Ave Maria (Vavilov)

For other uses, see Ave Maria (disambiguation).

"Ave Maria" is an aria composed by Vladimir Vavilov around 1970 and often misattributed to Italian composer Giulio Caccini. Vavilov published and recorded it himself in 1970 on the Melodiya label with the ascription "Anonymous". It is believed that organist Mark Shakhin, one of the performers on the original LP, first ascribed the work to Caccini after Vavilov's death, and gave the "newly-discovered" scores to other musicians. The organist Oleg Yanchenko [ru] then made an arrangement of the aria for a recording by Irina Arkhipova in 1987, after which the piece came to be famous worldwide.^[1][2][3]

Selected recordings

• 1970 – Vladimir Vavilov and Nadezhda Vainer [Wikidata], Melodiya
• 1987 – Irina Arkhipova, arranged by Oleg Yanchenko [ru]
• 1994 – Inese Galante, arranged for organ, on the live album Musica Sacra, Campion
• 1995 – Inese Galante, arranged by Georgs Brīnums, on the album Debut, Campion
• 1997 – Lesley Garrett, arranged by Nick Ingman, on the album A Soprano Inspired
• 1998 – Charlotte Church, arranged by Nick Ingman, on the album Voice of an Angel
• 1998 – Julian Lloyd Webber, on the album Cello Moods
• 1999 – Andrea Bocelli, on the album Sacred Arias
• 2001 – Sumi Jo, arranged by Steven Mercurio, on the album Prayers
• 2003 – Minako Honda, on the album Ave Maria
• 2005 – Hayley Westenra, arranged by Steven Mercurio, on the album Odyssey
• 2008 – Kokia, on the album The Voice
• 2008 – Libera, on the album New Dawn
• 2011 – Patricia Janečková, on the album Patricia Janečková
• 2014 – Jackie Evancho, on the album Awakening
• 2014 – Elīna Garanča, on the album Meditation
• 2015 – Tarja Turunen, on the album Ave Maria – En Plein Air
• 2015 – Amira Willighagen, on the album Merry Christmas
• 2021 – Marina Rebeka, on the album Credo

Use on film

• Donnie Darko (2001)^[4]
• Stairway to Heaven (2003)
• Trollywood (2004)
• Our Lady of the Assassins (2000, American release trailer)

See also

• Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
• Ave Maria (Schubert)