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Rachmaninoff: Symphony No.2 (Arrangement For Piano & Orchestra By Alexander Warenberg)

Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy/Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra/Theodore Kuchar

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Format: CD

Cat No: 70031

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Release Date:  15 August 2025

Label:  Brilliant Classics

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5028421900537

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  Rachmaninoff

Release Date:  07 August 2026

Label:  Brilliant Classics

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5063758700313

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  Rachmaninoff

  • Description

    In the year 2007 pianist and composer Alexander Warenberg reworked Rachmaninoff's second symphony into a full scale piano concerto. Ever since this works gained popularity and recognition as a new repertoire work, having been performed by acclaimed soloists and orchestras all around the world.

    Description

    The opulent Second Symphony of Sergei Rachmaninoff (1793- 1943) in the compelling guise of a piano concerto: the only available recording, now available as a single CD. Rachmaninoff achieved a breakthrough, both for himself and in the genre of the Russian symphony, with the completion of the Second in 1908. \u25CF This is music of a positively Brucknerian scale and paragraphing which needs space and breadth to unfold and climax. However, the symphony gained popularity through heavily cut performances and recordings, and it was only in 1973, with the recordings con- ducted by Ormandy and Previn, that the strength of the original, uncut Second revealed itself to new audiences.