Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings & Souvenir de Florence

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This is one of the many CDs now on the market that dispel the myth once and for all that only full-price recordings contain really outstanding performances. The Naxos label is just about as 'bargain'... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: 8550404
Label: Naxos
Length: 64 minutes

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Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48

Work length30:11

$7.00

$9.10

Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Philippe Entremont
Recorded: 19-21 February 1990
Recording Venue: Casino Baumgartner, Vienna

I. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina

Track length9:30

$2.00

$2.60

II. Walzer

Track length3:50

$1.00

$1.30

III. Elegie

Track length9:05

$2.00

$2.60

IV. Finale (Tema Russo)

Track length7:46

$2.00

$2.60

Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70

Work length34:29

$9.00

$11.60

Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Philippe Entremont
Recorded: 19-21 February 1990
Recording Venue: Casino Baumgartner, Vienna

I. Allegro con spirito

Track length10:22

$3.00

$3.85

II. Adagio cantabile

Track length10:36

$3.00

$3.85

III. Allegretto moderato

Track length6:27

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Allegro vivace

Track length7:04

$2.00

$2.60

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2010

This is one of the many CDs now on the market that dispel the myth once and for all that only full-price recordings contain really outstanding performances. The Naxos label is just about as 'bargain' as you can get, and here they have given us superlative performances of two of Tchaikovsky's most endearing works. The Serenade in C contains a wealth of memorable and haunting music, beautifully and inventively scored and guaranteed to bring immense pleasure and delight to those dipping their toes in to the world of classical music for the first time.
Philippe Entremont and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra give a marvellously polished and finely poised performance full of warmth, affection and high spirits, and the famous second movement Waltz in particular is played with much elegance and grace. The Souvenir de Florence, originally written for string sextet, makes a welcome appearance here in Tchaikovsky's own arrangement for string orchestra. This is a delightfully sunny performance, full of suavity, exuberance and romantic dash, but always alert to the subtleties of Tchaikovsky's skilful, intricate part-writing. The Adagio cantabile is particularly notable for some extremely fine and poetic solo playing from the violin and cello principals of the VPO. The beautifully spacious recording does ample justice to the performances.

The Naxos coupling is a major addition to the catalogue.

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