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The Isle of the Dead
Sergei Rachmaninov / Simon Scheiwiller
Rachmaninov composed the symphonic poem 'The Isle of the Dead' (Die Toteninsel) op. 29 in 1908 in Dresden, inspired by a black and white print of the eponymous painting by Arnold Bcklin that he has seen in 1907 in Paris. He describes … Read More
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Rachmaninov composed the symphonic poem 'The Isle of the Dead' (Die Toteninsel) op. 29 in 1908 in Dresden, inspired by a black and white print of the eponymous painting by Arnold Bcklin that he has seen in 1907 in Paris. He describes Charon rowing his boat over Styx to lay the dead to rest on the island. Death is omnipresent through the recurring 'Dies Irae' motif. When Rachmaninov first saw the original painting, he was disappointed and stated that he would probably not have composed the work when had he seen the colored painting earlier.