Last time I shared some of my favorite Protestant hymns. And this time I want to share a few hymns they sing in the Russian Orthodox Church. Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Bogoroditse Devo, raduisya" from his "All-Night Vigil" (Vespers) is my all-time favorite song.
One must like chants, choral, and liturgical singing to appreciate these chants. You can't dance when you're listening to them.
1 Sergey Rachmaninov (Sergei Rachmaninoff) - "Bogoroditse Devo, raduisya"
Different choirs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp82BXNwrWc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tu9moIJ3uM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTEtwm7sHXU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMXZvlrjk08
2 Moscow Sretensky Monastery Choir, Psalm 33
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVxkTEvkvXY
3 Russisch Orthodox - Liturgische Gesänge / Russian Orthodox - Liturgycal
Chants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a6rtOYKWH4
4 Tchaikovsky - Hymn of the Cherubim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZQzW_QfPew
5 Rachmaninov - "Bless the Lord, O My Soul"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYxklAuKkao
6 Sergei Rachmaninoff - Vespers - All-Night Vigil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIxQ_B3Wpzg