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Rachmaninov The Isle of the Dead Symphonic Dances CO·Ashkenazy (APE)

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Rachmaninov - The Isle of the Dead - Symphonic Dances - CO·Ashkenazy

Sergei Rachmaninov 1873-1943

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1. The Isle of the Dead, Op.29
2. Symphonic Dances, Op.45


Good as the Maazel/DG version of the Symphonic Dances is, with brilliant playing lightly and transparently recorded, the Ashkenazy on CD certainly brings important advantages. In sound as in interpretation it is bigger, bolder and warmer than its rival. It is amazing how well the Decca engineers in a relatively short time have learnt to cope with the acoustic problems of the darkly reverberant Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, so as now to produce some of their most spectacular recordings there—which this certainly is. As on LP, the Ashkenazy—which for some is controversial for its bittingly fast speed for the first dance—brings a substantial advantage in its generous fill-up, a searingly powerful reading of The isle of the dead, which I count the finest performance of all in Ashkenazy's Rachmaninov series. Understandably it is placed first on the CD.' Gramophone, Edward Greenfield

Concertgebouw Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy

APE 3.99

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