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Essential Rachmaninoff - 15 Of His Greatest Masterpieces


Release Date: 01/15/2002 
Label:  Decca   Catalog #: 470457   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Sergei RachmaninovFritz Kreisler
Performer:  Vladimir AshkenazyRenée FlemingAndré PrevinZoltán Kocsis,   ... 
Conductor:  Bernard HaitinkJeffrey TateValery GergievVladimir Ashkenazy,   ... 
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw OrchestraEnglish Chamber OrchestraKirov Theater Orchestra,   ... 
Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 2 Hours 39 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1. Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Conductor:  Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Russia 
Length: 34 Minutes 14 Secs. 
Notes: Composition written: Russia (1900 - 1901). 
2. Songs (14), Op. 34: no 14, Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor:  Jeffrey Tate
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1912-1915; Russia 
Length: 5 Minutes 36 Secs. 
Notes: Orchestrated: Braden
Composition written: Russia (1912 - 1915). 
3. Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3: no 2, Prélude in C sharp minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Russia 
Length: 4 Minutes 31 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is an ADD recording. 
4. Suite for 2 Pianos no 1, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux": no 4, Pâques by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  André Previn (Piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Russia 
Length: 2 Minutes 27 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is an ADD recording. 
5. Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27: 3rd movement, Adagio by Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor:  Valery Gergiev
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Kirov Theater Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1906-1908; Russia 
Length: 13 Minutes 5 Secs. 
6. Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40: 2nd movement, Largo by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Conductor:  Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1926/1941; USA 
Length: 7 Minutes 35 Secs. 
7. Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: no 1, Non allegro by Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1940; USA 
Length: 11 Minutes 21 Secs. 
8. Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Zoltán Kocsis (Piano)
Conductor:  Edo De Waart
Orchestra/Ensemble:  San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1934; USA 
Length: 22 Minutes 29 Secs. 
9. Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30: 1st movement, Allegro ma non tanto by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Conductor:  Anatole Fistoulari
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1909; Russia 
Length: 16 Minutes 43 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is an ADD recording. 
10. Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 44: 2nd movement, Adagio ma non troppo by Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1936/1938; USA 
Length: 12 Minutes 32 Secs. 
11. Vespers, Op. 37: no 5, Now lettest thou thy servant by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Vladimir Mostowoy (Tenor)
Conductor:  Nikolai Korniev
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Petersburg Chamber Choir
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1915; Russia 
Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
12. Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23: no 5 in G minor, Alla marcia by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Rafael Orozco (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1901; Russia 
Length: 3 Minutes 24 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is an ADD recording. 
13. Liebesfreud by Fritz Kreisler
Performer:  Sergei Rachmaninov (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Austria 
Length: 5 Minutes 43 Secs. 
Notes: Transcribed: Sergei Rachmaninov
This selection is an ADD and monaural recording.
This selection was recorded from a 1926 Ampico piano roll. 
14. Romance for Cello and Piano in F minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello), John Lenehan (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1890; Russia 
Length: 2 Minutes 4 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Julian Lloyd Webber 
15. Symphony no 1 in D minor, Op. 13: 4th movement, Allegro con fuoco by Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1895; Russia 
Length: 12 Minutes 40 Secs. 

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