Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead & Symphony No. 1

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[The Isle of the Dead] has long been a Jurowski speciality and, unless you insist on the sensationally doom-laden, heavyfooted approach of late-career Evgeny Svetlanov (BBC, 1/08 et al), there... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2019 More…

Release Date: 22nd Mar 2019
Catalogue No: LPO0111
Label: LPO
Length: 64 minutes

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

Work length21:31

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski

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

Work length43:15

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski

I. Grave. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length13:49

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II. Allegro animato

Track length8:04

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III. Larghetto

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IV. Allegro con fuoco

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Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London on 3 October 2014 (The Isle of the Dead) and 14 December 2016 (Symphony No. 1).

“Jurowski drove The Isle of the Dead forward... drawing exceptional intensity from the LPO.” - The Guardian, 2014

The performance of The Isle of the Dead was widely critically acclaimed. Bachtrack noted Vladimir Jurowski’s “hypnotic” conducting, noting particularly that “the clarity and control he exercised in [The Isle of the Dead] were very fine. He drew a sonorous cello sound, later matched by lower woodwinds, and the harp and pizzicato strings... brought an eerie chill to the Festival Hall.”

Rachmaninoff’s youthful Symphony No. 1 is not frequently performed or recorded. This is the first time it has been released on the label.

This is the second recording of The Isle of the Dead on the LPO’s own label. It was recorded live as part of the opening concert of the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s highly praised 2014-15 season Rachmaninoff: Inside Out, which explored the life and works of the composer.

Symphony No. 1 was also recorded live in concert. The Financial Times described the performance as “a fascinating experience” and Colin Anderson, in Classical Source, noted “The LPO was in superb form.”

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June 2019

[The Isle of the Dead] has long been a Jurowski speciality and, unless you insist on the sensationally doom-laden, heavyfooted approach of late-career Evgeny Svetlanov (BBC, 1/08 et al), there should be plenty to enjoy. The surprising iridescence of Rachmaninov’s sonic palette is brilliantly conveyed… you may find the symphony’s sonic oddities less distracting than I did.

14th April 2019

It’s a soaring, big-boned work, overflowing with melody and characteristic Rachmaninov melancholy. If only the composer had lived to see how a partnership like Jurowski and the LPO, superbly prepared, can make this work blaze and sing.

Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead & Symphony No. 1

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