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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 4; Scriabin: Promethee / Lefevre, Nagano, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Scriabin / Rachmaninoff / Lefevre / Nagano
Release Date: 04/10/2012 
Label:  Analekta   Catalog #: 29288   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Sergei Rachmaninov,  Alexander Scriabin
Performer:  Alain Lefèvre
Conductor:  Kent Nagano
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

This performance of the rarely heard Piano Concerto No. 4 by Rachmaninov features the longer, original 1926 version of the score. The album also features Scriabin's startling 5th Symphony with extensive piano part, titled Prometheus: Poem of Fire. Both works are performed by Alain Lefèvre with Kent Nagano conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. This performance of the rarely heard Piano Concerto No. 4 by Rachmaninov features the longer, original 1926 version of the score. The album also features Scriabin's startling 5th Symphony with extensive piano part, titled Prometheus: Poem of Fire. Both works are performed by Alain Lefèvre with Kent Nagano conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Read less

Works on This Recording

1.
Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Alain Lefèvre (Piano)
Conductor:  Kent Nagano
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1926/1941; USA 
2.
Prometheus, Op. 60 "Poem of Fire" by Alexander Scriabin
Conductor:  Kent Nagano
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1908-1910; Russia 

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