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Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances, The Rock, Isle of the Dead | BIS BIS1751

Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances, The Rock, Isle of the Dead

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BIS1751

Barcode: 7318599917511

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 2nd January 2013

Contents

Artists

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Andrew Litton

Works

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Symphonic Dances, op.45
The Isle of the Dead, op.29
The Rock, op.7

Artists

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Andrew Litton

About

Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra follow their acclaimed recordings of ballets by Stravinsky with a disc that features the first and last published orchestral works by Sergei Rachmaninov.

The disc opens with The Isle of the Dead, which was inspired by the painting by Arnold Böcklin and based on the first notes of the plainchant setting of the Dies iræ.  

The Rock was inspired by an image from a short story by Chekhov, and shows the youthfulness of a composer just turned twenty.

The Symphonic Dances, by contrast, sum up a lifetime’s musical and emotional experience. The composer noted that its three movements depicted the sequence of Midday – Twilight – Midnight.

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