Rachmaninov plays Symphonic Dances - Newly Discovered 1940 Recording

Label : Marston
Format : Flac track
Cover : Yes

Tracklist :

CD 1 :

Rachmaninoff Demonstrates His Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Impromptu performance at the piano
1. I. Non allegro (bar 1 to bar 41) [1:34]
2. I. Non allegro (bar 48 to bar 236) [8:02]
3. I. Non allegro (pickup to bar 241 to 263) [1:04]
4. II. Andante con moto, Tempo di valse (beginning to bar 176) [7:00
5. II. Andante con moto, Tempo di valse (middle of bar 182 to end) [2:14]
6. III. Lento assai — Allegro vivace — Lento assai, Come prima — Allegro vivace (bar 8 to bar 214) [7:10]
An edited version of the original recording, with most of the repeated phrases and spoken comments removed, and with the music presented in its proper score sequence
21 December 1940
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
7. I. Non allegro [11:57]
8. II. Andante con moto, Tempo di valse [9:45]
9. III. Lento assai — Allegro vivace — Lento assai, Come prima — Allegro vivace [12:38]
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos.
20 December 1942, New York City

CD 2 :

Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
1. Introductory radio announcement followed by Eugene Ormandy speaking about Rachmaninoff [2:54]
2. The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 [18:42]
Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy
2 April 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(This performance was given as a memorial to the composer five days after his death on 28 March)
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44
3. I. Lento — Allegro moderato — Allegro [15:14]
4. II. Adagio ma non troppo — Allegro vivace [11:32]
5. III. Allegro — Allegro vivace — Allegro, Tempo primo — Allegretto — Allegro vivace [12:07]
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
21 December 1941, New York City
6. ‘Belilitsï rumyanitsï, vy moi ‘(Powder and Paint) (Russian folk song, arranged by Rachmaninoff) [3:50]
Nadezhda Plevitskaya, mezzo soprano, with Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
Victor Talking Machine Company private recording, made for the composer
22 February 1926, New York City
(Note: This song was used as the third of Rachmaninoff’s “Three Russian Songs for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 41.” The Victor recording logs give the title as “Powder and Paint”)
Rachmaninoff: Three Russian Songs for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 41
7. I. Cherez rechku (Over the Stream), Moderato [3:30]
8. II. Akh ty, Vanka (Oh, My Little Johnny), Largo [4:40]
9. III. Belilitsï rumyanitsï, vy moi (You, My Fairness, My Rosy Cheeks or “Powder and Paint”), Allegro [4:04]
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski, with the Schola Cantorum. 18 December 1966, New York City

CD 3 :

Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
1. Introductory radio announcement [1:45]
2. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 [23:12]
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult
14 September 1946, London
3. Rachmaninoff: Polka Italienne [0:36]
with Sergei and Natalia Rachmaninoff, piano
private recording, circa 1942
4. Russian folk song: ‘Bublichki’ (Bagels) [1:26]
with Rachmaninoff accompanying friends at a party, circa 1942
5. Rachmaninoff plays ballades: Brahms Op. 10, No. 2, in D (middle of bar 145 to bar 150), and Liszt No. 2, in B Minor (through the end of bar 125; bars 77-79 omitted) [6:24]
recorded by Bell Telephone Laboratories during a Rachmaninoff recital at the Academy of Music. 5 December 1931, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rachmaninoff Demonstrates His Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Impromptu performance at the piano
6. Side 1: Movement I. Non allegro (bar 48 to bar 236) [9:32]
7. Side 2: [9:19]
Excerpt 1: Movement I. Non allegro (pickup to bar 241 to bar 263)
Excerpt 2: Movement III. Lento assai — Allegro vivace — Lento assai, Come prima — Allegro vivace (bar 8 to bar 214)
8. Side 3: Movement II. Andante con moto, Tempo di valse (beginning to bar 176) 9:17
9. Side 4: [5:05]
Excerpt 1: Movement II. Andante con moto, Tempo di valse (middle of bar 182 to end)
Excerpt 2: Movement I. Non allegro (beginning to bar 41)
The unedited, complete recording, with each of the four acetate sides presented as track points. 21 December 1940