Symphony no. 3 / Symphonic Dances

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff

Symphony No. 3 and Symphonic Dances are orchestral works by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, composed in 1936 and 1940 respectively. They exemplify Rachmaninoff's late style, combining lush Romantic orchestration, expansive melodies and dense harmonies with increased rhythmic vitality and modernist touches, the symphony presenting a concentrated, large-scale argument while the Symphonic Dances employs dance rhythms, vivid orchestral colour and a reflective, elegiac mood as the composer's final major orchestral statement.

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Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44: I. Lento - Allegro moderato - Allegro
15:27
2.
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44: II. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro vivace - Tempo come prima
12:59
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Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44: III. Allegro - Allegro vivace
13:00
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Symphonic Dances, op. 45: I. Non allegro
11:32
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Symphonic Dances, op. 45: II. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)
9:55
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Symphonic Dances, op. 45: III. Lento assai - Allegro vivace
13:22