FULL THE BELLS (Rachmaninov) Moscow 2018 Bogdan Volkov, Ekaterina Morozova, Piotr Migunov
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: The Bells (Russian: Колокола, Kolokola)
- Composer: Rachmaninov Sergei
- Libretto: The words are from the poem The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe translated by Konstantin Balmont
- Venue & Opera Company: Great Hall of the Conservatory, Moscow, Russia
- Recorded: November 11, 2018
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Bogdan Volkov, Ekaterina Morozova, Piotr Migunov
- Conductor: Robert Trevigno
- Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra
- Chorus: State Academic Choir named after. A.A. Yurlov
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Information about the Recording
- Published by: Kultura TV
- Date Published: 2018
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Quote from Wikipedia:
The Bells (Russian: Колокола, Kolokola), Op. 35, is a choral symphony by Sergei Rachmaninov, written in 1913 and premiered in St Petersburg on 30 November that year under the composer’s baton. The words are from the poem The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe, very freely translated into Russian by the symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont. The traditional Gregorian melody Dies Irae is used frequently throughout the work. It was one of Rachmaninov’s two favorite compositions, along with his All-Night Vigil,and is considered by some to be his secular choral masterpiece. Rachmaninov called the work both a choral symphony and (unofficially) his Third Symphony shortly after writing it; however, he would later write a purely instrumental Third Symphony at his new villa in Switzerland. Rachmaninoff dedicated The Bells to Dutch conductor Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. The US Premiere of the work was given by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus on 6 February 1920 and the UK Premiere by Sir Henry Wood and the Liverpool Philharmonic and Chorus on 15 March 1921.