Rachmaninoff Plays Symphonic Dances: Newly Discovered 1940 Recording

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff

Rachmaninoff Plays Symphonic Dances: Newly Discovered 1940 Recording is an album presenting pianist-composer Sergei Rachmaninoff in a 1940 recording of his Symphonic Dances. The performance showcases late-Romantic pianism with dense harmonies, sweeping melodic lines and orchestral piano textures, and documents Rachmaninoff's interpretive approach in the final years of his career.

About

Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 45: I. Non allegro
    1:34
  2. 2.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 45: I. Non allegro
    8:02
  3. 3.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 45: I. Non allegro
    1:04
  4. 4.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 45: II. Andante con moto, Tempo di valse
    7:00
  5. 5.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 45: II. Andante con moto, Tempo di valse
    2:14
  6. 6.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 45: III. Lento assai — Allegro vivace — Lento assai, Come prima — Allegro vivace
    7:10
  7. 7.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 45: I. Non allegro
    11:57
  8. 8.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 45: II. Andante con moto, Tempo di valse
    9:45
  9. 9.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 45: III. Lento assai — Allegro vivace — Lento assai, Come prima — Allegro vivace
    12:38

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Introductory radio announcement followed by Eugene Ormandy speaking about Rachmaninoff
    2:54
  2. 3.
    The Isle of the Dead, op. 29
    18:42
  3. 4.
    Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44: I. Lento — Allegro moderato — Allegro
    15:14
  4. 5.
    Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44: II. Adagio ma non troppo — Allegro vivace
    11:32
  5. 6.
    Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44: III. Allegro — Allegro vivace — Allegro, Tempo primo — Allegretto — Allegro vivace
    12:07
  6. 7.
    Belilitsï rumyanitsï, vy moi (Powder and Paint)
    3:50
  7. 8.
    Three Russian Songs for Chorus and Orchestra, op. 41: I. Cherez rechku (Over the Stream), Moderato
    3:30
  8. 9.
    Three Russian Songs for Chorus and Orchestra, op. 41: II. Akh ty, Vanka (Oh, My Little Johnny), Largo
    4:40
  9. 10.
    Three Russian Songs for Chorus and Orchestra, op. 41: III. Belilitsï rumyanitsï, vy moi (You, My Fairness, My Rosy Cheeks or "Powder and Paint"), Allegro
    4:04

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Introductory radio announcement
    1:45
  2. 4.
    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43
    23:12
  3. 5.
    Russian folk song: Bublichki (Bagels)
    0:36
  4. 6.
    Polka Italienne
    1:26
  5. 7.
    Rachmaninoff plays ballades: Brahms op. 10, no. 2 in D / Liszt no. 2 in B minor (excerpts)
    6:24
  6. 8.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 45: I. Non allegro
    9:32
  7. 9.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 45: Excerpt 1: I. Non allegro / Excerpt 2: III. Lento assai — Allegro vivace — Lento assai, Come prima — Allegro vivace
    9:19
  8. 10.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 45: II. Andante con moto, Tempo di valse
    9:17
  9. 11.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 45:Excerpt 1: II. Andante con moto, Tempo di valse / Excerpt 2: Movement I. Non allegro
    5:05

Reviews

Similar Releases