The Symphonies

by Concertgebouworkest, Vladimir Ashkenazy

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  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 19 January 1998
  • Label: Decca
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Length: 3:50:13
  • Community rating: 3.91/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Rachmaninov's symphonies in Vladimir Ashkenazy's Concertgebouw recordings. The Amsterdam orchestra's Decca cycle with Ashkenazy was a standard modern account of the composer's orchestral music.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, instrumental, complex, piano, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. I Grave – Allegro Ma Non Troppo (13:10)
  2. II Allegro Animato (7:44)
  3. III Larghetto (8:53)
  4. IV Allegro Con Fuoco (12:38)
  5. I Non Allegro (11:19)
  6. II Andante Con Moto (Tempo Di Valse) (8:53)
  7. III Lento Assai – Allegro Vivace (13:29)
  8. I Largo – Allegro Moderato (18:04)
  9. II Allegro Molto (9:37)
  10. III Adagio (14:21)
  11. IV Allegro Vivace (13:03)
  12. The Isle Of The Dead, Op.29 (20:56)
  13. I Lento – Allegro Moderato (17:01)
  14. II Adagio Ma Non Troppo – Allegro Vivace (12:35)
  15. III Allegro (12:16)
  16. I Allegro Ma Non Tanto (6:15)
  17. II Lento (11:03)
  18. III Presto (8:20)
  19. IV Lento Lugubre (10:36)

Credits

  • Sergei Rachmaninoff - primary artist, composed by
  • Vladimir Ashkenazy - primary artist, conductor
  • Konstantin Dmitrievich Balmont - adapted by (text)
  • Edgar Allan Poe - text by

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