Sergei Rachmaninov (Symphony No 2) Essential Recordings

Essential Recordings

LSO/André Previn
Warner Classics 5099908528926
Besides this superior complete version there's a later, more spacious RPO option [Telarc CD80113], while the RCA CD of the earlier LSO recording adds The Rock [Amazon listing].

Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Signum SIGCD530
See HFN Jul '18 for full review of this Nov '15 Philharmonia concert recording on Signum.

Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy
RCA G010002945243S (two discs)
All three symphonies (No 2 from 1959) plus Vocalise; Presto has these as FLAC downloads with the CDs at present discontinued.

Stuttgart RSO/Sir Neville Marriner
Capriccio C8010
This 2017 'Encore' remastering adds Vocalise in the composer's orchestration. The disc also forms part of a 15CD Stuttgart set [C7230] with music otherwise not in his discography.

Hallé Orchestra/James Loughran
Classics for Pleasure CFP4006
No CD was made, so a used LP is the only source available for this excellent version from the Free Trade Hall Manchester, July '73.

WDR SO, Cologne/Semyon Bychkov
Arthaus Musik 101439 (DVD)
Gramophone's overview of the recordings says Bychkov 'ticks all the boxes' here.

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