"Ave Maria" is a concert 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. However, because Mark Shakhin died in 1970, predating Vladimir Vavilov's death, it is impossible that Shakhin was the one who disseminated the claim that this "Ave Maria" was Caccini's composition after Vavilov had died.
The organist then made an arrangement of the aria for a recording by Irina Arkhipova in 1987, after which the piece came to be famous worldwide.
Selected recordings 1970 – Vladimir Vavilov and , on the album , Melodiya, anonymous composer
The composer Vladimir Vavilov died in 1973.
1975 – Irina Bogacheva, on the album Старинные Арии, Melodiya, composed by Giulio Caccini 1979 – Ilga Tiknuse, on the album Rietumeiropas Klasika, Melodiya 1988 – Irina Arkhipova, arranged by , on the album Ave Maria, Melodiya 1990 – Lusine Zakaryan and Levon Abramyan, on the album Ave Maria, Melodiya 1991 – , on the album ...And Life Of Future Century...
Vavilov's Ave Maria became known internationally after the dissolution of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. Before its collapse, there was limited cultural exchange between the Soviet Union and the rest of the world.
1993 – Vyatcheslav Kagan-Paley, on the album Ave Maria 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) Stairway to Heaven (2003) Trollywood (2004) Our Lady of the Assassins (2000, American release trailer)
See also Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) Ave Maria (Schubert)
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