★★★★★ - The Arts Desk. The London Philharmonic Orchestra gives a stunning performance of Rachmaninoff's gorgeous choral symphony ''The Bells.''
Edward Gardner conducts Rachmaninoff
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Gardner conducts Rachmaninoff
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Subscribe NowEdward Gardner joins Serge Rachmaninoff in exile in America, grappling with the ghosts of an old world amid the energy of the new in his Symphonic Dances – arguably the greatest symphony he never wrote.
First, though, comes Grieg’s Piano Concerto, as fresh and as tender as ever in the hands of the Norwegian keyboard-poet who might just be its finest living interpreter: Leif Ove Andsnes.
Leif Ove Andsnes appears courtesy of Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment.
Program:
Grieg Piano Concerto
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
Cast & Crew
(Director), (Conductor), Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)