Best Recording of Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil?
Forgive me if this isn't the typical intel-type question, but I know we've got a lot of classical music lovers here, including some Rachmaninoff aficionados. Can anyone point me to their favorite recording of Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil (Opus 37)?
I just got recruited to sing this work kind of last-minute. I have about a month to learn all the music -- and how to pronounce Church Slavonic.
Relating this to politics... um... Keeping the tradition of beauty in art alive is important to the conservative aesthetic, right?
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Answer by CandE
Robert Shaw's version is the most popular. I own it and think it to be a marvelous recording. I highly recommend it. That said, the chief complaint against the recording is that it is too "Americanized". If you want a more authentic recording, your best bet is that by Valery Polyansky.
Either way, they are great recordings and beautiful music. Congratulations on a wonderful opportunity to participate in such a great composition.
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Midget Faded Rattlesnake: Thank you, E.
I will try buying both versions from iTunes today!
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