Description
(Kogan) “vibrant soulful and involving …genuinely compelling, authentically tangy accounts of these masterworks, penetrating to the core of their homesick melancholy… impossible to resist” (Gramophone) (Sym.no.2): “big string melodies blossoming voluptuously …a most satisfying account…richness, brilliance and weight” (Penguin Guide) (Richter): The 2nd really fits the description
of ‘legendary recording’” (Michelangeli): “one of the most brilliant piano records ever made” (both: Penguin Guide) (Janis): “brilliantly captured the warmly romantic and chimerical interpretation which resulted. Solo playing…scintillating” (Gramophone)
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Disc A of ALC 6005 (67:16)
- [1] Grave. Allegro ma non troppo 13.30
- [2] Allegro animato 9:03
- [3] Larghetto 9:00
- [5] Symphonic poem 22:44
Symphony No.1 in D minor, Op.13
Isle of the Dead (symphonic poem) Op. 29
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra / Pavel Kogan
Symphony No. 1 in D minor Op.13
(total 44:22)[4] Allegro con fuoco 12:47
Isle of the Dead
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Disc B of ALC 6005 (66:13)
- [1] Largo-Allegro moderato 24:30
- [2] Allegro molto 11:13
- [3] Adagio 15:09
- [4] Allegro vivace 15:20
SERGEI RACHMANINOV: (1873-1943)
Symphony No.2 in E minor, Op.27 (1906-7)
London Symphony Orchestra
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Licensed from LSO Ltd, The Barbican, London
- [1] Lento 16:45
- [2] Adagio 12:40
- [3] Allegro 12:27
- [4] Non allegro 11:45
- [5] Andante con moto: Tempo di valse 9:55
- [6] Lento assai – Allegro vivace 13:27
Disc C of ALC 6005 (77:12)
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.3
Symphonic Dances
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra / Pavel Kogan
Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.44
Symphonic Dances, Op.45
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Disc D of ALC 6005 (70:08)
- [1] Allegro non troppo ‘silver sleigh bells’ 6:16
- [2] Lento ‘mellow wedding bells’ 9:26
- [3] Presto ‘loud alarum bells’ 8:33
- [4] Lento lugubre ‘mournful iron bells’ 10:39
- [5] ‘Youth Symphony’ in D minor 11:26
- [6] Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 23:28
Sergei Rachmaninov
‘Other Symphonies & Concertos’
St.Louis Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Leonard Slatkin
Symphony ‘The Bells’
(34:56)for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op.35
Arnold Voketaitis (ten) Marianna Christos (sop) Walter Planté (bar)
Grave – Allegro moderato
(piano: Abbey Simon)
Licensed from Vox/SPJ Music Group Original Masters
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Disc E of ALC 6005 (71:00)
- [1] Vivace – Moderato 11:56
- [2] Andante 5:34
- [3] Allegro vivace 7:10
- [4] Allegro ma non tanto 14:56
- [5] Intermezzo: Adagio 10:15
- [6] Finale: Alla breve 12:50
- [7] Prelude in E flat major, Op.23 No.6 2:51
- [8] Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.3 No.2 3:49
Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1 & 3
Preludes in E flat major Op23/6; in C sharp minor Op3/2
Byron Janis (piano)
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Kyrill Kondrashin
London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati
Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, Op.1
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op.30
Originally recorded by and issued on Mercury Living Presence
Disc F of ALC 6005 (60:00)
Rachmaninov:
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18
Sviatoslav Richter with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Stanislav Wislocki (1959)
Originally issued on Deutsche Grammophon 1960
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op.40
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli with the Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Ettore Gracis (1959)
Originally issued on EMI 1959