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Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
Rachmaninov Songs Volume 2

Album UK 1976 on Decca label
Classical (Neo-Romantic)

Recorded 18 Aug 1975 and 10 Feb 1976 in Kingsway Hall, London. Early UK issue for this cat# with: - 'narrowband' labels, matte silver printing on labels (labelography code: ED5) - Non-laminated sleeve. Sleeve printed by Clout & Baker Ltd. Insert printed by Record Graphics Ltd. ℗ © 1976 on sleeve and insert ℗ 1976 on labels Contains 6-page fold-out insert with transliterated Russian lyrics and translated English lyrics. Part of Decca's 5 volume series "Rachmaninov Songs". Tracklisting taken from back of sleeve. Songs are titled in English on sleeve and labels but are sung in Russian.

     
Musicians
PortraitSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff p, 1873-1943 RU
album by
PortraitElisabeth Söderström voc, 1927-2009 SE
soprano vocals, album by
PortraitVladimir Ashkenazy p, *1937 IS
piano, album by
PortraitGeoffrey Norris ,
liner notes, other, russian transliterations
Edward Agate
liner notes, english translations of lyrics on insert
PortraitАфанасий Фет , RU
words by
PortraitАрсений Голенищев-Кутузов ,
words by
PortraitАлексей Плещеев , RU
translated by, trans.
PortraitТарас Григорович Шевченко , *1925 UA
words by
PortraitHeinrich Heine , 1797-1856 DE
words by
PortraitMariya Davidova , RU
words by
PortraitKonstantin Dmitrievich Balmont , RU
translated by, trans., words by
PortraitPercy Bysshe Shelley , 1792-1822 GB
words by
PortraitDaniil Rathaus , RU
words by
PortraitАлексей Константинович Толстой , 1817-1875 RU
words by
PortraitFyodor Tyutchev , *1923 RU
words by
PortraitАлексей Апухтин , 1840-1893 RU
words by
PortraitАлександр Пушкин , 1799-1837 RU
words by
PortraitАлексей Хомяков , RU
words by
PortraitАполлон Майков ,
words by
PortraitЯков Полонский , 1819-1898 RU
words by
Producers
Paul Denman Martin design, cover
Kenneth Wilkinson engineer, recording engineer
G mastered by
Suzette Gibbs photography by, cover
Richard Beswick producer, recording producer
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1In The Silent Night ("When Silent Night Doth Hold Me"), Op.4, No.3Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
2"So Many Hours, So Many Fancies", Op.4, No.6Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
3The Soldier's Wife ("For A Life Of Pain I Have Giv'n My Love"), Op.8, No.4Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
4A Dream ("My Native Land I Once Enjoyed"), Op.8, No.5Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
5"I Wait For Thee", Op.14, No.1Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
6The Little Island, Op.14, No.2Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
7Midsummer Nights, Op.14, No.5Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
8"The World Would See Thee Smile", Op.14, No.6Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
9"Believe It Not!", Op.14, No.7Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
10Spring Waters ("Tho' Still The Fields Are White With Snow"), Op.14, No.11Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
11Fate (Suggested By Beethoven's Fifth Symphony), Op.21, No.1Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
12"Day To Night Comparing Went The Wind Her Way", Op.34, No.4Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
13Arion, Op.34, No.5Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
14The Raising Of Lazarus ("O Lord Of Heaven!"), Op.34, No.6Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
15"So Dread A Fate I'll Ne'er Believe!", Op.34, No.7Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
16Music, Op.34, No.8Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy
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