Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 4 & Nutcracker Suite

The New Philharmonia play with precision and polish … and on recording quality this DGG version […] is clearly the smoothest and most faithful — Gramophone Magazine, February 1970 More…

Release Date: 24th Mar 2017
Catalogue No: ELQ4826168
Label: Eloquence
Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 'Winter Daydreams'

Work length44:16

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas
Recorded: 1970-03
Recording Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston

1. Allegro tranquillo

Track length11:28

2. Adagio cantabile ma non tanto

Track length10:47

3. Scherzo (Allegro scherzando giocoso)

Track length8:07

4. Finale (Andante lugubre - Allegro maestoso)

Track length13:54

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a

Work length22:50

Berliner Philharmoniker
Ferdinand Leitner
Recorded: 1959-05
Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

1. Miniature Overture

Track length3:28

2a. March

Track length2:29

2b. Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy

Track length1:57

2c. Russian Dance (Trepak)

Track length1:07

2d. Arabian Dance (Coffee)

Track length3:24

2e. Chinese Dance (Tea)

Track length1:08

2f. Dance Of The Reed-Pipes

Track length2:31

3. Waltz Of The Flowers

Track length6:46

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 'Little Russian'

Work length33:44

New Philharmonia Orchestra
Claudio Abbado
Recorded: 1968-02-22
Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo

Track length10:38

II. Andantino marziale, quasi moderato

Track length7:11

III. Scherzo. Allegro molto vivace

Track length5:15

IV. Finale. Moderato assai - Allegro vivo

Track length10:40

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Work length41:32

Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
Recorded: 1975-08
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

I. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima

Track length18:13

II. Andantino in modo di Canzona

Track length9:05

III. Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato. Allegro

Track length5:41

IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco

Track length8:33

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A collection of all of Tchaikovsky’s symphonies and ballet suites from the rich archives of Deutsche Grammophon.

All the performances have been justifiably critically appraised. This volume includes First, Second and Fourth Symphonies, the latter two with Abbado, and the First in Michael Tilson Thomas’s suave, fairy-lights recording with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. ‘Michael Tilson Thomas’s way with it yields a performance of grace and elegance, and the orchestra follows his lead with verve and finesse’ wrote Michael Steinberg for the recording’s first CD reissue on Deutsche Grammophon’s venerated ‘Originals’ series.

Reviews

February 1970

The New Philharmonia play with precision and polish … and on recording quality this DGG version […] is clearly the smoothest and most faithful

June 1971

The Boston orchestra plays the symphony most beautifully

1977

There is no doubt that Michael Tilson Thomas’s approach matches Tchaikovsky’s sub-title. The freshness of the opening […] is matched by the poetic feeling of the slow movement, the opening superbly atmospheric. As shaped by Thomas the main tune shows a haunting Russian melancholy which catches the music’s spirit to great effect

Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 4 & Nutcracker Suite

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