Rachmaninov - Ave Maria

[FireLily500]

This is one of the peices my choir sings at church except we sing it in latin and it's always been my favorite Ave Maria!!

[Mr69ramik]

piękne prawdziwa mistyka duch i ciało głos i wiara słowiański talent i wczucie piękna i sacrum . jestem dumny ,że należę do słowian art from poland

[lightsilverdust]

This sounds divine. I bet it is sung by a Russian choir.

[laurabellisoprano]

Exquisite version *****

[imahmazinn]

so beautiful. its a privilege to be able to sing this in my choir :)

[Vilana2]

A beautiful example of choral singing.

Erika.

[punkfish79]

Brilliant... Best version on Youtube...

[dementieva12]

We sang this in Russian at Ohio University this year...most amazing experience....

[homiemandude]

Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos! Mary full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb; for you have borne the Savior of our souls!

[mordoquiojunelle]

maraveglioso!!!!

[barbylokagr]

I´m soprano in a spanish choir and i sing it! =)

[equlerr]

...and I'm soprano in a polish choir and I also sing it! ;) It' s a real pleasure =]

[75AYTONN]

@equlerr And I am SURE you sing like an angel.Why i say this is because you are Polish and live in my ancestral home country..

[equlerr]

@75AYTONN Thank You :))

[Vosk21]

Takes my breath away.

[ugigabi1]

Fantasztikus, akármikor hallom, előbújnak könnyeim.

[babyycat]

The best... Thank you for posting this...

[AGDIRGIA]

and also, what is the text in the description, because this is not that.

[AGDIRGIA]

absolutely amazing. Too bad its too long to actually use at Orthodox services.

[andaluza8588]

que buen gusto cantando, que maravilla, hermoso

[Segis84]

Probably the best version I've heard on YouTube. Just came back from a concert where we performed his Vigil (all of it) and I must say this is one of the peaks of that work. Notwithstanding, the whole piece is pure genius.

[Mirei6]

Прекрасно!!

[franklindavid]

Beautiful Chant, just inspireing.

[CesarAuMorMol]

Is this performing in it's original language? (russian)

Which choir is this?

[Mirei6]

Yes it's Russian

[DJLiko81]

@Mirei6 Actually, no. It's a derivative of the Slavic language family called Church Slavonic. It's like Church Latin is to Italian; the church language was kept "pure" by the clergy, while the vernacular continued to evolve as languages do.

[Inkacienciano]

Beautiful melody. Virgin mary mother of God have mercy of us and help us to discover the love of your lovely son Jesus in our fellowman.

[babyycat]

I love this ... Holy Mary, pray for us...

[babyycat]

I lovve this so much... Very good ...Holy Mary , Pray for us....

[CatholicPreacherAD]

What a lovely music and superb video. Glory be to the Holy Queen of Heaven and Earth, Mary.

[busybee720]

We sang this piece but in Latin. We wanted to sing it in Russian but we only had two rehearsals to learn it in and the pronunciation of Latin was simpler. It's a real stunner - I love the 'hora pro nobis' (sorry, don't know the Russian) crescendo!

[babyycat]

wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!

[cherryberry360]

Gorgeous sound

[beginner57]

What's the problem ? Russian language?We are italians, and we did a whole concert of russian choirs...(we sung also this one, the original title is:"Bogoroditze devo") More, our director wished we learn to read cyrillic from the original scores,so for a pair of months, a bulgarian soprano, teacher of russian language, taught us cyrillic and his pronunciation. And in Germany now there are so many russian people who could help you!!

[hoogestefan]

Than you should try the Vespers by this very same composer. Amazingly beautifull.

[beginner57]

I heard Vespers too. I've also a CD.They are really amazing!

[InaZeaAnaZazi]

i wish we could sing it this way in our christmas scool choir.. sounds beautiful.. but i think they all don't like it, because we're german and no .. russian (?) but it's so great!

[AmazonSamurai]

that. would. rock. :D

[punkfish79]

We sang this arrangement but in ENGLISH in the 1994 Nebraska All-State Choir. uhhh I am old.

[AmazonSamurai]

absolutely amazing