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To inaugurate their collaboration with harmonia mundi, Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra have recorded a program as subtle as it is unexpected, with two seldom-heard masterpieces of 1913. From the bitingly ironical Shakespearian portrait of an ageing knight (Falstaff), to an existential meditation inspired by Poe (The Bells), both these 'literary' scores dramatically prolong the enchantments of a dying romanticism. Album Tracks 1. Rachmaninoff The Bells, Op. 35 I. the Silver Sleigh Bells. Allegro Ma Non Tanto 2. Rachmaninoff The Bells, Op. 35 II. the Mellow Wedding Bells. Lento 3. Rachmaninoff The Bells, Op. 35 III. the Loud Alarm Bells. Presto 4. Rachmaninoff The Bells, Op. 35 IV. the Mournful Iron Bells. Lento Lugubre 5. Elgar Falstaff, Op. 68 I. Falstaff and Prince Henry. Allegro 6. Elgar Falstaff, Op. 68 Iia. Eastcheap. Allegro Molto 7. Elgar Falstaff, Op. 68 Iib. Gadshill - the Boar's Head. Allegro Molto 8. Elgar Falstaff, Op. 68 Iic. Revelry and Sleep. Molto Tranquillo 9. Elgar Falstaff, Op. 68 Iid. Dream Interlude. Poco Allegretto 10. Elgar Falstaff, Op. 68 Iiia. Falstaff's March. Allegro 11. Elgar Falstaff, Op. 68 Iiib. the Return Through Gloucestershire. Poco Sostenuto 12. Elgar Falstaff, Op. 68 Iiic. Interlude. Gloucestershire, Shallow's Orchard. Allegretto 13. Elgar Falstaff, Op. 68 Iiid. the New King. Allegro Molto - the Hurried Ride to London 14. Elgar Falstaff, Op. 68 Iva. King Henry V's Progress. Più Moderato 15. Elgar Falstaff, Op. 68 Ivb. the Repudiation of Falstaff, and His Death. Poco Più Lento
