Rachmaninov - Complete Orchestral Works (2007) [FLAC] {Ashkenazy}

Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Works

Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)

Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13 [42:49]
Youth Symphony in D minor [13:57]
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 [59:59]
Caprice Bohémien, Op. 12 [16:43]
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44 [39:04]
Symphonic Poem ‘The Isle of the Dead’, Op. 29 [20:01]
Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 [6:13]
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 [34:30]
Fantasy ‘The Rock’ Op. 7 [13:43]
Symphonic Poem ‘Prince Rostislav’ [15:43]
‘Aleko’ - Excerpts [10:02]
Five Études tableaux, orch. Respighi [21:27]
Scherzo in D minor [4:56]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy
rec. 31 October - 22 November 2007 (Session and live) Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. DSD
EXTON EXCL-00018 [5 CDs: 56:56 + 76:52 + 65:36 + 64:10 + 40:39]

Label: Exton
Catalogue No: EXCL00018
Discs: 5
Release date: 30th Aug 2010
Barcode: 4526977050184
Medium: CD

This series of "live" recordings was made at the 2007 Rachmaninov Festival in Sydney and features one of the foremost interpreters of Rachmaninov’s music, the conductor and pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy. Since 2008 Ashkenazy has been Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser of the orchestra which appeared in these performances, the Sydney Symphony. This CD set, which contains all of the composer’s symphonies and orchestral works, also includes session recordings produced at the same time which have never been previously heard.

Rachmaninov himself stated “In my own compositions, no conscious effort has been made to be original or Romantic or Nationalistic or anything else. I write down on paper the music that I hear within me as naturally as possible. What I try to do in my music is to make it say simply and directly what is in my heart when I am composing.”