This new large-size vocal score is a heavily modified reissue of the original 1920 Gutheil score transcribed by the composer's friend Alexander Goldenweiser - with the German and English translations removed and a singing transliteration of Balmont's original Russian text inserted. Rachmaninoff conducted the premiere himself in Moscow on February 8, 1913. Composed at the same desk used by Tchaikovsky, the piece has some parallels with the works of the earlier Russian master - notably the Pathétique Symphony and The Queen of Spades. Rachmaninoff often referred to the work as a "choral symphony" and even for a short time as his "Third Symphony". Balmont's Russian setting was sent to the composer by an anonymous admirer while he was in Rome. Composed in 1913 to Konstantin Balmont's free adaptation in Russian of poetry by Edgar Allan Poe, Kolokola (also known as The Bells), was one of Rachmaninoff's favorites among his own works.
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