Latest News: Classical, Tchaikovsky (composer)
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Recording of the Week,
Tchaikovsky's Moscow Cantata 12th October 2009
Valery Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky orchestra in a punchy, exciting account of the 1883 work written in honour of the coronation of Tsar Alexander III, plus the 1812 Overture, and the ‘Danish Overture’, composed for Alexander’s marriage.
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Recording of the Week,
Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony 3rd November 2008
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and their principal conductor Vasily Petrenko give a ‘bright and characterful’ account of Tchaikovsky’s Byron-inspired symphony, coupled with the symphonic ballad The Voyevoda.
