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

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The emotional contours of the music are naturaly shaped...These are impressive, highly desirable interprations - budget in price but invaluable for the insights they bringt so animatedly and... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2013 More…

Release Date: 2nd Sep 2013
Catalogue No: 8573234
Label: Naxos
Length: 66 minutes

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

Work length21:16

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin

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

Work length44:47

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin

I. Grave - Allegro ma non troppo - Moderato - Allegro vivace - L'istesso tempo - Allegro molto

Track length13:50

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II. Allegro animato - Meno mosso - Tempo I

Track length8:24

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III. Larghetto - Piu mosso - Largo un poco - Con moto - Tempo I

Track length9:53

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IV. Allegro con fuoco - Marciale - Con animo - Allegro mosso - Allegro con fuoco - Presto - Largo

Track length12:40

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After the disastrous failure of its première in 1897, Rachmaninov’s youthfully exuberant Symphony No. 1 had to wait until after his death before it was reconstructed from the surviving orchestral parts and performed again, in Moscow in 1945. Since then it has taken its rightful place as one of the great Russian symphonic works of the late nineteenth century. The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 is a vivid and powerful symphonic poem based on a well-known nineteenth century painting by the Swiss symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin.

Internationally renowned conductor Leonard Slatkin is currently Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and of the Orchestre National de Lyon and Principal Guest Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He is also the author of a new book entitled Conducting Business.

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October 2013

The emotional contours of the music are naturaly shaped...These are impressive, highly desirable interprations - budget in price but invaluable for the insights they bringt so animatedly and poignantly into Rachmaninov's world.

21st October 2013

Slatkin’s take on both works is well worth hearing; indeed, I suspect these very solid, middle-of-the-road readings will appeal to many...Good, if not up there with the best; the Detroit band are splendid though.

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

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