Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 & Symphonic Dances
Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne, Dmitrij Kitajenko
Kitaenko secures comparably excellent playing and the sound is at once spacious and well focused…this is broad, reflective, perhaps deliberately old-fashioned Rachmaninov, not unlike Evgeni...
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 & Symphonic Dances
Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne, Dmitrij Kitajenko
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Kitaenko secures comparably excellent playing and the sound is at once spacious and well focused…this is broad, reflective, perhaps deliberately old-fashioned Rachmaninov, not unlike Evgeni...
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With the recording of the Symphony No. 3 and the Symphonic Dances, OehmsClassics and the Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne proudly present this composer’s last two works.
Rachmaninoff’s Third was given its premiere in 1936 in Philadelphia under Leopold Stokowski. It was a moderate success.
The present recording offers, with Dmitrij Kitajenko, one of the best conductors of our time for this repertoire.
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January 2016
Kitaenko secures comparably excellent playing and the sound is at once spacious and well focused…this is broad, reflective, perhaps deliberately old-fashioned Rachmaninov, not unlike Evgeni Svetlanov's later efforts…textures are detailed as well as sumptuous
