This Sunday, Gianandrea Noseda will conduct the BBC Philharmonic and the Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre in a choral portrait of Rachmaninov that takes in familiar favourites as well as neglected masterpieces. Much of Rachmaninov's best music has been slow to enter the repertoire. His evocative choral symphony The Bells is based on an adaptation by the Russian Symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont of verses by Edgar Allan Poe.
Gianandrea Noseda is no stranger to the Russian repertoire: His Turin production of Mussorgsky’s masterpiece Boris Godunov has recently been released on Opus Arte DVD and Blu-ray. Misha Didyk, Sunday night’s tenor, stars as Hermann in Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame from the Liceu also available from Opus Arte. Rachmaninov’ own opera The Miserly Knight from Glyndebourne as well as other operas by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich have also been released on Opus Arte and will be of interest to any lover of Russian music.
Rachmaninov – The Miserly Knight – Glyndebourne
OA 0919 D (DVD)
Mussorgsky – Boris Godunov – Turin
OA 1053 D (DVD) / OA BD7087 D (Blu-ray)
Mussorgsky – Khovanshcina – Liceu
OA 0989 D (DVD)
Prokofiev – The Love for Three Oranges – Nederlandse Opera
OA 0957 D (DVD) / OA BD 7016 D (Blu-ray)
Shostakovich – Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk – Nederlandse Opera
OA 0965 D (DVD) / OA BD7031 D (Blu-ray)
Tchaikovsky – Pique Dame – Liceu
OA 1050 D (DVD) / OA BD 7085 D (Blu-ray)
Tchaikovsky – The Tsarina’s Slippers – Royal Opera House
OA 1037 D (DVD) / OA BD7073 D (Blu-ray)
Sunday 31 July - 7.00pm – c. 9.05pm - Royal Albert Hall
All Rachmaninov programme:
Spring, Aleko - Women's and Men's Dances, Three Russian Songs, Vocalise, The Bells
Svetla Vassileva soprano
Misha Didyk tenor
Alexei Tanovitsky baritone
Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2011/july-31/25