℗ 2019 Oehms Classics
| Released | July 17, 2020 |
| Duration | 1h 04m 28s |
| Record Label | Oehms Classics |
| Catalogue No. | OC470 |
| Genre | Classical (Romantic Era) |
Rachmaninoff: The Bells, Op. 35 - Taneyev: John of Damasacus, Op. 1
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Dmitri Kitajenko
Available in 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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The Bells, Op. 35
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1.1
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I. Allegro ma non tanto
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Dmytro Popov; Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno; Gürzenich-Orchester Köln; Dmitri Kitajenko |
6:58 | |||
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1.2
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II. Lento
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Anna Samuil; Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno; Gürzenich-Orchester Köln; Dmitri Kitajenko |
11:40 | |||
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1.3
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III. Presto
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno; Gürzenich-Orchester Köln; Dmitri Kitajenko |
9:55 | |||
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1.4
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IV. Lento lugubre
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Vladislav Sulimsky; Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno; Gürzenich-Orchester Köln; Dmitri Kitajenko |
11:26 | |||
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John of Damascus, Op. 1
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1.5
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I. Adagio non troppo
Sergey Taneyev; Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno; Gürzenich-Orchester Köln; Dmitri Kitajenko |
13:16 | |||
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1.6
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II. Andante sostenuto
Sergey Taneyev; Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno; Gürzenich-Orchester Köln; Dmitri Kitajenko |
2:56 | |||
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1.7
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III. Fugue. Allegro
Sergey Taneyev; Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno; Gürzenich-Orchester Köln; Dmitri Kitajenko |
8:17 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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Inspired by the American poet Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), the symphonic poem The Bells was written in 1913. Its four parts describe different features of bell ringing: children’s sleigh bells in the first section, the wedding bells of a young couple in the second, alarm bells for a misfortune in the third, and mourning bells in the fourth. Rachmaninov uses the text version by Konstantin Balmont (1867–1943), who freely rewrote Edgar Allan Poe's original. Rachmaninov adeptly avoided the direct emulation of bell sounds through carillons and similar percussion instruments.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Oehms Classics Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.82 -2.97 to -0.07 | -26.16 -29.90 to -22.31 | -21.01 -25.30 to -18.20 | 15 13 to 19 | |
| 1 | I. Allegro ma non tanto | -0.07 | -25.21 | -19.6 | 16 |
| 2 | II. Lento | -0.14 | -29.90 | -25.3 | 19 |
| 3 | III. Presto | -0.11 | -22.31 | -18.2 | 14 |
| 4 | IV. Lento lugubre | -0.39 | -26.97 | -21.3 | 16 |
| 5 | I. Adagio non troppo | -2.97 | -26.46 | -22.1 | 14 |
| 6 | II. Andante sostenuto | -1.18 | -27.66 | -20.4 | 15 |
| 7 | III. Fugue. Allegro | -0.91 | -24.62 | -20.2 | 13 |