Rachmaninov - Symphony No.3 / Balakirev - Russia
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Label: LSO Live
Cat No: LSO0779
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 28th August 2015
Contents
Artists
London Symphony OrchestraConductor
Valery GergievWorks
Russia: symphonic poemSymphony no.3 in A minor, op.44
Artists
London Symphony OrchestraConductor
Valery GergievAbout
Following his acclaimed LSO Live recordings of Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2 and 'Symphonic Dances', Valery Gergiev conducts a scintillating performance of the powerfully emotional Symphony No.3, framed with a work by one of the Mighty Five: Balakirev’s 'Russia'.
Rachmaninov’s third and final symphony was composed nearly 20 years after the composer’s emigration from his homeland. Often considered to be his most overtly Russian symphony, Rachmaninov makes subtle use of a motto theme which appears throughout the work and can be heard in the finale as a variant of the Dies Irae plainchant – a melodic tag used in Rachmaninov’s music as a dark reminder of mortality.
'Russia', an epic symphonic poem, is a reworking of an 'Overture on Russian Themes', collected during Balakirev’s expedition up through the Volga. It was composed in 1864 and is based on three folksongs – a slow wedding song and two round-dances which are varied, fragmented and combined throughout the piece.
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