Tchaikovsky - Overtures & Fantasies - Warner Classics: 3700652 - download

Listen on Presto Music. Free thirty day trial. Find out more.

A generous Tchaikovsky spectacular in masterly hands — BBC Music Magazine, October 2009 More…

Release Date: 8th Jan 2007
Catalogue No: 3700652
Label: Warner Classics
Length: 71 minutes

Building a Library

May 2010

First Choice
Gramophone Magazine

February 2007

Editor's Choice

Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32

Work length23:26

Album only

Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet)
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano
Recorded: 2005-12-06
Recording Venue: 3rd, 5-6th December 2005; Recorded in concert at Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome

Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture

Work length20:14

Album only

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano
Recorded: 2006-07-10
Recording Venue: 10th July 2006; Recorded in concert at Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome

Excerpt, Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Work length10:59

$2.60

$3.40

Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano
Recorded: 2005-12-06
Recording Venue: 3rd, 5-6th December 2005; Recorded in concert at Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome

Waltz (Act II)

Track length6:14

$1.30

$1.70

Polonaise

Track length4:45

$1.30

$1.70

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49

Work length16:24

Album only

Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano
Recorded: 2005-12-06
Recording Venue: 3rd, 5-6th December 2005; Recorded in concert at Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome

Reviews
Videos
Explore

Reviews

October 2009

A generous Tchaikovsky spectacular in masterly hands

2010

With chorus added in the 1812 as well as the Waltz from Eugene Onegin, this is an exceptional Tchaikovsky collection, a fine start for Antonio Pappano's recordings with his Italian orchestra.
What is very striking is how refreshing the 1812 is when played with such incisiveness and care for detail, with textures clearly defined. It starts with the chorus singing the opening hymn, expanding thrillingly from an extreme pianissimo to a full-throated fortissimo.
A women's chorus then comes in very effectively, twice over, for one of the folk-themes, and at the end the full chorus sings the Tsar's Hymn amid the usual percussion and bells, though Pappano avoids extraneous effects, leaving everything in the hands of the orchestral instruments. It is equally refreshing to have the Waltz from Eugene Onegin in the full vocal version from the opera, again wonderfully pointed, as is the Polonaise which follows.
What comes out in all the items is the way that Pappano, in his control of flexible rubato, is just as persuasive here as he is in Puccini, demonstrating what links there are between these two supreme melodists. So he builds the big melodies into richly emotional climaxes without any hint of vulgarity, strikingly so in both Francesca da Rimini and Romeo and Juliet. Pappano is impressive in bringing out the fantasy element in Francesca, and in Romeo the high dynamic contrasts add to the impact of the performance. There have been many Tchaikovsky collections like this, but with well balanced sound, outstandingly rich and ripe in the brass section, this is among the finest.

Like the very best music directors, you can’t pigeon-hole Antonio Pappano. He may have made his name with Puccini but he’s got an instinctive feel for structure and for style that makes him good at most things. His Tchaikovsky doesn’t disappoint, full of vigour, of tunefulness

Videos

An error occurred.

Try watching this video on www.youtube.com, or enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser.

Tchaikovsky - Overtures & Fantasies

Downloads

Contents

Download queue