Symphony No 2
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RACHMANINOV
Symphony No 2
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
[ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 5 May 2010
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"Gergiev has the sensibility to put on the pressure and to foster flexibility as the natural contours of the music demand...[He] has a feel for the romantic urgency of the music as well as its lyrical impulse and the LSO responds as if its life depends on it."
Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine August 2010
Hybrid/SACD - playable on all compact disc machines.
"Gergiev has the sensibility to put on the pressure and to foster flexibility as the natural contours of the music demand...[He] has a feel for the romantic urgency of the music as well as its lyrical impulse and the LSO responds as if its life depends on it."
Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine August 2010
"performance of edge-of-the-seat exhilaration ... This time it was Rachmaninov's Symphony No 2 that brought out Gergiev's magisterial best" The Guardian
"The LSO's sound had apt richness, depth and bloom ... a rare blend of freedom, momentum and underlying restless energy" Daily Telegraph
"Gergiev is a man who works by instinct. Music that thrives on heart and soul - above all the Russian romantics - brings out the best in him" Financial Times
The first release in Valery Gergiev's Rachmaninov Symphony cycle features a magnificent performance of the Second Symphony, recorded in September 2008 at the Barbican. Rachmaninov's vast Second Symphony was composed when he was at the pinnacle of his careers as composer, pianist and conductor. Filled with emotion and brimming with beautiful melodies, it is a masterpiece and the epitome of the Romantic symphony. This recording will be followed by the First and Third Symphonies as well as the Symphonic Dances.
