Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead The Philadelphia Orchestra & Yannick Nézet-Séguin

• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943): Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27:
• 1 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: Ia. Largo 05:10
• 2 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: Ib. Allegro moderato 10:48
• 3 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: Ic. Moderato 04:47
• 4 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: II. Allegro molto 10:24
• 5 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio 16:11
• 6 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: IV. Allegro vivace 14:25
• Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44:
• 7 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44: I. Lento - Allegro moderato 13:46
• 8 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44: II. Adagio ma non troppo 12:30
• 9 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44: III. Allegro 13:32
• Isle of the Dead, Op. 29:
• 10 Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 21:46
• Total Runtime 02:03:19

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To mark the 150th anniversary of one of the most popular of all classical composers, Grammyr-winning conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and his 'Fabulous Philadelphians' present Rachmaninoff's Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3, and the symphonic poem Isle of the Dead. This release completes their two-part survey of the three symphonies and other major orchestral works and, like the first instalment of 2021, continues to build on the orchestra's incomparable Rachmaninoff legacy.

The double album "Symphonies Nos. 2&3 - Isle Of The Dead" is the crowning finale of the Rachmaninoff orchestral cycle by Yannick Nézet-Séguin with his "Fabulous Philadelphians"! In its review of the previous edition, featuring Symphony No. 1 and Symphonic Dances, Gramophone praised Nézet-Séguin's "ability to fathom the extraordinary legacy around Rachmaninoff and Philadelphia while renewing its startling innovation". All the qualities of the Rachmaninoff/Ormandy era have resurfaced, creating a kind of faded opulence. An all in all stunning album!" This release completes the 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 work with Daniil Trifonov - continues to build on the orchestra's incomparable Rachmaninoff legacy. The Russian pianist and composer first appeared as a soloist with the Fabulous Philadelphians in 1909, played with the orchestra and conducted it several times over the next 34 years, performing his works for piano and orchestra with them and writing his Paganini Rhapsody, Third Symphony and Symphonic Dances with the notorious sound of this unique orchestra in mind.

Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin
The Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Orchestre Métropolitain since 2000, Yannick Nézet-Séguin signed a “lifelong” commitment with the Orchestre in September 2019. In September 2018, he became the third Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera (Met), New York in addition to his ongoing duties as Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, where he has served since 2012. In 2016-2017, he became a lifetime Honorary Member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. After a ten-year tenure with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, he was appointed Honorary Conductor in 2018, a position he holds to this day.

He has worked regularly with many leading European ensembles and enjoyed many close collaborations with the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Wiener Philharmoniker, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk and Chamber Orchestra of Europe as well as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he was Principal Guest Conductor from 2008 to 2014. His opera interpretations have been acclaimed in many of the world’s most famous houses, including the Metropolitan Opera (New York), La Scala (Milan), and the Royal Opera House (London), in the Salzburg Festival, as well as in such renowned concert halls as the Musikverein (Vienna), the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), theFestspielhaus (Baden-Baden) and the Carnegie Hall (New York).

Yannick Nézet-Séguin records exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon label while continuing his role in the collaborative partnership between ATMA Classique and the OM. His honours include being named Artist of the Year by the prestigious magazine Musical America and receiving the Virginia Parker Award, a Royal Philharmonic Society Award (London), Canada’s National Arts Centre Award (Ottawa), the Prix Denise-Pelletier, awarded by the Quebec government, the Medal of Honor of the National Assembly of Quebec, the Oskar Morawetz Award and Orchestras Canada’s Betty Webster Award, the Rubies Award by Opera Canada; in 2022, he receives the Grammy Award of the Best Orchestral Performance for Florence Price’s Symphony No. 3 with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin holds seven honorary doctorates (Université du Québec à Montréal, 2011; Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, 2014; Rider University, Princeton, 2015; McGill University, Montreal, 2017, Université de Montréal, 2017; Pennsylvania University, 2018; Université Laval, 2021) and has been made a Companion of the Order of Canada (2012), Companion of the Quebec Order for the Arts and Literature (2015), Officer of the National Order of Quebec (2015), Officer of the Ordre de Montréal (2017), honorary member of the Royal Conservatory of Music (2020) and Officer of the French Republic Order for the Arts and Literature (2021).

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