Symphony No 2 in E minor, Op 27 (Rachmaninov)
from Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 (LSO0677)
1 Largo – Allegro moderato [22'31]
2 Allegro molto [9'49]
3 Adagio [14'21]
4 Allegro vivace [14'10]
60 minutes 51 seconds 4 tracks
'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 ...