Symphony no. 3 / Symphonic Dances

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & The Philadelphia Orchestra & Charles Dutoit

Symphony No. 3 and the Symphonic Dances are orchestral works by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov, composed in 1936 and 1940 respectively. They exemplify his late-Romantic orchestral language — the symphony unfolds through expansive melodic writing and dense harmonic textures within a traditional symphonic framework, while the Symphonic Dances, his final major work, condenses that language into rhythmically incisive, colourfully orchestrated movements that reflect a more compact, modernised approach in his later career.

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

First released: 1992

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1.
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44: I. Lento - Allegro moderato
15:59
2.
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44: II. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro vivace
12:37
3.
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44: III. Allegro
12:31
4.
Symphonic Dances, op. 45: I. Non allegro
11:07
5.
Symphonic Dances, op. 45: II. Andante con moto. Tempo di valse
9:16
6.
Symphonic Dances, op. 45: III. Lento assai - Allegro vivace
13:23