Rachmaninov, Elisabeth Söderström ∙ Vladimir Ashkenazy - Rachmaninov Songs Volume 2 FLAC album

Tracklist

1	"So Dread A Fate I'll Ne'er Believe!", Op.34, No.7 Words By – A. Maykov
2	Music, Op.34, No.8 Words By – Ya. Polonsky
3	The Soldier's Wife ("For A Life Of Pain I Have Giv'n My Love"), Op.8, No.4 Translated By [trans.] – A. PleshcheyevWords By – T. Shevchenko
4	Spring Waters ("Tho' Still The Fields Are White With Snow"), Op.14, No.11 Words By – F. Tyutchev
5	Arion, Op.34, No.5 Words By – A. Pushkin
6	"The World Would See Thee Smile", Op.14, No.6 Words By – A. K. Tolstoy
7	"Day To Night Comparing Went The Wind Her Way", Op.34, No.4 Words By – K. Balmont
8	In The Silent Night ("When Silent Night Doth Hold Me"), Op.4, No.3 Words By – A. Fet
9	The Little Island, Op.14, No.2 Translated By [trans.] – K. BalmontWords By – P.B. Shelley
10	"I Wait For Thee", Op.14, No.1 Words By – M. Davidova
11	"Believe It Not!", Op.14, No.7 Words By – A. K. Tolstoy
12	"So Many Hours, So Many Fancies", Op.4, No.6 Words By – Count A. Golenishchev-Kutuzov
13	The Raising Of Lazarus ("O Lord Of Heaven!"), Op.34, No.6 Words By – A. Khomyakov
14	Fate (Suggested By Beethoven's Fifth Symphony), Op.21, No.1 Words By – A. Apukhtin
15	Midsummer Nights, Op.14, No.5 Words By – D. Rathaus
16	A Dream ("My Native Land I Once Enjoyed"), Op.8, No.5 Translated By [trans.] – A. PleshcheyevWords By – H. Heine

Credits

• Composed By – Rachmaninov
• Design [Cover] – Paul Denman Martin
• Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Kenneth Wilkinson
• Liner Notes – Geoffrey Norris
• Liner Notes [English Translations Of Lyrics On Insert] – Edward Agate
• Mastered By – G
• Other [Russian Transliterations] – Geoffrey Norris
• Photography By [Cover] – Suzette Gibbs
• Piano – Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Producer [Recording Producer] – Richard Beswick
• Soprano Vocals – Elisabeth Söderström

Notes

Recorded 18 Aug 1975 and 10 Feb 1976 in Kingsway Hall, London.

Early UK issue for this Category with:
- 'narrowband' labels, matte silver printing on labels (labelography code: ED5)
- Non-laminated sleeve.

Sleeve printed by Clout & Baker Ltd.
Insert printed by Record Graphics Ltd.

℗ © 1976 on sleeve and insert
℗ 1976 on labels

Contains 6-page fold-out insert with transliterated Russian lyrics and translated English lyrics.

Part of Decca's 5 volume series "Rachmaninov Songs".

Tracklisting taken from back of sleeve.
Songs are titled in English on sleeve and labels but are sung in Russian.

Barcodes

• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - machine stamped - this variant): ZAL-14491-2G BU 1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - machine stamped - this variant): ZAL-14492-1G BG 2B
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side A): ZAL 14491
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side B): ZAL 14492

Companies

• Recorded At – Kingsway Hall
• Mastered At – Decca Studios
• Printed By – Clout & Baker Ltd.
• Printed By – Record Graphics Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited