Lugansky . Berezovsky - Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances, two pianos

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Symphonic Dances, for orchestra or 2 pianos, Op. 45 (1940-1942) Nikolai Lugansky, Boris Berezovsky 2008 Verbier Festival First Dance - [0:00] A (Non allegro) [2:44] B (poco a poco rallentando - Lento) [6:55] A’ (A tempo più mosso - Tempo I) [9:30] Coda (cantabile) Second Dance - [10:45] A (Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)) [14:27] B (Tempo precedente) [16:10] A’ (Tempo I) Last Dance - [19:18] A (Lento assai - Allegro vivace - Lento assai) [23:32] B (Lento assai - Lento assai ma agitato) [26:54] A’ (Allegro vivace) [29:25] Finale - “Christ is Risen” Theme [29:56] “Alliluya” “…On the one hand, the Dances contain a number of self-quotations: most notably, just before the coda of the first section, Rachmaninov hauntingly quotes the main theme of the first movement of his Symphony No 1, at the time (1940) completely unknown to anyone apart from its composer. In the finale he quotes extensivel