. In the beauty of the Liturgy, the Presence of the Holy Spirit created electricity through the crowd. My hair quivered, my hands stung. One of my great experiences: to come in contact with the Power.
one of the rare songs where 9 voices sounds like 90 voices.
Stunning. A good acoustic in a setting where the piece is meant to be sung. Beautiful voices and blending of voices. Such clarity, especially in the tenor and bass lines. This is a performance for the ages. Goose bumps and a tear.
Michael, yes! Tear also. How wonderful to be in the audience and hear this!!
I love the way you put it, Michael. Couldn't agree more.
@@BJIM42 I don't think it's a live performance.
Michael Doyle Jimmy Burr, I believe there was no audience as such
It was part of a ‘Production’ course within a degree from the University, set up by one of the singers
That bass is absolutely ridiculous in the most glorious sense of the word! I love Russia and Rachmaninov, what a genius!
Wow, glorious, brings me to tears every time.
BEAUTIFUL!!!!❤
Every time I listen to this I think how moved Sergei Rachmaninov would have been to hear it like this
What a beautiful interpretation! Can't stop listen. Again and again.
The lead singer has a command of the song, the other girls provide support and beautiful sweetness, the men, the bass and foundation, together the sum is greater than the parts....best version online! wow!
I agree
I don’t know what it is about this song but it just makes me cry uncontrollably. I feel like God is so sad, at the state of the world right now. God is love
Indeed, there's something very special about this piece - sacred, emotional and impressive at the same time. It's really difficult to perform, too. I am sure it's one of the Gods favourite pieces. This is also magical in a bit more western cold fashion: ua-cam.com/video/36Y_ztEW1NE/v-deo.html God bless you.
God blessed you
God is always happy. He wants to share his happiness with us all.
I totally agree. Being a man makes no difference in the presence of God. Tears for the beauty, the Love, the Holiness, and weeping for our sin and the sin of the world
I agree
That was one of the most beautiful compositions that I've ever heard.
Exactly, it's magically simple just like a prayer with no
flaunt. Sounds easy but in fact it's very difficult to perform.
I must have listened to this one hundred times over the past week.
And I'm back again. This composition gets better every time I listen to it.
Eric Smoove I must be 5 times that since Xmas
An Angel must have whispered the notes to Rachmaninoff, there is no other way...
Most probably.
Yes, it always happends that way. Angels or daemons.
What we have to give to the Lord from us - nothing but those things that He gave to us.
This is how lot's of great composers discribe the "creation" process
Yeah, Sergei was experiencing Divine Revelations when he composed this.
See Bhagavad Gita chapter 15 verse 15
Beautiful, Thanks You
I'm glad I found this video!
Rachmaninov's Vespers are deeply haunting and touch the soul.
I thought I preferred this piece when sung by a much larger choir, but the intimacy this ensemble achieves is truly a gift from God to all mankind.
No words can explain my feelings...never before been so emotioned!!
A perfect way to welcome a new day. "Bless the Lord, My Soul."
Simply outstanding. A perfectly-sung Orthodox anthem from the heart of Catholic Poland...gives hope for the long-awaited reunion of Christ's Church. Ut Unum Sint!
Don't forget the choir is Latvian
@@tonymercer7759 names are all Polish though?
Are you kidding me with this?? This is absolutely beautiful the way their voices blend in together!!! I didn't cry watching this but I also wasn't that far off. Spectacular!!
I cried.
Really impressive and appealing
Love how each member just waits for their queue then graciously blends into what is an astonishing and brilliant harmony to the Lord of Lords!
Rachmaninoff never disappoints.
The serene image of my casket coming out of the back of the hearse into the church, gives me hope that this long painful life is not permanent, as the casket lid opens to reveal my serene self inside, i will look down from heaven in bliss to know that i am finally home.
О, Боже! Как прекрасно исполненно!
Красиво. Слушаю постоянно. Спаси и сохрани вас Господи!
Magnificent and Glorious for The One Who Is The Beginning and By, To, and Through Whom are all things! This is sublimity at its apogee and the paragon of excellency! I'm struck! Awe Struck! This song means so much to me because I claimed to be an atheist in high school and my sophomore year I was doing Saturday chores. However, I loved classical music. This song came on Public Radio...I was punched in the face by something or SomeOne I couldn't articulate at the time. I'd hear it on Christmas break and here and there. When ever it came on..it commanded my attention. I could only stop and submit to this Goodness, Truth, and Beauty. Years later when I was saved....The Light turned on and I could only fall to my knees! Glory To The Father and To The Son and To The Holy Spirit...as it was in the Beginning is Now and Ever Shall be World without End..Amen!!
Richard Jordan What you said is utterly beautiful and uplifting - like that choir of angels we have just heard on this video. Glad to call you my brother in Christ!
Richard Jordan Your words will be inspiring to so many people. May the Lord bless you and keep you and His Light shine down upon you all the days of your life. Blessed is our God, always now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen! ☦️☦️☦️
Deep and beautiful, but why nazizyonism flag?
Lord Jesus Christ, son of the Father, have mercy on me a sinner...
I agree
You're fine bro
You peopel are hallarious
Amin. Lord have mercy on us, sinners.☦
How Beautiful and Rachmaninoff wrote this!!
I'm flabbergasted by what this brings down to us from the Heavens.
Absolutely beautiful. Very respectively performed.
Love it! Never get tired of listening to Rachmaninoff's rendition of this sacred score. The chord shifts before the cadence are powerful and moving. I can feel my heart become heavy with the burden of melancholy and isolation...its one of the few times I can feel closer to God with no effort, almost as innate as breath.
Chills. Every time I listen to this.
Irina Bogdanovich and Polina Shamaeva are officially my favorite soloists for this beautiful song - thank you both!
Such beauty and this is a wonderful performance - I wish I had your voices! :-)
Thank you, from the USA
Later on, I will say that this video is what sent me down the Rachmaninov Vespers rabbit hole - a place I am very happy to be. 🙂
I don't really know what to say, how to express my wonder at this beauty.
Thank you. God bless you.
Same here!! My soul feels flooding of love and adoration!! God Bless us all!!
Didn't expect you hear Peter, but I guess I should have given the fact that your videos display the musical Traditions of the Church.
Always my favorite of Rachmaninoff's Vespers. I've never heard it sung by so few singers, but between the acoustics of the space and the impeccable intonation of the singers, the sound is still HUGE. Beautiful!
Breathtakingly beautiful. Window into Heaven!
......And heaven opened and grace and peace poured over listeners 🙏🏻💕thank you😘
Очень красивое пение! Наслаждаюсь каждый день... Спасибо Сергею Рахманинову и исполнителям. Даже не верится, что это "Всенощное бдение"написано в 1915 году!
This is beyond of imagination how beautifully they did it.. it's like angles came down on earth...😇💖
I’ve sung it, heard dozens of ensembles sing it-but every time-I come back to this group to hear their interpretation again. So reverent, so beautiful.
Excellent polish choir leading by charismatic russian conductor = outstanding performance of this inspired masterpiece of sacred music.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
@@MarshmellowFluff SIC ET SEMPER IN TEMPORA
Dixie Hall Now and ever unto ages of ages. Amen.
Amen
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end....AMEN!!
Just wonderful praise to our majestic king of glory. The vocals & harmonies were sublime, fitting to Our Prince of Peace.
Her voice is smooth and sweet lifting those verses. What a great mix of talent. It’s what I think you would hear in heaven on make me proud day.
Beautiful.
I listen to this over and over, and get a taste of the sublime, of something much bigger and more beautiful.