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Rachmaninov - Symphony No.2 | LSO Live LSO0677

Rachmaninov - Symphony No.2

Label: LSO Live

Cat No: LSO0677

Barcode: 0822231167723

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 26th April 2010

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Contents

Artists

London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Valery Gergiev

Works

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Symphony no.2 in E minor, op.27

Artists

London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Valery Gergiev

About

The first release in Valery Gergiev’s Rachmaninov Symphony cycle features a magnificent performance of the Second Symphony, recorded in September 2008 at the Barbican.

Rachmaninov’s vast Second Symphony was composed when he was at the pinnacle of his careers as composer, pianist and conductor. Filled with emotion and brimming with beautiful melodies, it is a masterpiece and the epitome of the Romantic symphony.

Concert reviews:
performance of edge-of-the-seat exhilaration ... This time it was Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 2 that brought out Gergiev’s magisterial best” - The Guardian

The LSO’s sound had apt richness, depth and bloom ... a rare blend of freedom, momentum and underlying restless energy” - Daily Telegraph

Gergiev is a man who works by instinct. Music that thrives on heart and soul - above all the Russian romantics - brings out the best in him” - Financial Times

Gergiev was in total control, imparting a melodic ebb and flow with a sense of absolute rightness ... Performed with such fervour by an orchestra on top form, under a conductor who clearly believes whole-heartedly in the score, I was left feeling thoroughly ashamed of my Rachmaninov scepticism” - ClassicalSource.com

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