Kirill Petrenko with Rachmaninov’s “Francesca da Rimini”
In his one-act opera Francesca da Rimini, Sergei Rachmaninov uses bold colours to create a bleak world of hatred, jealousy and loss. Against this backdrop, the heroine’s brief romance shines all the more brightly. Chief conductor Kirill Petrenko presents the powerful score in a concert performance. The concert begins with Sofia Gubaidulina’s The wrath of God, a work of almost apocalyptic drama.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko
Galina Cheplakova
Dmytro Popov
Dmitry Golovnin
Vladislav Sulimsky
Rundfunkchor Berlin
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