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Isle Of The Dead

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky

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Isle Of The Dead by Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky

Artists

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Serge Koussevitzky

Album Info

Release Date: 1950

Label: RCA Victor Red Seal

Translucent Red Vinyl.

Records are auto-coupled for continuous play:
Record 1 = Sides A & F
Record 2 = Sides B & E
Record 3 = Sides C & D

Also released as 78rpm set DM 1024 Isle Of The Dead.

Recorded April 23, 1945 at Symphony Hall, Boston.

Vocalise was originally written by Rachmaninoff as a song without words. He orchestrated it especially for Koussevitzky, and it was first given in this form at Koussevitzky's concerts in Moscow during the season 1915-1916.