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Background: The Liturgy of St John Chrysostom is a service of the Orthodox Church. Rachmaninov follows very strictly the Church rules that required intelligibility of the text and the avoidance of polyphony. Instruments were forbidden, whence the use of unaccompanied voices.

The rhythm throughout the work generally follows closely the natural rhythms of the text. Rachmaninov’s setting is designed primarily for liturgical use, but also works very well outside this context; indeed the premiere was a secular performance.

This work was recorded in July 2003 in King’s College Chapel. The use of an all-male choir with boys’ voices on the soprano line inevitably creates a sound different from that the composer would have known, since mixed choirs had been the norm in Russia at least from the 18th century in this kind of music.

In preparing this work for performance the choir will have had to learn the rather less formal way of doing things in an Orthodox service, which takes the form of a continuous dialogue between clergy and choir.

CATALOGUE NR: 5576772
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29
RELEASE DATE: 01-Mar-2004

COMPOSER: Sergei Rachmaninov
TRACKS: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom op.31.
CONDUCTOR: Stephen Cleobury
ARTISTS: Peter Scorer   St John's College Cambridge Choir    

- Jun-2004 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jun-2004 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'King's glorious return to the Russian Liturgy brings a foretaste of paradise'

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