Rachmaninoff 150 - A Celebration: Ep 13, The Bells by deccaclassics published on 2023-05-15T09:29:16Z Rachmaninoff 150 - A Celebration: Ep 13, The Bells 20 PODCASTS WITH PERFORMANCES AND DISCUSSION BY ACCLAIMED ARTISTS No 13: The Bells This podcast covers the work that Rachmaninoff felt was the favourite of all his compositions: the cantata The Bells. There is commentary from Sir Antonio Pappano. In these 20 Podcasts celebrating the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s birth, acclaimed international musicians discuss and perform his compositions, and two of his distinguished biographers also discuss some of the composer’s most innovative creations. Additionally, the composer’s grandson, Alexander Rachmaninoff, remembers his grandfather, and Rachmaninoff himself is also heard performing some of his works. Rachmaninoff 150 – A Celebration is a collaborative production between the Serge Rachmaninoff Foundation (www.rachmaninoff.ch), Decca Classics (www.deccaclassics.com), which has issued all the music Rachmaninoff composed on the 32 CD box set, “Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Complete Works”, and the WFMT Radio Network (www.wfmt.com), which is syndicating a 1 hour radio documentary that is adapted from these podcasts. Speakers in these features are: Sean Botkin - Pianist Philip Bullock – Author of“Rachmaninoff and His World” Hélène Grimaud – Pianist Peter Jablonski – Pianist Vladimir Jurowski – Conductor Sergei Leiferkus – Baritone Andrea Loetscher – Director of the Villa Senar Cultural and Educational Centre Nicolai Lugansky – Pianist Geoffrey Norris – Author of “Rachmaninoff – The Master Musicians Series” Gianandrea Noseda – Conductor Garrick Ohlsson – Pianist Sir Antonio Pappano – Conductor and Pianist Mikhail Pletnev – Conductor and Pianist Alexander Rachmaninoff – Grandson of Sergei Rachmaninoff Joan Rodgers - Soprano Philip Bullock is heard by kind permission of baritone Thomas Hampson’s Hampsong Foundation: hampsongfoundation.org/ Rachmaninoff’s Letters are read by Kerry Frumkin The host and producer of the podcasts is Jon Tolansky. Genre Storytelling