From the CD – There are few more-vivid versions of The Bells (to Edgar Allan Poe’s poetry translated into Russian) partly due to a closely-balanced recording that is rewardingly detailed, albeit with the vocal soloists too out-front, if less kind to dynamics. Edward Gardner’s conducting is at its best in movements II and IV (respectively … Continue reading The London Philharmonic label releases Edward Gardner conducting Rachmaninov’s The Bells and Symphonic Dances – on CD and on vinyl.