Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2

Rachmaninov’s vast Symphony No 2 was composed when he was at the pinnacle of his career as a composer, pianist and conductor. Filled with emotion and brimming with beautiful melodies, it is a masterpiece and the epitome of the Romantic symphony. It is presented here in its entirety.

LSO0677 60 minutes 51 seconds

'This Rachmaninov finds the London Symphony Orchestra warm and irresistibly propulsive … Gergiev has a feel for the romantic urgency of the music as well as its lyrical impulse and the LSO respon ...
'Breathtakingly beautiful string playing. I greedily anticipate the release of the other symphonies in due course' (International Record Review)
'The sweep of emotion that runs through all four movements is as polished as it is inexorable. The opening movement unfolds like an inbound tide, the waves of voluptuous sound building with a potency ...