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Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 5
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Alive and articulate, these three performances remind us that it’s just as possible to be stunned by an original interpretation of a familiar symphony (the Fifth) as it is to be refreshed by... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th June 2016
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2017, Recording of the Year/Orchestral Winner
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Mravinsky's legendary stereo London recordings now remastered, at half the price they used to be. Great performances makes this essential for every library. —
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Building a Library, April 2007, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Building a Library, January 2017, Also Recommended
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet
RecommendedPittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
This is one of the best new Tchaikovsky Fifths I’ve heard for ages...even if this Fifth came with no coupling, I’d still recommend it. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2023, Recording of the Month
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Engineered Classical Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th December 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky - Complete Symphonies
RecommendedOslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, April 2021, Recommended Recording - Symphony No. 5
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For the most part, this is a dry-eyed, disciplined account...By largely playing the score straight, it helps Tchaikovsky’s ritenutos to really tell. Järvi keeps the third-movement Valse on the... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2020
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Symphonie
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Serge Koussevitzky Conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky
…Extremely important and valuable additions to the Koussevitzky discography, and should be snapped up avidly by all collectors of historic orchestral recordings. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
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New. Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-6, Orchestral Works
Andrei Gavrilov (piano), Philharmonia Orchestram Riccardo Muti
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I think the Pathétique comes off marginally the better of the two symphonies...this is an enjoyable album, even if it doesn't displace the earlier Jurowski recordings. —
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Rimsky-Korsakov: Kitezh Suite
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
Noseda’s pacing leads us to the heavenly kingdom of Fevroniya and her beloved Vsevolod, killed in battle with the marauding Tatars, with a natural ease that creates the innocent sense of wonder... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-6, Manfred Symphony, Overtures, Rococo variations
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Maxim Vengerov (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa