Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1; Prince Rostislav

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra;
Slatkin, Leonard

VOX-NX-3029CD

The premiere of Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 1 in D minor was a notorious failure. It took until the 1940s for the work to gain recognition, and it contains much that is recognisable from the composer’s later works – brooding intensity, lyricism and yearning, orchestral colour and grandeur, written in a profoundly Russian manner. Unperformed during his lifetime, Prince Rostislav exudes Rachmaninov’s familiar qualities of melancholy and voluptuousness; and both works feature his pervasive use of the Dies irae theme. These acclaimed VOX recordings conducted by Leonard Slatkin were originally issued in 1977 and 1982.

The Elite Recordings for VOX by legendary producers Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz are considered by audiophiles to be amongst the finest sounding examples of orchestral recordings.

Works:

•Rachmaninov: Prince Rostislav
•Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13

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Vox

02-11-2023

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