Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 / Vocalise / Aleko: Intermezzo & Women's Dance (EMI Great Recordings of the Century)
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1999-09-14
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Symphony No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 27: I. Largo - Allegro moderato
- Symphony No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 27: II. Scherzo (Allegro molto)
- Symphony No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio
- Symphony No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 27: IV. Finale (Allegro vivace)
- Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
- Aleko: Intermezzo
- Aleko: Women's Dance
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Free Music Review: Previn's spectacular Rachmaninov 2nd is justly a classic
Hit: 5 Stars
I'll never be completely won over to this music. I have no problem with Romanticism, even extreme Romanticism and I love the Russian composers. ( I'm Russian myself. ) But Rachmaninov will always be one of those once in a while composers, at least for me. Previn was a big advocate for Sergei during his years in London and this recording is a testament to that. Thank God, Previn doesn't do the repeat in the first movement as some latter day conductors have. ( Pletnev for example. ) Previn re-recorded this music as well as much else for Telarc in the 1980s and none of it was as good as what came out of the London era.
Previn's performance here on EMI is orgasmic, with stunning orchestral playing, especially the all important strings. The slow movement is mesmerizing and beautiful, even if the music does sound like you're standing in your living room during early evening, lit by candle light, pressed against the window, watching the rain outside and sobbing to yourself because your girlfriend says she doesn't love you anymore. It's all a bit too syrupy and emotional for me.
It's like The Beatles with "Yesterday" or any number of their maudlin love songs. Cry me a river! I've always had a problem with The Beatles on this point. Rachmaninov rises to greater heights and this music is about destiny and death, those over the top romantic sentiments comes through in this recording. It's fun to be swept away from time to time. Then I'll go and listen to Anton Webern or Stockhausen to get into another frame of mind altogether.
The shorter pieces on this album are just as well done and just as heartrending and sentimental. For the record, my favorite Rachmaninov piece is the tone poem, "Isle of the Dead." That's a sure fire masterpiece.
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