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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Evgeny Mravinsky (Conductor), Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra) Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 Sym No.4 in f, Op.36: I. Andante sostenuto-Moderato con anima-Moderato assai, quasi Andante...
2 Sym No.4 in f, Op.36: II. Andantino in modo di canzone
3 Sym No.4 in f, Op.36: III. Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato. Allegro
4 Sym No.4 in f, Op.36: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco
5 Sym No.5 in e, Op.64: I. Andante-Allegro con anima
6 Sym No.5 in e, Op.64: II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza-Moderato con anima...

Disc: 2

1 Sym No.5 in e, Op.64: III. Valse. Allegro moderato
2 Sym No.5 in e, Op.64: IV. Finale. Andante maestoso-Allegro vivace-Molto vivace...
3 Sym No.6 in b, Op.74: I. Adagio-Allegro non troppo
4 Sym No.6 in b, Op.74: II. Allegro con grazia
5 Sym No.6 in b, Op.74: III. Allegro molto vivace
6 Sym No.6 in b, Op.74: IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso

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Genre: Classical Music
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Release Date: 1-JAN-2002

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These recordings by Evgeny Mravinsky and his Leningrad Philharmonic, taped in the autumn of 1960 while they were on tour in London, are among the absolute classics of the catalog. They are readings of hair-raising intensity--the finale of the Fourth is marked allegro con fuoco, and if you want to know what con fuoco means, all you have to do is listen for a moment. No one else has ever had the nerve, or the ability, to play the music this way. The treatment is very Russian: the extremes are more extreme, the passions more feverish, the melancholy darker, the climaxes louder. In that department, the development section of the first movement of the Pathètique has to be heard to be believed. The sound is remarkably good for the time, a little edgy in the loudest pages but wonderfully present, just like the performances themselves. --Ted Libbey

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.71 x 4.96 x 0.94 inches; 5.78 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Deutsche Grammophon
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 1989857
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 7, 2006
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Deutsche Grammophon
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000001G8B
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
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J.C. Clark
5.0 out of 5 stars Earth-Shaking, Mind-Blowing
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2010
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My mother always loved Tchaikovsky: the beautiful ballets and the Nutcracker. Those don't prepare you for this presentation. What the other positive reviewers have written is true. This is really intense, emotional, and occasionally THUNDEROUS music. This is not music to eat dinner by or have in the background at a party. You want to be listening to this by yourself with the volume cranked up so that the crescendoes shake you to the core of your being. You can feel as if the music is totally engulfing and overwhelming you.

One can nitpick about certain things. These are old recordings, from 1960. So there is some tape distortion sound in certain quiet passages, basically in the 5th Symphony. There is tape hiss, although I don't find it distracting. My wife plays oboe, and she says the wind section sounds a bit weak. But during the crescendoes, this orchestra is more powerful than anything I've heard in my 45 years. The sound is wonderfully full and "in your face." I would like to emphasize that the quiet passages are done quietly and with feeling. One reviewer was saying they didn't want a "martial Tchaikovsky" but that is not the case. These symphonies were simply done with tremendous, dazzling dynamic range. Mravinsky was a magician to be able to get his orchestra to play passionately, yet with great discipline and precision.

People have mentioned the pure Slavic, Russian-ness of these recordings. That does come through very strongly. This was an orchestra that was very isolated behind the Iron Curtain. Their instruments sound somewhat different and the playing is done a bit differently. Just a very uniquely intense, stark, and passionate sound that will never come around again. Sometimes I will be listening to this and think of Dr. Zhivago wandering the Russian hinterlands.

Deutsche Grammophon has recently put out another edition of this work with flowery cover artwork. I wish someone would come on here with a comparison of the two. I am wondering if DG tampered with the sound at all, or tried to clean up the quiet passages.
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Joseph Kline PhD, MD, MBA
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful readings of Tchaikovsky's final three symphonies.
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2014
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In a critically acclaimed recording of Tchaikovsky Symphonies No. 4, 5, and 6, Evgeny Mravinsky leads the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra in one of the finest sets of Tchaikovsky performances to date.

What strikes me first with these performances is their immediacy. Mravinsky generally favors the intensity of the music such that the emotional elements are expressed without becoming completely manic. The final effect is a set of emotionally-driven performances. The 6th symphony is a virtual repository of emotion, but I find Mravinsky a bit emotionally reticent in the slower, more lyrical sections. He seems at his best with strong, fierce emotion.

A word about sound. It's great. DGG back at the time of these recordings always seemed to have a thinnish quality to violins. I sometimes hear a bit of that in the present disc, but after all, these are 50 years old. They are always going to sound a little like their age. Soundstage is appropriately deep and extends laterally slightly beyond the loudspeakers. I almost always wish that tympani were better defined. My listening room is very well treated but this could still be an acoustic effect of the room.

These are thrilling performances and a source of joy for the listener. With Mravinsky, you find yourself wanting to listen again and again, especially Symphonies 4 and 5. Strongly recommended.
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Tim
5.0 out of 5 stars Insane...
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2011
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I own quite a few classical CD's, but am far from an expert. In fact, if you were to put a violin in front of me...I'd struggle to recall how to play "Mary Had A Little Lamb". That being said, I know what I like to listen to. I like this CD more than any other classical CD I own. The way the Leningrad plays this music is unreal. It is powerful, moving....I guess "Intense" is the appropriate word. So intense... Way back when, I owned 4 through 6 by Karajan on DG and that helped get me into Classical music. I lost that set long ago (don't ask) and recently purchased 4 through 6 by Bernstein on DG. I listened to it several times and wondered why I wasn't getting that same intense Tchaikovsky vibe as much as I had when listening to Karajan. I carefully read through many reviews, and decided this CD set was the way to go. I did NOT make a mistake. Thanks to everyone for raving about this set & convincing to me to buy it. It easily bests the Karajan & steps all over Bernstein. This is just my opinion of course. I am not a technical guy. I like things powerful & emotional instead of sitting back back and technically going over the accuracy of every note played. This CD is the way to go if you have tastes like me. It'll blow you away. Thanks for reading. I hope you buy it.
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Nathaniel R. Brown
4.0 out of 5 stars Such transcendent music-making deserves better. A truly great release
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2017
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This is stunning playing and stunning Tchaikovsky. Much has been written in praise of this issue, all of which I echo. BUT - and this is in no way a criticism of the music, WHY does Deutsche Gramophone once again split a major work between two discs? Symphony Number Five follows Number Four on Disc One - for two movements. Then you have to get up, turn the record over - no, sorry, that was the old technology we all thought we'd left far behind - eject Disc Number One, pull out Disc Number Two, insert it, wait until your machine "reads" it and THEN the symphony resumes. DG did the same thing to their Karajan Bruckner box, several times. Put in another disc! Scruntch two symphonies onto one disc! But don't interrupt the music!!! Such transcendent music-making deserves better. A truly great release, marred only by "side breaks."

This deserves a BlueRay release!
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MAZE ANNE MARIE
5.0 out of 5 stars Envoi bien reçu et bien emballé
Reviewed in France on November 7, 2022
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J'aime ce compositeur
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Point3
5.0 out of 5 stars 大変満足しています
Reviewed in Japan on January 12, 2024
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NorthByNorthWest
5.0 out of 5 stars ... was gibt es zu Tschaikovsky noch zu sagen ?
Reviewed in Germany on February 16, 2016
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Als Berufstätiger am Abend, als Rentner zu jedem Zeitpunkt: Ein Glas Rot- oder Weißwein oder was auch immer dazu, CD rein, hinsetzen und das ganze einfach nur genießen !
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Martin Pitchon
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the very best
Reviewed in Canada on March 29, 2014
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One of the very best versions of these symphonies. There is one even better, I don't remember the conductor's name right now. Martin
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leblancerik
5.0 out of 5 stars Top
Reviewed in France on September 7, 2019
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Très belle interprétation
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