Rodney Trudgeon will review a newly released recording on the first Thursday of every month at 11 am. There are so many new albums coming in, either as CDs or downloads, and Rodney reflects on the music and musicians.
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Rodney Review - 7 Sept 2023
This month on Rodney Review’s it is Rachmaninoff - The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin present Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 and The Isle of the Dead. The 2 CD release will complete their two-part survey of the three symphonies and other major orchestral works and, like the first instalment of 2021 – an acclaimed recording of Symphony No. 1 and the Symphonic Dances – and their work with Daniil Trifonov, continues to build on the orchestra’s incomparable Rachmaninoff legacy. The Russian pianist-composer made his first appearance as soloist with the Fabulous Philadelphians in 1909; played with and conducted the orchestra many times over the next 34 years; recorded his works for piano and orchestra with it; and wrote his Paganini Rhapsody, Third Symphony and Symphonic Dances with its famously rich sound in mind.