"We Hymn Thee" Rachmaninov - Sretensky Monastery Choir

Here is a haunting performance of Rachmaninov's setting of "We Hymn Thee," with a strong Bb1 from oktavists Nikolay Sharapov, Vadim Zaripov, Kostantin Medvedev, and Vladimir Semechev on the penultimate chord.
Soprano solist: Inna Demenkova.

[@florencialirosi9822]

Without a doubt Rachmaninov´s mind vibrated on a heavenly frequency....

[@josefhuber8531]

Sadly he suffered heavy depression.

[@francisfischer7620]

When I played him I thought it was a diabolical one. God willing I'm wrong.

[@yevvgor]

Yep, but you need performers from heaven as well.

[@cliffjamesmusic]

I sit here 1+ years into a military conflict in the Ukraine rooted in aggression started many years before that and from beyond Ukraine’s borders. If the combatants on all sides had the chance to absorb the beauty of music such as this, perhaps they would refuse to be driven by the people exploiting them.

[@user-ym7ni5pz6n]

Замечательная мысль, попробуйте с вашей стороны прекратить спонсирование фашизма, войны в Украине, уничтожение Русской культуры, языка, православной веры, остановите захват и уничтожение православных храмов.

[@incognito1409]

​@@user-ym7ni5pz6nименно!!!👍🏻

[@willaknotts1298]

Have all of your platoon raise white flags in unison and beg the Russians for mercy. God will hear you.

[@francisfischer7620]

I pray for thee.

[@Barsanuphius.1]

​@@user-ym7ni5pz6n The Russians are the ones who have destroyed beautiful Ukraine and their Orthodox brothers!

[@lebronjames2583]

I'm Japanese. 🇯🇵I like this piece of music I hope for world peace. With Jesus Christ.✝️✨

[@antoniettadilorenzo9064]

God bless you Brother. Holy Christmas 2022. From Naples - italy

[@ChopinIsMyBestFriend]

American here. Enjoying as well. Bless you in the name of Jesus Christ my brother.

[@TSH2020]

When you listen to this you can empty your mind of everything and be absorbed into a state of bliss.

[@user-cj2fi4hr5d]

Это шедевр музыкального искусства: и со стороны композитора, и со стороны исполнителей!!!! Браво!!!

[@TSH2020]

Imagine arriving at the gates of heaven and the voice of an angel calls you to ascend the stairway of light to that most blissful and ethereal place of the afterlife, while that magnificent bassundo profundo closes the gates behind you at the end!

[@rolandfarmer]

Yea! and Amen

[@jogianni100]

I’m right behind u

[@jeanlammer8046]

Именно так и выглядит русский рай.

[@roserschoerrig1125]

Wunderschön.Danke!!

[@edgarcassinha3059]

Did this woman embody the voice of an angel? it is not possible for someone to reach this level of tuning like this.

[@nadaromakov1369]

Čista uzvišena lepota muzike , naš predivni Gospod koji nam šalje kroz ove vrhunske talente svoju beskrajnu ljubav i radost .

[@alexanderhoffmann8368]

ВЕЛИКИЙ РАХМАНИНОВ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Я не могу сдержать слёз !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jackiecaprari6831]

Breathless! Just takes you into another world.

[@pwood5733]

A world from which I never wish to return x

[@AslansMane88]

If the German masters could scale the heights of music, then the Russian masters could surely plumb the depths. Magnificent.

[@LowellBoggs]

What a marvelous observation!

[@JQkeys]

Great comment

[@user-ud6gr4it7v]

Несомненно, так

[@francisfischer7620]

Quite so.

[@vaska1999]

They scaled heights the Germans didn't even perceive.

[@user-iv3kr9wx9h]

Тебе поем (воспеваем), Тебе благо словим, Тебе благодарим, Господи, и молим Ти ся, Боже наш

[@bfg37]

Another example of Rachmaninov's beautiful heaven sent writing. The few dressed in black cassocks also give its fine religious atmosphere.

[@Herman6507]

The utter rendition I have heard of this hymne. Bravo!

[@annemay7367]

I was healed by the beautiful sound of the chorus. People all of the world want to be healed.

[@janeclarkson8471]

This MUST be heaven! ❤️

[@martinbijkerk9998]

This is sublime, divine and the soundbalance is beyond perfection.

[@andrewm9221]

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on me, Amen. O Lord, You who steadied the hand of Peter as he began to sink on the stormy sea, if you are with me, no one is against me. Grant to me the shield of faith and the mighty armour of the Holy Spirit to protect me and guide me to do Your will. The future I put into Your hands, O Lord, and I follow You to a life in Christ. Amen. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost, now and forever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.

[@AslansMane88]

Is this...an orthodox prayer?

[@andrewm9221]

@@AslansMane88 you are correct. The prayer is Eastern Orthodox

[@Hany-fu1vc]

Amen, May Our Lord and God Jesus Christ Bless Bless The Great Christian Peoples of America, Russia, and May Our Lord and God Jesus Christ Bless us all who stand strong in Our Faith in Christ throughout the world Amen. In The Name of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit The Only One True God as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ❤❤❤❤

[@shysterlicious]

What an astoundingly beautiful piece. The male voices, specifically the baritones, vibrate and blend beautifully with the melody.

[@Herman6507]

The deeper version of Baritones: Basso profundo's or oktavists as they are called in the Russian musical spectrum.

[@yevvgor]

And woman's soprano. Just perfect. And Heaven.

[@Gabriel333_]

Слава Богу!

[@TheMitPitt]

this is it, this is the soul

[@LowellBoggs]

Lord how beautiful are their voices!

[@andikadimasprasetyo5758]

Even me, as a non religious person, got mesmerized by these amazing voices.

[@prometheusrex1]

Each of us, including you, is religious, deep down. At minimum, Harold Bloom's words apply: "I’m a sort of Emersonian Gnostic. I believe, as Emerson did, in the god within-that there is loaded within the rock of ourselves that oldest and best part of us, which in some curious sense is divine."

[@GloomyNate]

you don't need religion to heal your spirit

[@GloomyNate]

@@prometheusrex1 not what religion or what being religious means at all.

[@williamrbuchanan4153]

Faith existed before a word named Religion ever was. All people had faith in their GOD , the only one God the one Faith. Internationally and Globally . Religion was the separator and killer of billions of Controlled slaves by it.

[@Cantabile]

Inna's dress is ethereal--a perfect fit for her performance!

[@rick1450]

I don't think I ever saw a conductor so expressive in his movements . He is gently shepherding the sound of the choir's voices ; or maybe I don't always pay attention .

[@pamdawson8598]

Heavenly Thankyou from Tasmania

[@vladstam]

Stunning performance! Heavenly!!!

[@jdryak]

Heart rendering! Such sublime, deep reverence, passion and supplication. Out of this World!

[@jdjd8467]

*rending

[@fomavictorevitch]

Beloved Stretenskyi Monastery, they sang Bozhe Tsarya Khranii for Mother on her 100th Birthday.

[@johnelliott2364]

A work of a genius. What a gift, what a skill! Wonderful!

[@thewarriorsrepose8548]

That ending was something!

[@jacobbnjmn]

I cannot bring myself to stop listening to this music, particularly where the soprano begins to sing........

[@viktormelnikov7400]

Космос какой то!!!!Браво!!!!!!!

[@cookaboorra]

this is breathing the very essence of human kind. Discovery, sharing, giving. thank you all !

[@user-mt4hy2kg8i]

Глибоке і усвідомлене виконання. Щира подяка всім хористам і керівникам. Божого благословення і творчих здобутків...

[@manuelauribe856]

Thank you for sharing this masterpiece!! This is real food for the soul. The participation of the soprano, with her clean sweet voice was a touch of genius.

[@LA-ph2nc]

Agree re addition of soprano - lovely contrast.

[@ltlarrow1]

Rachmaninoff's score calls for the soprano solo

[@manuelauribe856]

Thank you Michael Strelka; precisely my point: Rachmaninov genius but this version is by far the best (to me!) for this piece.

[@peterkucht5150]

unfassbar schön.

[@Vesnicie]

It's weird that Snoop's ad for Grubhub is what KZbin paired with this video, but I'm still glad to be here.

[@puddingface5585]

There have been some pairings with magnificent Christian music lately that makes me wonder is there something sinister going on. Such as buff men promoting diets, and I’ve never searched for such a thing in my life, not least because I’m a woman.

[@martinbijkerk9998]

How the soprano hovers pianissimo above in the penultimate chord shows supermasterskills

[@user-kh6mk4gg8y]

How Subtly Beautiful and Captivating...the Soprano voice is almost Ethereal...thank you...dgp

[@pmajudge]

STINNINGLY BEAUTIFUL. MANY THANKS ! FROM, U.K. (2023).

[@rolandfarmer]

Magnificent!.

[@carlosrdossantos4934]

Simplesmente sublime.

[@josefhuber8531]

Absolutely magnificent. Greetings from Germany.

[@sung94132]

This is so beautiful! My heart is trembling.....

[@twistingstrings]

Soprano - Inna Demenkova, to my mind

[@jameswatson9641]

Absolutely beautiful, truly beautiful

[@nigelfrear53]

thank you for sharing this most moving and soulful performance.

[@pablocabrera5387]

Just pure feelings…. To the soul!

[@iainjones5002]

Sheer perfection! Says it all from this channel.

[@user-kl4df1uw2b]

Браво Юрий!!

[@gustaverebillon4254]

Pour connaître un peuple il faut écouter sa musique .Platon

[@222HMV]

really sublime... a dream !

[@lancebeswick5353]

Proof, once again, that in this sometimes terrible world there is still beauty.

[@AndreasJohanns]

So uplifting and moving. Many thanks for your work you put into sharing these gems!

[@anth5122]

Why do I cry

[@yevvgor]

Because you feel God. And Rach's soul.

[@dickwhittenbarger4392]

BEAUTIFUL !

[@karlsmith6683]

Dásamlegt! ...in Icelandic, means Beautiful! Thank you !

[@christovanderwalt2975]

Heavenly!!!!

[@GlennAustin829]

The ending is the best part

[@mountainlaurelhomestead6612]

Would love the words translated into English. Absolutely gorgeous

[@TheOktavismChannel]

To thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. My God, I trust in thee. To thee, O Lord, do I lift my soul. My God, I trust in thee.

[@stevekovacevich3011]

Transliterated and translated: Tebye poyem (we praise Thee), Tebye poyem (we praise Thee), Tebye blagoslovim (we bless Thee), Tebye blagodarim, Gospodi (we give thanks unto Thee, O Lord), i molim (and we pray), i molim Ti sya (and we pray unto Thee), i molim Ti sya (and we pray unto Thee), i molim Ti sya, Bozhe Nash (and we pray unto Thee, O our God).

[@lucaszanon5328]

Bravo!

[@jamesberwick2210]

If this is what heaven sounds like, I hope to hear it live.

[@jozefjussen7409]

Geniaal, dank je

[@estherrodriguezsanchezdete6105]

Sublime

[@Leunam49]

La Madre Rusia en todo su esplendor. Un saludo desde Madrid.

[@tomaseire]

‘Heaven on Earth’

[@JacoF17]

Wonderful!!! 🎵🌟🎵🌟🎵🌟💖

[@sergy1695]

Слава Богу за все..! P.S. The translation into English..: ..we will bless You, bow down to You, and pray to You, our God..

[@boki6032]

Heavenly.

[@jdryak]

Transliterated and translated: Grace ‘a Steve K. below Tebye poyem (we praise Thee) Tebye poyem (we praise Thee) Tebye blagoslovim (we bless Thee) Tebye blagodarim, Gospodi (we give thanks unto Thee, O Lord) i molim (and we pray) i molim Ti sya (and we pray unto Thee) i molim Ti sya (and we pray unto Thee) i molim Ti sya, Bozhe Nash (and we pray unto Thee, O our God).

[@roserschoerrig1125]

❤

[@antonwippel3420]

wunderschön😊

[@bigsarge2085]

❤‍🔥

[@aetion]

That's fantastic! Thank you.

[@MicanTorban-hh8ql]

Just listen and nothing more. Beautiful 🤗

[@pwood5733]

I could weep with elation for eternity ❤

[@WLAXYNIS]

Breathtaking! This is an angels s choir!

[@aurorebrare4917]

J'offre à notre chère Reine Elisabeth cette montée vers les cieux : I offer to queen Elisabeth this marvellous lift towards heaven .

[@pascalmayer9421]

yes good thank's Paix entre nos amis Russes Ukrainiens nous l'espérons fort :)

[@timothykiser1583]

Angels are silent hearing this. Heavenly .

[@johnguertin840]

beautiful!

[@alanatolstad4824]

The sound resonates in my chest.

[@cerberocaronte7439]

Fantastico,commovente,bravi,bravi,bravi.

[@northvirginiacourt]

Paix sur la Terre avec Jesus Christ 🙏🏻 Merci pour ce moment de grâce ❤

[@redisbad8672]

Heaven on earth...

[@barrysteven5964]

Sublime.

[@davidbrennan8800]

Splendid performance. Can you give us the name of the excellent soprano soloist?

[@LA-ph2nc]

Agree, yes please

[@twistingstrings]

@@LA-ph2nc Check Inna Demenkova

[@ByDesign333]

So GRIM & MELANCHOLY!

[@regenttravin]

Не только Вадик Зарипов там октаву поет. Ещё Костя Медведев и Володя Семечев.

[@TheOktavismChannel]

Thanks for the info!

[@taviskaron]

@@TheOktavismChannel Kostya means Konstantin and Volodya is Vladimir. Just to state their correct first names.

[@lotar-zm8zh]

Какую октаву? Большую или контр октаву?

[@Alexander_Zemsky]

Неплохая басовая группа .

[@LyricTenor85]

Are you guys sure she's a soprano? Voice sounds a little heavier to me. Excellent regardless.

[@caseyoverturf4837]

Surely she is a contralto. Beautiful voice.

[@johnnyboy1586]

Metso saprano

[@billkrouse6843]

Nope, she is a soprano, but is very able to resonate those low notes as well as many contraltos. Impressive

[@elliotthop2072]

3:13

[@azeemsyed8550]

@@VltrykinMusic There's four dudes on the Bb1

[@STUDIO24.fotki.filmiki]

Cudownie się słucha . Tylko po co ta kobieta stoi na scenie?

[@MrLoseth]

Where did you find this recording?

[@DDDBAL]

3:13 bass !

[@doilysimpkin6972]

I prefer the Kovcheg Emsemble's version personally. This feels a little slow and misses some of the most beautiful harmonies in the mix.

[@Maximillion545]

I wonder how many views I have personally contributed to this video?

[@jdryak]

I wonder the same! Enchanting!

[@clovissimard3099]

0:11 / 3:56 The Lord's Prayer (Our Father): A Russian Orthodox Liturgical Work by Nikolay Kedrov, Sr.

[@Isaac-sf4zl]

Is aoibhinn liom é seo