Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6- Pathétique / Swan Lake- Suite

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6- Pathétique / Swan Lake- Suite

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6- Pathétique / Swan Lake- Suite
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Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra of London
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-02-06
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
  1. I. Adagio - Allegro Non Troppo
  2. II. Allegro Con Grazia
  3. III. Allegro Molto Vivace
  4. IV. Finale: Adagio Lamentoso - Andante
  5. I. Scene
  6. II. Valse (Act I)
  7. III. Danse Des Petits Cygnes (Act II)
  8. IV. Introduction & Danse De La Reine (Act I)
  9. V. Danse Hongroise (Act III)

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Free Music Review: This could be Karajan's best Pathetqiue, and it's a bargain
Hit: 5 Stars

Karajan recorded the Tchaikovsky Pathetique no less than five times between 1939 and near his death in the late Eighties, first with the Berlin Phil. and last with the Vienna Phil. In 1956, when this early stereo version was made (early for EMI, that is) he was the conductor and unparalleled star of the Philharmonia Orch., an ensemble he raised higher than it has reached afterward. We hear a grand, committed reading that is yet quite natural and free from eccentricity--none of Karajan's later glossiness and over-refinement.

It's a quick, nervy performance with lots of inner tension and relatively little Russian rhetoric. The big climaxes in the outer movements have great impact, even if they don't convey the shattering emotion of a Bernstein or Mravinsky. Listen to the delightfully shaped Waltz to get an idea of how inspiring Karajan could be at his best. The sonics are good, too, even without a major remastering. EMi tosses at us the same version it used for its budget Karajan four-box set from the Eighties so far as I can tell. The fillers, six numbers from Swan Lake, are also freer and more modest in scale than his sumptuous later readings from Berlin and Vienna. Dating from 1959, this version of the Suite became something of a rarity before the present reissue; some collectors prefer it to Karajan's two ultra-sumptuous remakes with the Berlin and Vienna Phil.
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