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Yesterday evening's concert in the Rachmaninov series on London's
South Bank saw a distinguished line-up of soloists in the Royal Festival
Hall. They performed one of the most popular works for piano and orchestra in the repertoire and Rachmaninov's opera Francesca da Rimini, the tragic story of which is related in Dante's Inferno.
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy , Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Francesca da Rimini
London Voices

Contributors

Conductor:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Piano:
Mikhail Pletnev
Unknown:
Paganini Francesca
Francesca:
Marina Shaguch (soprano)
Paolo:
Vitali Taraschenko (tenor)
Dante:
Ilya Levinsky (tenor)
Virgil:
Barseg Tumanyan (bass)
Lanceotto:
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Source: Radio Times

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