拉赫曼尼諾夫: 交響詩(死之島) / 第一號交響曲 尤洛夫斯基 指揮 倫敦愛樂管弦樂團 Vladimir Jurowski / Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead & Symphony No. 1

The works on this disc were recorded live in concert with the London Philharmonic Orchestra's Principal Conductor, Vladimir Jurowski. The Isle of the Dead, Rachmaninoff's dramatic tone poem inspired by a black and white reproduction of Austrian painter Arnold Bocklin's work of the same name, darkly charts a soul's journey to its final rest, drawing on plainchant melodies connected with the Latin Requiem mass. In contrast, much of the drama of the First Symphony happened off the page; its disastrous premiere left the younf Rachmaninoff with crippling self doubt , and writer's block. Removed from its unfortunate history, the youthful First Symphony shines; its exhilarating themes hinting at Rachmaninoff's mature work yet to come.