Offer,Rachmaninoff: Francesca da Rimini
Svetla Vassileva (Francesca), Misha Didyk (Paolo), Sergey Murzaev (Lanciotto), Gennady Bezzubenkov (Ghost of Virgil) & Evgeny Akimov (Dante Alighieri)
BBC Singers & BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda
This is an excellent way of coming to know a flawed but interesting piece of Rachmaninov, and it is much helped by excellent presentation from Chandos. — More…
Contents
Rachmaninoff: Francesa da Rimini, Op. 25, Prologue
- Gianandrea Noseda, BBC Philharmonic, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Evgeny Akimov
Largo
The First Circle of Hell (The Shade of Virgil, Dante)
The Second Circle (Dante, The Shade of Virgil)
Rachmaninoff: Francesa da Rimini, Op. 25, Scene 1
- Gianandrea Noseda, BBC Philharmonic, Sergey Murzaev, BBC Singers, Svetla Vassileva
The Malatesta castle
My answer is plain (Lanceotto, Chorus)
Nothing can extinguish these jealous thoughts (Lanceotto)
My Lord called for me? (Francesca, Lanceotto)
Rachmaninoff: Francesa da Rimini, Op. 25, Scene 2
- Gianandrea Noseda, BBC Philharmonic, Sergey Murzaev, Svetla Vassileva, Misha Didyk
A room in the Castle
The fair Guinivere … (Paolo, Francesca, Lanceotto)
Rachmaninoff: Francesa da Rimini, Op. 25, Epilogue
- Gianandrea Noseda, BBC Philharmonic, Svetla Vassileva, Misha Didyk, BBC Singers
Epilogue (Souls of Francesca and Paolo, Chorus)
