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

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Details

Composer
RACHMANINOFF, SERGEI
Artist
Voketaitis, Christos, Plante, Slatkin
Format
CD
Label
Vox
Released
Apr 06, 2018
Catalog #
MCD 10020
UPC
884300009952

About

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.

Tracklist 5 tracks

  1. 1 I. Die silbernen Schlittenglocken: Allegro ma non tanto 06:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Die silbernen Schlittenglocken: Allegro ma non tanto
    Duration
    06:13
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Walter Planté
    Ensemble
    Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  2. 2 II. Die zarten Hochzeitsglocken: Lento 09:22
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Die zarten Hochzeitsglocken: Lento
    Duration
    09:22
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Marianna Christos
    Ensemble
    Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  3. 3 III. Die grellen Sturmglocken: Presto 08:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Die grellen Sturmglocken: Presto
    Duration
    08:30
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  4. 4 IV. Die trauervollen Eisenglocken: Lento lugubre 10:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Die trauervollen Eisenglocken: Lento lugubre
    Duration
    10:36
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Arnold Voketaitis
    Ensemble
    Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  5. 5 Ostrov myortvikh (The Isle of the Dead), Op. 29 20:19
    Track
    5
    Title
    Ostrov myortvikh (The Isle of the Dead), Op. 29
    Duration
    20:19
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin