Rachmaninoff: The Bells

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:musical_composition
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anna_Netrebko
gptkbp:arrangements for piano solo
for chamber ensemble
gptkbp:based_on poem by Edgar Allan Poe
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Sergei_Rachmaninoff
gptkbp:critical_reception widely acclaimed
considered a masterpiece
gptkbp:cultural_significance important work in Russian choral repertoire
gptkbp:dedication to the memory of his friend, the poet Konstantin Balmont
gptkbp:duration approximately 30 minutes
gptkbp:first_performance gptkb:Borough
gptkbp:genre choral symphony
gptkbp:influenced_artists gptkb:Dmitri_Shostakovich
gptkb:Igor_Stravinsky
gptkb:Bernstein
gptkbp:influenced_by Romantic music
Western classical music
Russian folk music
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_liturgical_music
gptkbp:inspiration the theme of death and time
gptkbp:involved_forces soprano, tenor, bass, choir, orchestra
gptkbp:language gptkb:Author
English
gptkbp:movement gptkb:4
gptkbp:notable_performance often performed during Easter
often performed during Christmas
gptkbp:notable_performers gptkb:London_Philharmonic_Choir
gptkb:Moscow_State_Academic_Choir
gptkb:Los_Angeles_Master_Chorale
gptkb:Royal_Liverpool_Philharmonic_Choir
gptkb:Chicago_Symphony_Orchestra_Choir
gptkb:Cleveland_Orchestra_Choir
gptkb:New_York_Philharmonic_Choir
gptkb:San_Francisco_Symphony_Choir
gptkb:St._Petersburg_Philharmonic_Choir
gptkb:Vienna_State_Opera_Choir
gptkbp:notable_recordings conducted by Leonard Bernstein
conducted by Valery Gergiev
conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich
gptkbp:performed_by major concert halls worldwide
gptkbp:premiere_date 1913
gptkbp:published_by Jurgenson
gptkbp:recorded_by gptkb:The_Philadelphia_Orchestra
gptkb:The_Berlin_Philharmonic
gptkb:The_London_Symphony_Orchestra
gptkbp:thematic_element cyclical structure
bell motifs
gptkbp:year_composed 1913