Rachmaninoff Demonstrates His Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
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Impromptu performance at the piano |
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I. Non allegro (bar 1 to bar 41) |
1:34 |
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I. Non allegro (bar 48 to bar 236) |
8:02 |
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I. Non allegro (pickup to bar 241 to 263) |
1:04 |
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II. Andante con moto, Tempo di valse (beginning to bar 176) |
7:00 |
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II. Andante con moto, Tempo di valse (middle of bar 182 to end) |
2:14 |
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III. Lento assai — Allegro vivace — Lento assai, Come prima — Allegro vivace (bar 8 to bar 214) |
7:10 |
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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 |
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21 December 1940 |
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Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
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I. Non allegro |
11:57 |
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II. Andante con moto, Tempo di valse |
9:45 |
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III. Lento assai — Allegro vivace — Lento assai, Come prima — Allegro vivace |
12:38 |
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with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos |
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20 December 1942, New York City |
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CD 2 (76:31)
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Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
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Introductory radio announcement followed by Eugene Ormandy speaking about Rachmaninoff |
2:54 |
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The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 |
18:42 |
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with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy |
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2 April 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(This performance was given as a memorial to the composer five days after his death on 28 March) |
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Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44
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I. Lento — Allegro moderato — Allegro |
15:14 |
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II. Adagio ma non troppo — Allegro vivace |
11:32 |
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III. Allegro — Allegro vivace — Allegro, Tempo primo — Allegretto — Allegro vivace |
12:07 |
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with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos |
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21 December 1941, New York City |
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Belilitsï rumyanitsï, vy moi (Powder and Paint) (Russian folk song, arranged by Rachmaninoff) |
3:50 |
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Nadezhda Plevitskaya, mezzo soprano, with Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
Victor Talking Machine Company private recording, made for the composer |
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22 February 1926, New York City |
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(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”) |
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Rachmaninoff: Three Russian Songs for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 41
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I. Cherez rechku (Over the Stream), Moderato |
3:30 |
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II. Akh ty, Vanka (Oh, My Little Johnny), Largo |
4:40 |
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III. Belilitsï rumyanitsï, vy moi (You, My Fairness, My Rosy Cheeks or “Powder and Paint”), Allegro |
4:04 |
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with the American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski, with the Schola Cantorum |
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18 December 1966, New York City |
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CD 3 (66:37)
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Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
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Introductory radio announcement |
1:45 |
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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 |
23:12 |
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Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult |
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14 September 1946, London |
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Rachmaninoff: Polka Italienne |
0:36 |
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with Sergei and Natalia Rachmaninoff, piano |
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private recording, circa 1942 |
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Russian folk song: Bublichki (Bagels) |
1:26 |
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with Rachmaninoff accompanying friends at a party, circa 1942 |
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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 |
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recorded by Bell Telephone Laboratories during a Rachmaninoff recital at the Academy of Music |
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5 December 1931, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Rachmaninoff Demonstrates His Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
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Impromptu performance at the piano |
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Side 1: Movement I. Non allegro (bar 48 to bar 236) |
9:32 |
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Side 2: |
9:19 |
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Excerpt 1: Movement I. Non allegro (pickup to bar 241 to bar 263) |
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Excerpt 2: Movement III. Lento assai — Allegro vivace — Lento assai, Come prima — Allegro vivace (bar 8 to bar 214) |
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Side 3: Movement II. Andante con moto, Tempo di valse (beginning to bar 176) |
9:17 |
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Side 4: |
5:05 |
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Excerpt 1: Movement II. Andante con moto, Tempo di valse (middle of bar 182 to end) |
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Excerpt 2: Movement I. Non allegro (beginning to bar 41) |
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The unedited, complete recording, with each of the four acetate sides presented as track points |
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21 December 1940 |
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