Vladimir Ashkenazy, Concertgebouw Orchestra - Rachmaninov: The Bells, Three Russian Songs (1986)

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Date: March 2, 2021
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Concertgebouw Orchestra - Rachmaninov: The Bells, Three Russian Songs (1986)

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Concertgebouw Orchestra - Rachmaninov: The Bells, Three Russian Songs (1986)
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Classical | Label: Decca | # 414 455-2 | Recorded: 1984

Ashkenazy and Previn are broadly agreed on choice of tempos throughout the work. At the very opening, after the magical silvery flutes, Ashkenazy is a shade more volatile and he certainly echoes the words "sparkle and dash" in the evocation of the "sledges dashing in a row, their bells jingling". Here his tenor soloist, Ryszard Karczykowski, brings an added degree of temperament to the singing. In the slow movement too, Natalia Troitskaya's contribution has all the freshness of Armstrong, yet there is a natural slavonic feeling too—the singing opens up that bit more, yet without a hint of crudeness. Both choruses respond splendidly to the black mood of the scherzo, where the bells make "an agonized moan from Read more hell" and are equally impressive in the sober intensity of the finale, and both conductors find all the power and strength of articulation Rachmaninov calls for. But in the big climaxes the added clarity and body of the magnificent Decca digital recording tells, and the expansive climax at the end of the first movement is firmer with the choral tone more tangible.
For his coupling Previn offers a beguilingly warm account of the Vocalise, but Ashkenazy's coupling is far more appropriate in offering three Russian Songs which are performed with comparable eloquence.
– Gramophone

Performer:
Natalia Troitskaya, soprano
Ryszard Karcykowski, tenor
Tom Krause, baritone
Chorus of the Concertgebouw Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

Track List:
The Bells Op. 35
01. I. Allegro ma non tanto
02. II. Lento
03. III. Presto
04. IV. Lento lugubre
Three Russian Songs Op. 41
05. I. Moderato
06. II. Largo
07. III. Allegro moderato


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