Late RomanticSymphony

The Bells, op. 35

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Op. 35

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The Bells, op. 35 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Symphony. 117 recordings in this catalogue, from 1976 to 2025.

Movements

I. Allegro ma non tanto
II. Lento
III. Presto
IV. Lento lugubre

Top Performers

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra · 23 rec

Kirill Kondrashin

Conductor · 22 rec

Yurlov Chorus of the R.S.F.S.R.

Choir · 15 rec

Valery Polyansky

Conductor · 8 rec

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Conductor · 8 rec

Yevgeny Svetlanov

Conductor · 8 rec

Philadelphia Orchestra

Orchestra · 8 rec

Russian National Orchestra

Orchestra · 8 rec

Recordings (117)

Conductor

Kirill Kondrashin22 Valery Polyansky8 Vladimir Ashkenazy8 Yevgeny Svetlanov8 Arthur Oldham5 Neeme Järvi5 Vassil Stefanov5 Aleksandr Yurlov4 Alexander Anisimov4 Alexander Rybnov4 André Previn4 Charles Dutoit4

Orchestra

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra23 Yurlov Chorus of the R.S.F.S.R.15 Philadelphia Orchestra8 Philharmonia Chorus8 Russian National Orchestra8 State Symphony Capella of Russia8 Royal Scottish National Orchestra5 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra4 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra4 BBC National Chorus of Wales4 BBC National Orchestra of Wales4 BBC Philharmonic4

Label

Chandos13 Мелодия11 Decca Records8 Deutsche Grammophon8 His Master’s Voice8 Warner Classics8 Alexandre Bak ‐ Classical Music Reference Recording4 alto4 BBC Music Magazine4 Brilliant Classics4 BR-Klassik4 Chandos Classics4

Decade

1970s4 1980s9 1990s16 2000s17 2010s27 2020s21

Credited instrument

Baritone1 Tenor1

Performers	Year	Label
Vasily Petrenko, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus · view	2025	harmonia mundi	10:28
Vasily Petrenko, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus · view	2025	harmonia mundi	10:19
Vasily Petrenko, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus · view	2025	harmonia mundi	8:30
Vasily Petrenko, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus · view	2025	harmonia mundi	6:27
Edward Gardner, London Philharmonic Choir · view	2025	LPO	8:43
Edward Gardner, London Philharmonic Choir, Kostas Smoriginas · view	2025	LPO	11:20
Edward Gardner, London Philharmonic Choir, Kristina Mkhitaryan · view	2025	LPO	10:57
Edward Gardner, London Philharmonic Choir, Dmytro Popov · view	2025	LPO	6:32
Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Arnold Voketaitis · view	2023	Vox Cum Laude MMG	6:16
Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Arnold Voketaitis · view	2023	Vox Cum Laude MMG	10:43
Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Arnold Voketaitis · view	2023	Vox Cum Laude MMG	8:34
Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Arnold Voketaitis · view	2023	Vox Cum Laude MMG	9:27
Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra · view	2021	Sony Classical	10:44
Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra · view	2021	Sony Classical	9:26
Tadaaki Otaka, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales · view	2021	BBC Music Magazine	11:08
Tadaaki Otaka, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales · view	2021	BBC Music Magazine	8:52
Tadaaki Otaka, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales · view	2021	BBC Music Magazine	12:04
Tadaaki Otaka, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales · view	2021	BBC Music Magazine	7:10
Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra · view	2021	Sony Classical	8:02
Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra · view	2021	Sony Classical	6:01