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The Very Best Of Rachmaninov

Rachmaninoff
Release Date: 01/11/2008 
Label:  Virgin Classics   Catalog #: 502722   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Natalie Dessay,  Mikhail Pletnev,  Dmitri Alexeev,  Leif Ove Andsnes,   ... 
Conductor:  Michael Schoenwandt,  Libor Pesek,  Andrew Litton,  Lawrence Foster,   ... 
Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 2 Hours 34 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1.
Songs (14), Op. 34: no 14, Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Natalie Dessay ()
Conductor:  Michael Schoenwandt
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1912-1915; Russia 
 Length: 5 Minutes 20 Secs. 
2.
Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1: 1st movement, Vivace by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
Conductor:  Libor Pesek
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1891/1917; Russia 
 Length: 12 Minutes 23 Secs. 
3.
Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3: no 2, Prélude in C sharp minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Dmitri Alexeev (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Russia 
 Length: 4 Minutes 23 Secs. 
4.
Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor:  Andrew Litton
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1909; Russia 
 Length: 20 Minutes 52 Secs. 
5.
Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18: 1st movement, Moderato by Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor:  Lawrence Foster
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900-1901; Russia 
 Length: 11 Minutes 16 Secs. 
6.
Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27: 2nd movement, Scherzo by Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor:  Andrew Litton
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1906-1908; Russia 
 Length: 10 Minutes 12 Secs. 
7.
Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27: 3rd movement, Adagio by Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor:  Andrew Litton
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1906-1908; Russia 
 Length: 15 Minutes 7 Secs. 
8.
Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30: 3rd movement, Alla breve by Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor:  Paavo Berglund
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1909; Russia 
 Length: 14 Minutes 40 Secs. 
9.
Symphony no 1 in D minor, Op. 13: 2nd movement, Allegro animato by Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor:  Andrew Litton
Period: Post-Romantic 
Written: 1895 
 Length: 8 Minutes 48 Secs. 
10.
Vespers, Op. 37: no 13, Today salvation is come by Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor:  Tönu Kaljuste
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1915; Russia 
 Length: 1 Minutes 54 Secs. 
11.
Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 33: no 1 in F minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1911; Russia 
 Length: 2 Minutes 19 Secs. 
12.
Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 33: no 2 in C major by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1911; Russia 
 Length: 2 Minutes 9 Secs. 
13.
Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 33: no 9 in C sharp minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1911; Russia 
 Length: 2 Minutes 40 Secs. 
14.
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: no 2, Andante con moto by Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor:  Andrew Litton
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1940; USA 
 Length: 9 Minutes 16 Secs. 
15.
Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3: no 1, Elégie in E flat minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Dmitri Alexeev (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Russia 
 Length: 6 Minutes 5 Secs. 
16.
Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23: no 5 in G minor, Alla marcia by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Dmitri Alexeev (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1901; Russia 
 Length: 4 Minutes 0 Secs. 
17.
Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23: no 7 in C minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Dmitri Alexeev (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1903; Russia 
 Length: 2 Minutes 18 Secs. 
18.
Pieces (2) for Cello and Piano, Op. 2: no 2, Oriental Dance by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano), Truls Otterbech Mork (Cello)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Russia 
 Length: 6 Minutes 24 Secs. 
19.
Moments musicaux (6), Op. 16: no 4, Presto by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Dmitri Alexeev (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Russia 
 Length: 3 Minutes 9 Secs. 
20.
Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 39: no 6 in A minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1916-1917; Russia 
 Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs. 
21.
Preludes (13) for Piano, Op. 32: no 5 in G major, Moderato by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Dmitri Alexeev (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1910; Russia 
 Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs. 
22.
Preludes (13) for Piano, Op. 32: no 12 in G sharp minor, Allegro by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Dmitri Alexeev (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1910; Russia 
 Length: 2 Minutes 20 Secs. 
23.
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Excerpt(s) by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
Conductor:  Libor Pesek
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1934; USA 
 Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs. 

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