Rachmaninov: The Bells, Isle of the Dead / Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony

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Label
Vox
Release Date
April 6, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      RACHMANINOFF, SERGEI
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Chorus
    • PERFORMER
      Voketaitis, Christos, Plante, Slatkin
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 06, 2018
    • UPC
      884300009952
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      MCD 10020
    • LABEL
      Vox
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Die silbernen Schlittenglocken: Allegro ma non tanto

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Walter Planté

      Conductor: Leonard Slatkin

    2. II. Die zarten Hochzeitsglocken: Lento

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marianna Christos

      Conductor: Leonard Slatkin

    3. III. Die grellen Sturmglocken: Presto

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Leonard Slatkin

    4. IV. Die trauervollen Eisenglocken: Lento lugubre

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Arnold Voketaitis

      Conductor: Leonard Slatkin

    5. Ostrov myortvikh (The Isle of the Dead), Op. 29

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Leonard Slatkin


This release from the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with Leonard Slatkin conducting presents two dark works by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The first is the choral symphony The Bells Op. 35. Written in 1913, the words are taken from the poem ‘The Bells’ by Edgar Allan Poe. Symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont translated the poem loosely into Russian. The Bells is joined on this release by the tone poem Isle of the Dead Op. 29. This work was inspired by a black and white reproduction of Arnold Bocklin’s painting of the same name, which Rachmaninoff viewed in Paris in 1907. The common thread that can be heard throughout both of these pieces is the use of the Gregorian plainchant, the Dies Irae, used as an allusion to death.