These recordings of Rachmaninov's orchestral music, released in 2021, are not new but compiled individual albums issued by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and its conductor Lan Shui, dating back as far as 2008. Only the first recording, including Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13, has been remastered, suggesting the high quality of the BIS label's engineering throughout, from Singapore's acoustically fine Esplanade Concert Hall. There's something to be said, beyond the budget price, for hearing the whole set ...
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These recordings of Rachmaninov's orchestral music, released in 2021, are not new but compiled individual albums issued by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and its conductor Lan Shui, dating back as far as 2008. Only the first recording, including Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13, has been remastered, suggesting the high quality of the BIS label's engineering throughout, from Singapore's acoustically fine Esplanade Concert Hall. There's something to be said, beyond the budget price, for hearing the whole set as a unit rather than keeping to the individual recordings. Whether one can call Lan Shui's readings "Asian" is debatable, but they're certainly not Slavic; the clean but rarely passionate recordings have inspired mixed critical reactions individually. Yet as a group, they cohere, and the conductor's vision emerges as an individual one. In the rather tentative treatment of the Symphony No. 1's opening movement, one hears not the conservative composer that Rachmaninov is so often...
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Add this copy of Symphonies & Orchestral Music to cart. $67.40, new condition, Sold by Importcds rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sunrise, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2021 by BIS.
Add this copy of Rachmaninov: Symphonies and Orchestral Music to cart. $189.51, new condition, Sold by Entertainment by Post - UK rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BRISTOL, SOUTH GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2021 by BIS.
