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Tchaikovsky – Orchestral Works, Symphonies 1-6

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Catalogue numberBIS-1897 CD
Release date2010-12-10
Discs6
Total time452:43

Released as a boxed set of six discs – for the price of two – the cycle of Tchaikovsky's symphonies with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi, may be described as resolutely unsentimental, with interpretations aiming to rid these popular scores of the melodramatic excesses that have become part of a century-long performance tradition. At the releases of the individual discs, this quality was remarked upon by reviewers, who described Symphony No.1 as 'superb ... liberated from all the slag of sugary romanticism' (ClassicsTodayFrance.com) and regarding No.4 wrote 'With immense skill and without any concessions to the pathetic, Neeme Järvi grants the work its full magnitude’ (Le Monde de la Musique). Other acclaimed instalments were Symphony No.2 ‘Little Russian’, hailed in Gramophone as ‘an outstanding performance … beautifully played and paced and immaculately recorded’ and No.3 ‘Polish’ of which, to quote International Record Review, Järvi presented ‘a free-flowing account that places choreographic elegance before symphonic muscle.’ Besides the six numbered symphonies, this ample selection (more than 7 hours of playing time) includes favourites such as Francesca da Rimini, Capriccio italien and Serenade for Strings as well as rarities, including rarely recorded extracts from the opera The Voyevoda and the incidental music to Dmitri the Pretender and Vassily Shuisky. The recordings remain available on the original discs, as Hybrid SACDs with a Surround Sound option.
 
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Disc 1
 
  Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
  Synphony No.1 in G minor, Op. 13 - Winter Daydreams 39:30
01 I. Allegro tranquillo (Dreams of a Winter Journey) 11:23 $ 1.71 USD
02 II. Adagio cantabile, ma non tanto (Land of Desolation, Land
of Mists)
09:59 $ 1.50 USD
03 III. Scherzo. Allegro scherzando, giocoso 07:27 $ 1.12 USD
04 IV. Finale. Andante lugubre - Allegro maestoso 10:41 $ 1.60 USD
 
  The Snow Maiden, Op.12. Orchestral excerpts from the
incidental music to Ostrovsky´s play.
16:21
05 Introduction 05:30 $ 0.83 USD
06 Entr´acte 01:16 $ 0.19 USD
07 Melodrama 04:56 $ 0.74 USD
08 Dance of the Buffoons 04:39 $ 0.70 USD
 
09 Romeo and Juliet. Fantasie Overture after Shakespeare 19:29 $ 2.92 USD
 
 
Disc 2
 
  Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
  Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.17 'Little Russian' (1879 version) 32:25
01 I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo 10:42 $ 1.61 USD
02 II. Andantino marziale, quasi moderato 06:19 $ 0.95 USD
03 III. Scherzo. Allegro molto vivace 05:00 $ 0.75 USD
04 IV. Finale. Moderato assai - Allegro vivo 10:24 $ 1.56 USD
 
05 Overture in F major 11:47 $ 1.77 USD
 
06 Festive Overture on the Danish National Anthem in D major,
Op.15
12:09 $ 1.82 USD
 
07 The Storm (Groza), Overture, Op.76, to the drama by
Alexander Ostrovsky
14:37 $ 2.19 USD
 
 
Disc 3
 
  Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
  Symphony No. 3 in D major, ‘Polish’, Op. 29 (1875) 42:19
01 I. Introduzione e Allegro 13:00 $ 1.95 USD
02 II. Alla tedesca. Allegro moderato e semplice 06:30 $ 0.98 USD
03 III. Andante elegiaco 08:14 $ 1.24 USD
04 IV. Scherzo. Allegro vivo – Trio. L’istesso tempo 05:59 $ 0.90 USD
05 V. Finale. Allegro con fuoco (Tempo di Polacca) 08:36 $ 1.29 USD
 
  from the opera The Voyevoda, Op. 3 (1867–68)
06 Entr’acte and Dances of the Chambermaids 09:51 $ 1.48 USD
 
  Dmitri the Pretender and Vassily Shuisky (1866–67) 06:34
07 Introduction to Act I. Andante non troppo 03:48 $ 0.57 USD
08 Mazurka. 8 [Tempo giusto] 02:46 $ 0.42 USD
 
09 Serenade for Nikolai Rubinstein’s Name Day 03:12 $ 0.48 USD
 
  from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 (1879) 12:50
10 Entr’acte and Waltz 07:48 $ 1.17 USD
11 Polonaise 05:02 $ 0.76 USD
 
 
Disc 4
 
  Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
  Symphony No.4 in F minor, Op.36 42:53
01 I. Andante sostenuto – Moderato con anima 18:27 $ 2.77 USD
02 II. Andantino in modo di canzona 09:44 $ 1.46 USD
03 III. Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato. Allegro 05:37 $ 0.84 USD
04 IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco 09:05 $ 1.36 USD
 
  Serenade for Strings in C major, Op.48 28:47
05 I. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina. Andante non troppo –
Allegro moderato
09:51 $ 1.48 USD
06 II. Walzer. Moderato 03:56 $ 0.59 USD
07 III. Élégie. Larghetto elegiaco 09:10 $ 1.38 USD
08 IV. Finale (Tema russo). Andante – Allegro con spirito 05:50 $ 0.88 USD
 
09 Elegy in Memory of I.V. Samarin for string orchestra 05:50 $ 0.88 USD
 
 
Disc 5
 
  Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
  Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64 46:31
01 I. Andante - Allegro con anima 15:33 $ 2.33 USD
02 II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza 13:07 $ 1.97 USD
03 III. Valse. Allegro moderato 05:58 $ 0.90 USD
04 IV. Finale. Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace 11:53 $ 1.78 USD
 
05 The Voyevoda, symphonic ballad, Op.78 13:00 $ 1.95 USD
 
06 Capriccio Italien, Op.45 15:28 $ 2.32 USD
 
 
Disc 6
 
  Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
  Symphony No.6 in B minor (Pathétique), Op.74 43:03
01 I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo 16:39 $ 2.50 USD
02 II. Allegro con grazia 07:42 $ 1.16 USD
03 III. Allegro molto vivace 09:08 $ 1.37 USD
04 IV. Adagio lamentoso 09:34 $ 1.44 USD
 
05 Francesca da Rimini, Fantasy for Orchestra, Op.32 24:48 $ 3.72 USD
 
  Album total 452:43
ComposerTchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
OrchestraGothenburg Symphony Orchestra
ConductorJärvi, Neeme

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