RNO Pletnev Rachmaninoff Isle of the Dead Symphonic Poem

This video was taken by one HD camera only. November 7, 2012. Russian National orchestra (RNO), conductor Mikhail Pletnev. “Isle of the Dead“, Op. 29, is a symphonic poem composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Rachmaninoff was inspired by Arnold Böcklin’s painting, Isle of the Dead, which he saw in Paris in 1907. He concluded the composition while staying in Dresden in 1908. It is considered a classic example of Russian late-Romanticism of the beginning of the 20th century. The music begins by suggesting the sou