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RACHMANINOV: Symphony Nos. 1, 2, 3; BALAKIREV: Russia; Tamara – London Symphony Orchestra/ Valery Gergiev – DSD 

RACHMANINOV: Symphony Nos. 1, 2, 3; BALAKIREV: Russia; Tamara – London Symphony Orchestra/ Valery Gergiev – DSD 

The survey of the Rachmaninov symphonies, along with two symphonic poems of Balakirev, testifies to Gergiev’s sympathy for the “Old Russian” school. RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13; Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44; BALAKIREV: Russia; Tamara – London Symphony Orchestra/ Valery […]

Editorial for December, 2017

Editorial for December, 2017

Every year, the internationally acclaimed Music@Menlo hosts a multi-week chamber music festival.  The 2016 season, entitled “Russian Reflections”, features significant Russian composers—Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Scriabin among others—interspersed with pieces by European composers. The programming touches on different perspectives of the music:  the ways in which Russian history is vividly reflected in its music, the parallels […]