Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky & Prokofiev: Orchestral Works

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A somewhat flaccid First Symphony apart, Edo de Waart’s Rachmaninov is refreshingly straightforward in this sumptuously recorded set. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 4 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 17th Aug 2018
Catalogue No: ELQ4828981
Label: Eloquence
Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13

Work length44:17

$4.40

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Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Edo de Waart
Recorded: 1978-10

1. Grave - Allegro ma non troppo

Track length13:44

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2. Allegro animato

Track length7:56

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3. Larghetto

Track length10:31

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4. Allegro con fuoco

Track length12:06

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Rachmaninoff: The Rock - Fantasy for Orchestra, Op. 7

Work length15:42

$1.10

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Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Edo de Waart
Recorded: 1978-10

Rachmaninoff: Caprice Bohémien, Op. 12

Work length16:03

$1.10

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edo de Waart
Recorded: 1972-04
Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

Work length54:51

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Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Edo de Waart
Recorded: 1977-06

1. Largo - Allegro moderato

Track length18:32

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2. Allegro molto

Track length9:08

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3. Adagio

Track length13:56

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4. Allegro vivace

Track length13:15

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Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead - Symphonic Poem, Op. 29

Work length21:27

$1.10

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Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Edo de Waart
Recorded: 1978-10

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44

Work length37:55

$3.30

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Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Edo de Waart
Recorded: 1978-10

1. Lento - Allegro moderato

Track length12:49

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2. Adagio ma non troppo

Track length11:54

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3. Allegro

Track length13:12

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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. by Maurice Ravel)

Work length32:59

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Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Edo de Waart
Recorded: 1974-12
Recording Venue: De Doelen, Rotterdam

1. Promenade

Track length1:43

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2. Gnomus

Track length2:28

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3. Promenade. Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza

Track length0:56

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4. The Old Castle

Track length4:03

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5. Promenade. Moderato non tanto, pesamente

Track length0:32

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6. The Tuileries Gardens

Track length1:05

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7. Bydlo

Track length2:30

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8. Promenade. Tranquillo

Track length0:44

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9. Ballet of the Chickens in Their Shells

Track length1:11

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10. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle

Track length2:14

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11. The Market-place at Limoges

Track length1:31

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12. The Catacombs (Sepulchrum romanum)

Track length2:24

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13. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua

Track length2:37

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14. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)

Track length3:29

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15. The Great Gate of Kiev

Track length5:32

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Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

Work length34:48

$3.30

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edo de Waart
Recorded: 1972-12
Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

1. Non allegro

Track length11:11

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2. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)

Track length9:15

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3. Lento assai - Allegro vivace

Track length14:22

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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64

Work length44:10

$12.10

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Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Edo de Waart
Recorded: 1973-04

Montagues and Capulets

Track length5:30

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The girl Juliet

Track length4:08

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Masks

Track length1:56

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Minuet

Track length2:47

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Father Lawrence

Track length2:54

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Dance

Track length2:01

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Dance of the maids

Track length2:31

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A scene

Track length1:33

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Tybalt's death

Track length4:39

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Romeo and Juliet before parting

Track length8:49

$1.10

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Romeo at Juliet's tomb

Track length7:22

$1.10

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A newly compiled, generous 4CD collection of high-octane Russian orchestral masterpieces, celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the firebrand musicianship of Dutch maestro Edo de Waart.

‘In my profession,’ remarked Edo de Waart in a 1990 interview, ‘you need the affrontery to believe you have an alternative with something to say that isn’t already being said. Without this sort of gall 95 per cent of us should quit.’ His intensely practical and dynamic approach was formed by experience as an orchestral oboist, taught by the principal oboe of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in the days of Willem Mengelberg, nurtured by seeing Eduard van Beinum in action and further encouraged by Bernard Haitink: de Waart has the history of the Concertgebouw running through his veins. ‘I think people regarded me as a second Mengelberg, and I was very sure that I wasn’t.’ However, it was as chief of the rival Rotterdam Philharmonic that the conductor made his mark, in a series of recordings for Philips that played to his strengths in Romantic repertoire.

The conductor had earlier confessed to an initial reluctance to engage with the idiom of Rachmaninov. ‘Then I conducted the [Symphonic Dances] in Rotterdam several times, and suddenly I became very fond of it. I think his music grows on you as you get rid of the “honey and roses” view of him that you first learn. You must play him as strongly as the Russians used to do.’ In fact he recorded the Symphonic Dances with the London Philharmonic in 1972, but the following year he made his debut LP in Rotterdam with a personal, LP-length selection of excerpts from Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet. There followed in December 1974 the Mussorgsky Pictures and then these powerfully built, authentically volatile accounts of the Rachmaninov symphonies between 1976 and 1978: recordings that made de Waart’s reputation and still stand up well to the competition today.

‘The Philips engineers, working in the Rotterdam orchestra’s fine de Doelen hall, have gone out of their way to provide sound that is not just spectacular but wonderfully weighted and rounded.’ Gramophone, November 1975 (Mussorgsky)

‘De Waart’s lithe, compact reading dovetails with Ormandy’s compelling Columbia of 1967 ... The Rotterdam players […] play with razor-sharp precision and gleaming, transparent tone, imparting an unexpected freshness, and minimizing the grandiosity.’ Fanfare, March–April 1980 (Symphony No.1)

‘Edo de Waart’s reading is attractively volatile, bringing out the music’s freshness. With generally fast tempi the effect is emotionally lightweight, although the slow movement is very beautiful and the refined orchestral playing is naturally expressive throughout. The recording is full and well balanced.’ Penguin Guide to Records, 1982 (Symphony No.2)

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August 2019

A somewhat flaccid First Symphony apart, Edo de Waart’s Rachmaninov is refreshingly straightforward in this sumptuously recorded set.

Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky & Prokofiev: Orchestral Works

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