Tchaikovsky - Complete Symphonies (7CD DELUXE)

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840-1893

Complete Symphonies

CD1 Symphony No.1 & Marche Slave                                                                                                                           55’18

Symphony No.1 ‘Winter Daydreams’ in G minor Op.13 (1866)

1. I. Dreams of a Winter Journey – Allegro tranquillo 13’19
2. II. Land of Desolation, Land of Mists – Adagio cantabile ma non troppo 11’43
3. III. Scherzo – Allegro scherzando giocoso 7’23
4. IV. Finale – Andante lugubre-Allegro moderato-Allegro meastoso-Allegro lugubre-Allegro vivo 13’14

5. Marche Slavein B flat minor Op.31 (Slavonic March) 9’15

Russian National Orchestra

Mikhail Pletnev conductor

Recording: April 2011, DZZ Studio 5, Moscow, Russia

(P) 2015 Pentatone Music B.V.

CD2 Symphony No.2                                                                                                                                                     48’12

Symphony No.2 ‘Little Russian’ in C minor Op.17 (1872)

1. I. Andante sostenuto-Allegro Vivo 10’56
2. II. Andante marziale, quasi moderato 6’20
3. III. Scherzo-Allegro molto Vivace 5’12
4. Finale – Moderato assai-Allegro vivo 9’19

5. Symphony No.2 Original first movement (1872) 16’04

    Andante sostenuto-Allegro commodo

Russian National Orchestra

Mikhail Pletnev conductor

Recording: April 2011, DZZ Studio 5, Moscow, Russia

(P) 2015 Pentatone Music B.V.

CD3 Symphony No.3 & Festival Coronation March                                                                                                      52’07

Symphony No.3 ‘Polish’ in D Op.29 (1875)

1. I. Introduzione e Allegro-Moderato assai (Tempo di marcia funebre)-Allegro brillante 13’58
2. II. Alla tedesca-Allegro moderato e semplice 6’25
3. III. Andante-Andante elegiaco 10’55
4. IV. Scherzo-Allegro vivo 5’45
5. V. Finale – Allegro con fuoco (tempo di Polacca)-Presto 8’55

6. Coronation March in D (1883) 5’46

Russian National Orchestra

Mikhail Pletnev conductor

Recording: April 2011, DZZ Studio 5, Moscow, Russia

(P) 2015 Pentatone Music B.V.

CD4 Symphony No.4 & Romeo and Juliet                                                                                                                     60’19

Symphony No.4 in F minor Op.36 (1877-78)

1. I. Andante sostenuto-Moderato con anima 17’40
2. II. Andantino in modo di canzona 8’50
3. III. Scherzo – Pizzicato ostinato-Allegro 5’18
4. IV. Finale – Allegro con fuoco 8’28
5. Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy (final version dating from 1880) 19’35

Russian National Orchestra

Mikhail Pletnev conductor

Recording: June 2010, DZZ Studio 5, Moscow, Russia

(P) 2015 Pentatone Music B.V.

CD5 Symphony No.5 & Francesca Da Rimini                                                                                                                71’41

Symphony No.5 in E minor Op.64 (1888)

1. I. Andante-Allegro con anima-Molto più tranquillo 14’48
2. II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza 13’55
3. III. Valse – Allegro moderato 5’43
4. IV. Finale – Andante maestoso-Allegro vivace-Meno mosso 12’22

5. Francesca Da Rimini Op.32 (1876)

    Symphonic Fantasy after Dante                                                                                                                                24’30

Russian National Orchestra

Mikhail Pletnev conductor

Recording: June 2010, DZZ Studio 5, Moscow, Russia

(P) 2015 Pentatone Music B.V.

CD6 Symphony No.6 & Capriccio Italien                                                                                                                       62’13

Symphony No.6 ‘Pathétique’ in B minor Op.74 (1893)

1. I. Adagio-Allegro non troppo 19’07
2. II. Allegro con grazia 7’24
3. III. Allegro molto vivace 8’10
4. IV. Finale – Adagio lamentoso 11’19

5. Capriccio italien Op.45 (1880) 15’43

Russian National Orchestra

Mikhail Pletnev conductor

Recording: June 2010, DZZ Studio 5, Moscow, Russia

(P) 2015 Pentatone Music B.V.

CD7 Manfred Symphony                                                                                                                                               59’29

Manfred Symphony Op.58 (1885)

1. I. Lento lugubre-Moderato con moto-Andante 17’27
2. II. Vivace con spirito 9’58
3. III. Andante con moto 11’25
4. IV. Allegro con fuoco 20’21

Russian National Orchestra

Mikhail Pletnev conductor

Norbert Gembaczka organ