Gürzenich-Orchester Köln & Dmitri Kitayenko - Rachmaninoff: The Bells, Op. 35 - Taneyev: John of Damasacus, Op. 1 (2020) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. The Bells, Op. 35 I. Allegro ma non tanto
02. The Bells, Op. 35 II. Lento
03. The Bells, Op. 35 III. Presto
04. The Bells, Op. 35 IV. Lento lugubre
05. John of Damascus, Op. 1 I. Adagio non troppo
06. John of Damascus, Op. 1 II. Andante sostenuto
07. John of Damascus, Op. 1 III. Fugue. Allegro


Inspired by the American poet Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), the symphonic poem The Bells was written in 1913. Its four parts describe different features of bell ringing: children’s sleigh bells in the first section, the wedding bells of a young couple in the second, alarm bells for a misfortune in the third, and mourning bells in the fourth. Rachmaninov uses the text version by Konstantin Balmont (1867–1943), who freely rewrote Edgar Allan Poe's original. Rachmaninov adeptly avoided the direct emulation of bell sounds through carillons and similar percussion instruments.

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