Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances/The Bells
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Composer: Sergei RachmaninoffConductor: Kiril Kondrashin
Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-03-26
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: Non allegro
- Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: Andante con moto (Tempo di Valse)
- Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: Lento assai - Allegro vivace - Lento assai come prima
- The Bells, Op. 35: The Silver Sleigh Bells - Allegro, ma non tanto
- The Bells, Op. 35: The Mellow Wedding Bells - Lento
- The Bells, Op. 35: The Loud Alarum Bells - Presto
- The Bells, Op. 35: The Mournful Iron Bells - Lento lugubre
Free Music Notes for Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances/The Bells
Free Music Review: Hold On To Your Mind
Hit: 5 Stars
This Symphonic Dances, for me, is the best version hands down! And that "hands down" is delivered with a thunderous slam on the table. Kondrashin's conducting is deliciously wild, erotic, pathetic, glorious, cataclysmic, and catastrophic. He keeps a Toscanini-like command of the structure of the whole piece. He weaves in and out of big phrases, being tender one moment and aggressively stretching the limits of the music in other parts, and throughout the hauntingly gorgeous melodies are inflicted onto us. In the last minutes of the piece the music builds up so much passion, tension, and raw energy, becomes so orgasmic, that the sweep absolutely obliterates understanding, and the whole concept crashes into chaos.The Previn and Ashkenazy versions are anemic by comparison. The sound is quite good for a '63 recording, and the included Bells is equally great except for the disappointing soprano.
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