Rachmaninoff – 1940: Symphonic Dances, op.45 

34′ – 36′

(SUPER RARE) Rachmaninoff plays and improvises his Symphonic Dances in one piano (1940) – 1:00’39

Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op 45 (1940) Tugan Sokhiev, Conductor Berliner Philharmoniker – Recorded and broadcast live from the Berliner Philharmonie on 21 January 2012.

Rachmaninow: Sinfonische Tänze ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Andrés Orozco-Estrada – Alte Oper Frankfurt, 7. Februar 2014 

Rachmaninow: Sinfonische Tänze ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Petr Popelka – Alte Oper Frankfurt, 22. November 2024

The Philadelphia Orchestra Live from Wolf Trap – Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances – Yuri Temirkanov conducting. Introduction with André Watts. 1989.

Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 (recording of the Century: Kirill Kondrashin / Remastered) – Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Kirill KONDRASHIN Recorded in 1962, at Moscow New mastering in 2023 by AB for CMRR

Und zum Schluss – wie immer – das Allerbeste (in meinen Ohren) – ex aequo:

Leider haben die mMn beiden besten Aufführungen in der allerletzten Note kein Vibrato im TamTam – das muss man sich dann bei anderen Aufführungen anhören. Schade drum, aber dennoch:

S. Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances. USSR Symphony Orchestra – Yevgeny Svetlanov – Recorded 1973

Nikolai Golovanov conducts Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances – Nikolai Golovanov, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra Recorded in 1944 (mvts. I and III) and in 1949 (mvt. II) – leider kein Vibrato des TamTam… vom Toningenieur geschnitten?