Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3; The Bells - Kondrashin, Van Cliburn
PRD 350 123
DSD
Bi-channel/Stereo
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 78'01"
Tracks: 8
Booklet pages: 12
© 2016 AMC Paris
Reviewer: Geoff Pearce
Review of Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3; The Bells - Kondrashin, Van Cliburn published on 9 December 2016
Listen: Rachmaninov: The Loud Alarm Bells (The Bells) (track 6, 0:00-0:57)
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943):
Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 30
1 Allegro ma non tanto
2 Intermezzo: adagio
3 Finale: alla breve
Van Cliburn, piano
Symphony of the Air, New York
Kirill Kondrashin, conductor
The Bells, cantata for soloists, choir and orchestra, Op 35
4 The silver Sleigh Bells - Allegro, ma non tanto
5 The Mellow Wedding Bells - Lento
6 The Loud Alarm Bells - Presto
7 The mournful iron Bells - Lento lugubre
Elizaveta Shumskaya, soprano (track 5)
Mikhail Dovenmann, tenor (track 4)
Alexei Bolshakov, baritone (track 7)
Russian Republic Capella
Alexander Yurlov, chorus master
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin, conductor
Recorded live in New York, USA on 19 May 1958 (tracks 1-3) and in Moscow in December 1962 (tracks 4-7)
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