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<< -- 4 -- Robert Anderson RAVISHING COLLOQUY
If the young suicide Eduard Zak, whose death continually haunted
Tchaikovsky, hovered around the doomed love of Romeo and Juliet, he partly
inspired the Fifth Symphony, where fate is again protagonist. Despite an
irresistible waltz, the symphony struggles less against the inevitable
than No 4. Indeed the concluding bars, apparently affirmative and triumphant,
celebrate only a hollow victory in face of the LPO's virtuosity and a sense
of commitment that does everything to stir Tchaikovsky from his obsessive
gloom
[listen -- 5 86168 2 track 8, 10:48-11:45].
Copyright © 6 February 2005
Robert Anderson, London UK
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5; Serenade in C
5 86168 2 DDD/ADD Stereo REISSUE 78'09" 1979,1991 and 2004 EMI Records Ltd
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Sian Edwards, conductor (Symphony); Normal Del Mar, conductor (Serenade)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Serenade in C Op 48; Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64 |
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Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4 and 6
CD-9920/21 DDD Stereo NEW RELEASE (2 CDs) 59'09"/61'08" - TT 120'17" 2004 Angelok1 Records
Russian Federal Orchestra; Vakhtang Jordania, conductor
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Capriccio Italien Op 45; Symphony No 4 in F minor Op 36; Polonaise from 'Eugene Onegin'; Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74 'Pathetique'; Romeo and Juliet (Overture-Fantasia) |
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