This box set brings together Valery Gergiev’s acclaimed cycle of the complete Rachmaninov symphonies, which were recorded alongside the London Symphony Orchestra across 2008 to 2015. These masterful accounts of the Russian’s complete symphonies are accompanied by his 1940 composition Symphonic Dances, while two symphonic poems by Mily Balakirev echo the luxurious textures present throughout Rachmaninov’s music.
Release date: 20 April 2018
LSO0816 | 822231181620
Producer: James Mallinson
Engineering: Classic Sound Ltd
Recorded live at the Barbican Hall, London September 2008 - February 2015
Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 13
1. I. Grave - Allegro non troppo
2. II. Allegro animato
3. III. Larghetto
4. IV. Allegro con fuoco
Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
5. I. Largo - Allegro moderato
6. II. Allegro molto
7. III. Adagio
8. IV. Allegro vivace
Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44
9. I. Lento - Allegro moderato - Allegro
10. II. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro vivace
11. III. Allegro - Allegro vivace - Allegro (Tempo primo) - Allegretto - Allegro vivace
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
12. I. Non allegro
13. II. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)
14. III. Lento assai - Allegro vivace - Lento assai. Come prima - Allegro vivace