Symphony no. 3 / Symphonic Dances

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Charles Mackerras

Symphony No. 3 / Symphonic Dances is an album of orchestral works by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov, comprising his Symphony No. 3 (1936) and Symphonic Dances (1940). The music showcases Rachmaninov's late‑Romantic orchestral language — rich, expansive melodies, dense harmonies and vigorous rhythmic drive — with the Symphonic Dances emphasising dance rhythms and colourful orchestration; together these pieces represent his final major contributions to large-scale orchestral repertoire and reflect a movement from his Russian Romantic roots toward a more condensed, modern harmonic idiom in his later years.

Symphony no. 3 / Symphonic Dances by Sergei Rachmaninov - album cover

First released: 2000

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1.
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44: I. Lento - Allegro moderato
17:15
2.
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44: II. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro vivace
12:25
3.
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44: III. Allegro - Allegro vivace
12:59
4.
Symphonic Dances, op. 45: I. Non allegro
11:59
5.
Symphonic Dances, op. 45: II. Andante con moto
9:13
6.
Symphonic Dances, op. 45: III. Lento assai
13:44