Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphony No 3 / Mily Balakirev: Russia – London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (2015) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Sergei Rachmaninov – Symphony No 3 / Mily Balakirev – Russia – London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:30 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Classical
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Recorded live in DSD 128fs at the Barbican, November 2014

Following acclaimed LSO Live recordings of Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 2 and Symphonic Dances, Valery Gergiev conducts a scintillating account of the powerfully emotional Third Symphony, framed with a work by one of the Mighty Five; Balakirev’s Russia.
Rachmaninov’s third and final symphony was composed nearly 20 years after the composer’s emigration from his homeland. Often considered to be his most overtly Russian symphony, Rachmaninov makes subtle use of a motto theme which appears throughout the work and can be heard in the finale as a variant of the Dies Irae plainchant – a melodic tag used in Rachmaninov’s music as a dark reminder of mortality.
Russia, the epic symphonic poem, is a reworking of an Overture on Russian Themes, collected during Balakirev’s expedition up through the Volga. It was composed in 1864 and is based on three folksongs – a slow wedding song and two round-dances which are varied, fragmented and combined throughout the piece.

Tracklist:
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 44 (1935-36)
1 i. Lento – Allegro moderato – Allegro 17’45’’
2 ii. Adagio ma non troppo – Allegro vivace 11’53’’
3 iii. Allegro – Allegro vivace – Allegro (Tempo primo) – Allegretto – Allegro vivace 13’48’’
Mily Balakirev (1837-1910)
Russia (Second overture on three Russian themes) (1864, rev 1907)
4 Russia 13’04’’

Personnel:
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor

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RachmaninvSymphnyN3BalakirevRussiaLSValeryGergiev20159624.part1.rar
RachmaninvSymphnyN3BalakirevRussiaLSValeryGergiev20159624.part2.rar