Symphony no. 3 / Symphonic Poem “The Isle of the Dead”

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov & State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation

This is an orchestral release of works by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov, featuring a symphony completed in 1936 and a symphonic poem composed in 1908. Both pieces exemplify his late-Romantic idiom with expansive orchestration, sweeping melodic writing and dramatic contrasts, the symphony representing a late entry in his symphonic output while the symphonic poem reflects his interest in pictorial, evocative tone-poem writing.
First released: 18th June 2003

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44: I. Lento – Allegro moderato
    16:16
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44: II. Adagio ma non troppo
    13:58
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44: III. Allegro
    14:03
  4. 4.
    Symphonic Poem “The Isle of the Dead”, op. 29
    22:53

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