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

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Currentzis has a clear and unified vision of the music’s trajectory, his interpretation grabbing you by the scruff of the neck…Most remarkable of all is the clarity of sound achieved here which... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Oct 2017
Catalogue No: 88985404352
Label: Sony
Length: 46 minutes

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

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Teodor Currentzis

I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo

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II. Allegro con grazia

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III. Allegro molto vivace

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IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso

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Recording of the Week, Teodor Currentzis conducts Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony

27th October 2017

James listens to a turbulent and impassioned account of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 from Teodor Currentzis and MusicAeterna.

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February 2018

Currentzis has a clear and unified vision of the music’s trajectory, his interpretation grabbing you by the scruff of the neck…Most remarkable of all is the clarity of sound achieved here which ensures every single layer in Tchaikovsky’s miraculously inventive orchestration can be heard…This performance is so devastatingly powerful that it would be difficult to imagine hearing anything else alongside it.

January 2018

This is a symphony of silences; Currentzis has calibrated them with the unsparing precision of a Pinter or a Haneke...Perhaps, in the Pathétique, Currentzis has met his match...It’s early days, but only the most exalted of comparisons suggest themselves...Will this also upset some applecarts? It is an unsettling experience.

27th October 2017

Currentzis makes [the horns] snarl, sizzle, and growl like no other performance I can recall...For all its individual quirks, it must certainly be one of the most tumultuous, breathtaking, and electrifying recordings of this piece that I have heard in quite some time, and I would recommend it very highly.

3rd November 2017

Currentzis and his Siberian shock troops have done wonders...The recent trend has been away from overly subjective interpretations. This is thrown out of the window in this remarkably unsettling rendition...When so many other recordings of this symphony are available at the push of a few buttons, it’s only right that today’s interpreters should approach it only if they have something new to say. Currentzis definitely does.

New York Times 13th December 2017

There is more cultivated Tchaikovsky out there, to be sure, and more precise, too, but none more faithful to his devastating purpose. The climaxes of the first movement feature some of the scariest conducting I have ever heard, the dark night of a soul pushed over the brink.

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