Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 2 (Royal PO, Temirkanov)

Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
1. Largo - Allegro moderato [0:12]
2. Allegro molto [18:46]
3. Adagio [28:40]
4. Allegro vivace [42:15]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Yuri Temirkanov
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[@greatmusicalgems]

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[@charlescoleman5509]

Dave Hurwitz brought me here! R.I.P. Yuri Termirkanov.

[@tt-ew7rx]

Same for me.

[@sean-kb4wr]

Same

[@MisterPathetique]

Finally someone has uploaded it! This recording is so hard to find. What is WMG waiting for to reissue it?

[@cychen9528]

Thanks for the upload! This is extremely difficult to find everywhere!!! (except the LP version)

[@corgansow6173]

Thanks for the upload! This is a much better version than Termirkanov with St Peterberg and still the best Rachmaninoff 2nd in existence

[@davebarclay4429]

Better than Previn? We're going to have to disagree on that.

[@kevinmclaren2406]

Better than Previn and the LSO from the early 70s...? Doubt it. But I'm more than happy to listen to both...

[@greatmusicalgems]

In my opinion, better, but then these things are subjective. However, Previn's account is definitely important for being the first uncut recording of the work.

[@charlescoleman5509]

46:42 Where are the Timpani roles on D and A?!

[@anangryjuicebox2799]

43:15
43:21
51:42
51:55

[@stephenhall3515]

The missing timp rolls finally stamp FAIL on this. It is, in any case, far too meandering and lazy with a not very good LPO and oddly vague EMI recording.
From the same era Previn/LSO is far better in every way, with a clear recording and avoiding Hollywood.
The late YT was masterly live in Rach 2 but recording day with the LPO was just an off day.
It is also worth chasing Svetlanov with the Moscow orchestra for those great Russian woodwinds and brass some of us are old enough to have heard when such as the Leningrad PO toured western Europe in the 1970s.

[@davebarclay4429]

I really don't know why Dave Hurwitz gets so excited by this performance. The first movement is a snooze-fest. The rest of it is decent enough but not a patch on Previn. Mr Hurwitz is entitled to his opinion that Previn is overrated but it is only his opinion and no more or less valid than the opinions of the British critics he sneers at. I have owned the Previn recording on vinyl and CD since the day it was issued over 50 years ago and in that time no other conductor has produced a performance which I consider superior. Just my opinion but every bit as valid as Dave Hurwitz's.