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Valery Gergiev, LSO - Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 / Balakirev: Russia (2015) [DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Valery Gergiev, LSO - Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 / Balakirev: Russia (2015) [DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra - Rachmaninov: Symphony 3 / Balakirev: Russia (2015)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time - 56:30 minutes | 1,29 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 56:30 minutes | 1,08 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Valery Gergiev conducts a scintillating account of Sergey Rachmaninov's powerful Symphony No 3, often considered to be the composer's most overtly Russian symphony despite being written some two decades after he emigrated to America. Concluding the programme is Mily Balakirev's "Russia", an epic symphonic poem derived from themes collected during an expedition up the Volga river.

Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44 premiered in Philadelphia under Leopold Stokowski, took many years to click with audiences, but this profoundly Russian reading by Valery Gergiev, recorded live with the London Symphony Orchestra in 2014, may put the capstone on a long reevaluation. The work is essentially conventional in form, with a sonata-form opening movement, a middle movement that doubles as slow movement and scherzo, and a dance-flavored finale. It's not really in the Romantic vein of Rachmaninov's earlier music, though, with an economical mode of expression and the Russian quality deployed in the service of a reflective mood. It's interesting to compare this recording with Gergiev's live outings at the head of the Mariinsky Orchestra in St. Petersburg, for both have their advantages. Here, Gergiev gets great clarity and elegance out of the LSO's low brasses and winds, and the engineers from the orchestra's own LSO Live label are with him every step of the way. He catches the restrained quality of the music. A bonus is the presence of Balakirev's rarely played Russia, a collection of strung-together Russian tunes in which Gergiev delivers a totally infectious quality. It's a fine way of bringing down the curtain on a recommended Rachmaninov recording.

Tracklist:

01 - Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44: I. Lento – Allegro moderato – Allegro
02 - Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44: II. Adagio ma non troppo – Allegro vivace
03 - Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44: III. Allegro – Allegro vivace – Allegro (Tempo primo) – Allegretto – Allegro vivace
04 - Balakirev: Russia (Second overture on three Russian themes)

Produced by James Mallinson. Engineered by Neil Hutchinson.
Recorded live in DSD on November 11 & 13, 2015 at the Barbican, London.
Edited, Mixed & Mastered by Jonathan Stokes for Classic Sound Ltd.

Analyzed: London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev / Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44 (1935–36) / Balakirev: Russia (Second overture on three Russian themes) (1864, rev.1907)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR17 -8.19 dB -30.20 dB 17:45 01-Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44: I. Lento – Allegro moderato – Allegro
DR21 -4.00 dB -30.34 dB 11:53 02-Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44: II. Adagio ma non troppo – Allegro vivace
DR19 -6.47 dB -29.68 dB 13:48 03-Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44: III. Allegro – Allegro vivace – Allegro (Tempo primo) – Allegretto – Allegro vivace
DR16 -10.62 dB -29.98 dB 13:04 04-Russia (Second overture on three Russian themes)
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Number of tracks: 4
Official DR value: DR18

Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64
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