Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1

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Release Date: 4th Oct 2004
Catalogue No: BISSACD1398
Label: BIS
Series: Neeme Järvi Tchaikovsky Symphonies
Length: 77 minutes

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

Work length40:15

$7.10

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Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

I. Allegro tranquillo (Dreams of a Winter Journey)

Track length11:31

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$3.05

II. Adagio cantabile, ma non tanto (Land of Desolation, Land of Mists)

Track length10:04

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III. Scherzo. Allegro scherzando, giocoso

Track length7:34

$1.50

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IV. Finale. Andante lugubre - Allegro maestoso

Track length11:06

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Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden, Op. 12

Work length16:55

$4.00

$6.00

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

Introduction. Moderato assai

Track length5:36

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$1.50

Entr'acte: Moderato assai

Track length1:19

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Melodrama: Andantino, quasi Allegretto

Track length4:58

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Dance of the Buffoons: Allegro vivace

Track length5:02

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Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture

Work length19:58

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Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (3rd version, 1880) [1880 Version]

Track length19:58

Album only

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On the second installment in our series of Tchaikovsky Symphonies with the Gothenburg SO and Neeme Järvi, we go directly from the composer’s symphonic testament, Symphony No.6 ’Pathétique’, to his first attempt at the form. Symphony No. 1 in G minor (‘Winter Daydreams’) is the work of a 26-year old composer, and one that Tchaikovsky cherished all his life, referring to it as ‘a sin of my sweet youth’. It is not hard to find characteristics of his later music in this work, such as its melodic richness and its often extremely skilful orchestration. Two other fairly early works in the composer’s catalogue complete the programme.

The first of Tchaikovsky’s ”Shakesperean” overtures, Romeo and Juliet, was also one of his first great successes, and has remained one of his most popular works. In it the composer makes ample use of all the dramatic opportunities in the play: love, fighting and, finally, death.

In comparison, Snegurochka, or ’The Snow Maiden’, by the Russian poet Alexander Ostrovsky, is rather more like a fairy tale, telling the story of how the Snow Maiden, through love of a mortal being, herself becomes vulnerable and melts away with the first rays of the sun. The subject would seem to have appealed to the composer, whose incidental music received more praise than the play itself on its première in 1873. For this disc, Neeme Järvi has chosen to record four of his favourite episodes from the ca 80 minute long score. (The Dance of the Buffoons, which ends this ”suite” is often chosen by the conductor as an encore.)

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