Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique', etc.

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There's no denying that Russian orchestras bring a special intensity to Tchaikovsky, and to this Symphony in particular. But, in the past, we have had to contend with lethal, vibrato-laden brass... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: 5616362
Label: Erato
Series: de Virgin
Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'

Work length44:27

Album only

Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev
Recorded: 1991-03-01
Recording Venue: March 1991. Blackheath Concert Halls, London

I. Adagio - Allegro con troppo

Track length18:17

Album only

II. Allegro con grazia

Track length7:36

$1.30

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III. Allegro molto vivace

Track length8:07

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IV. Finale - Adagio lamentoso

Track length10:27

Album only

Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, Op. 31

Work length8:51

$1.30

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Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev
Recorded: 1991-03-01
Recording Venue: March 1991. Blackheath Concert Halls, London

Tchaikovsky: Six Piano Pieces Op. 21

Work length24:26

$7.80

$10.20

Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Recorded: 1994-01-19
Recording Venue: 18-19 January 1994 / No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

I. Prélude in B major

Track length2:24

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II. Fugue à 4 voix in G sharp minor

Track length3:30

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III. Impromptu in C sharp minor

Track length2:19

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IV. Marche funèbre in A flat minor

Track length6:52

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V. Mazurque in A flat minor

Track length4:37

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VI. Scherzo in A flat

Track length4:44

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Tchaikovsky: Music from The Sleeping Beauty

Work length28:18

$14.30

$18.70

Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Recorded: 1989-11-30
Recording Venue: November 1989 / St.Martin's Parish Church, East Woodhay, Berkshire

Introduction

Track length6:14

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Danse des pages

Track length1:51

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Vision d'Aurore

Track length1:15

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Andante

Track length4:58

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La Fée-Argent

Track length1:05

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Le Chat Botté et la Chatte Blanche

Track length2:21

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Gavotte

Track length0:51

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Le Canari qui chante

Track length0:33

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Le Chaperon rouge et le loup

Track length1:17

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Adagio

Track length4:20

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Finale

Track length3:33

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Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37

Work length41:14

$15.60

$20.40

Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Recorded: 1994-01-19
Recording Venue: 18/19 January 1994 / No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

I. Janvier (Au coin du feu)

Track length5:25

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II. Février (Carnaval)

Track length2:48

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III. Mars (Chant de l'alouette)

Track length2:16

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IV. Avril (Perce-neige)

Track length2:18

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V. Mai (Les nuits de mai)

Track length3:48

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VI. Juin (Barcarolle)

Track length4:36

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VII. Juillet (Chant des moissonneurs)

Track length1:49

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VIII. Août (La moisson)

Track length3:23

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IX. Septembre (La chasse)

Track length2:42

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X. Octobre (Chant d'automne)

Track length4:57

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XI. Novembre (Course en Troïka)

Track length3:12

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XII. Décembre (Noël)

Track length4:00

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2010

There's no denying that Russian orchestras bring a special intensity to Tchaikovsky, and to this Symphony in particular. But, in the past, we have had to contend with lethal, vibrato-laden brass and variable Soviet engineering. Not any more.
Pianist Mikhail Pletnev formed this orchestra in 1990 from the front ranks of the major Soviet orchestras, and the result here is now regarded as a classic. The brass still retain their penetrating power, and an extraordinary richness and solemnity before the Symphony's coda; the woodwind make a very melancholy choir; and the strings possess not only the agility to cope with Pletnev's aptly death-defying speed for the third movement march, but beauty of tone for Tchaikovsky's yearning cantabiles. Pletnev exerts the same control over his players as he does over his fingers, to superb effect. The dynamic range is huge and comfortably reproduced with clarity, natural perspectives, a sense of instruments playing in a believable acoustic space, and a necessarily higher volume setting than usual.
Marche slave's final blaze of triumph, in the circumstances, seems apt.
Pletnev finds colours and depths in The Seasons that few others have found even intermittently.
Schumann is revealed as a major influence, not only on the outward features of the style but on the whole expressive mood and manner. And as a display of pianism the whole set is outstanding, all the more so because his brilliance isn't purely egoistic. Even when he does something unmarked – like attaching the hunting fanfares of 'September' to the final unison of 'August' – he's so persuasive that you could believe that this is somehow inherent in the material. This is all exceptional playing, and the recording is ideally attuned to all its moods and colours.

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique', etc.

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