Symphony 4 / Marche Slave

On this CD:

1. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 1. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Jansug Kakhidze

2. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 2. Andantino in modo di canzona
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Jansug Kakhidze

3. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 3. Scherzo. Allegro
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Jansug Kakhidze

4. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 4. Finale. Allegro con fuoco
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Jansug Kakhidze

5. Slavonic March, for orchestra, Op. 31
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Jansug Kakhidze

Symphony 4 / Marche Slave, Music, Tchaikovsky, Tbilisi Sym Orch, Kakhidze, Classical, Classical Music, Orchestral & Symphonic

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 / 1812 Overture / Marche Slave - Essential Classics
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Tchaikovsky estruendoso

"The Philadelphia Sound" in all its glory

Same album, same sound, different look. Still very good!

Terrific Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 / 1812 Overture / Marche Slave - Essential Classics

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Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

ASIN: B000069JL5
Release Date: 2002-08-06

Tracks:

I. Andante Sostenuto; Moderato Con Anima In Movimento Di Valse; Moderato Assai, Quasi Andante; Allegro Vivo
II. Andantino In Modo Di Canzona
III. Scherzo: Pizzicato Ostinato; Allegro
IV. Finale: Allegro Con Fuoco
'1812' Overture, Op. 49 - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Marche Slave, Op. 31

Customer Reviews:

You'll get what you pay for.......2006-06-06

I was suckered into this recording by the rather cheap price, thinking that Ormandy would work his magic with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Ormandy does take a very moderate interpretation, both in terms of tempo and dynamic, which I thought to be perfectly acceptable for Tchaikovsky. However, I did not find this to be a particularly riviting performance of any of the works, for two reasons.

First, intonation is a consistant problem throughout the disk, especially in the brass instruments. The begining of the 1812 Overture is particularly sloppy in the choir, both on intonation, as well as rhythmic precision.

Second, the style is a bit 'un-Russian'. Many of the notes that (I believe) should be played as long as possible, are clipped off, and played staccato (separated, short). For example in the opening fanfare of the Fourth Symphony, the first five notes are played so separated, it sounds weak.

The bottom line: You can get better recordings. I would take Mr. Grabowski's advice of getting the Mravinsky recording or you might want to check out Karajan's recording with the Berlin Philharmonic.

Tchaikovsky estruendoso.......2004-09-15

Tchaikovsky es un compositor que pasa de la dulzura del ballet a la tragedia de la sinfonía patética, y llega al estruendo de la overtura 1812, sin trauma, sin dolor, sin esfuerzo. La sinfonía Nº 4 es ceremoniosa, alegre, dulce y estruendosa; preparandonos en este Cd para la obertura 1812, en este caso un coro masculino nos introduce en forma mágica al mundo de la guerra, de las marchas y el estruendo, la banda militar agrega un toque solemne de desfile y las campanas y los cañones terminan en un ensordecedor holocausto del triunfo y la victoria. Finalmente una marcha en plena forma, solemne, vivaz y muy bella, la marcha eslava es un cierre lógico para estas grabaciones de fuerza incontenible que Tchaikovsky sabe entregar.
Ormandy junto al Orquesta Filadelfia saben de fuerza y belleza y lo mezclan sutilmente, el coro del Tabernaculo Mormón se acopla en forma correcta y la banda militar y los cañones cierran este apoteosis musical, mucho ruido y por cierto mucho más nueces.
Disfrutenlo, la música es ruido bellamente presentado.

"The Philadelphia Sound" in all its glory.......2003-12-07

You get pretty much what you expect with this album, if you know anything about Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra's legacy. Strings are rich and smooth. Winds have that woody "Old World" sound and vibrato. Brass and percussion are restrained.

The Fourth Symphony gets the treatment in moderate tempi and dynamics; volume tends to stay in the mf range and never falls below p or goes above f. Accents are softened. For a radical contrast (and, in all honesty, a better account of the symphony) you should check out Mravinsky's account on DG: he finds more profundity than Ormandy, although the Philadelphias are more polished.

Ormandy doesn't quite find the pathos in the work that others do, and his is more emotion recollected in (relative) tranquility. This is not to say the performance is dull, but it is not white-hot, like Bernstein's, or melodramatic, like Mravinsky's, or steely, like Monteaux's. A little annoyingly, Ormandy does not observe the considerably detailed dynamic markings in the score. (This was a common fault of his; he was never obsessed with detail and tended to be concerned with the overall sheen, the "big picture" or perhaps more accurately, "big sound.")

I can't really review the 1812 Overture, because I hate it, so I'll leave you to other Amazon reviewers for an evaluation of that. (Seems to me, though, that the Philly under EO might be a little too "rounded" and "smooth" to do that work justice.) As for the Marche Slave, while this one is good, the definitive reading of that work remains Leopold Stokowski (Ormandy's predecessor in Philly!) and the London Symphony Orchestra, recorded in 1969 for London Records. If you can find that recording, which also has a stunning Firebird Suite and a fun Night on Bald Mountain, grab it. The piece on this disc is nice filler.

Same album, same sound, different look. Still very good!.......2003-09-07

You know? There are times when an album gets a new look and somewhere it said things like "Digitally remastered for superior sound!" I got this latest reissue and compared it to an earlier CD (late '90s reissue). I made sure that both CD players are pretty much in sync while carefully comparing the sound quallity. You know what? NO DIFFERENCE! They both sound very good! So, if you want the 1960s Ormandy's version of Tchaikovsky's 4th symphony, it would not make a difference if you were to get this latest release, OR the earlier issue of the SAME album.

Why do I gave it 4 stars? Well, my least favorite part is the 1812 Overture. The cannon sounds are like something out of an old movie or TV show with cheesy quality (and Hi-Fi stereo recording had already been around for quite a while)! The sound of the bells are kinda odd. At least, the playing of the piece itself is good and the orchestral sound is very good. But I prefer other versions by Dutoit and Sir Adrian Boult. Outside of the 1812 Overture, you can't go wrong.

Terrific Tchaikovsky.......2003-01-16

In the 1950s and 60s, CBS/Columbia (now Sony Classical) had the great fortune to have three of America's best orchestras and their conductors on its recording roster -- Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic, Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra. Nearly a half-century later, only Leonard Bernstein remains a name that even the non-classical music world knows well. But in the world of the compact disc, this is a wonderful thing, because while Leonard Bernstein analog stereo recordings sell at mid-price, classic performances by Ormandy and Szell are regulated to the budget line. Well, my friends there is justice in the world because the vast majority of these "budget line" recordings are not only amazing, but some are still considered definitive more than 40 years later! One such definitive performance is this Ormandy recording of Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony (the 5th and 6th on Sony Essential Classics are equally amazing). Throw in terrific performances of the 1812 Overture and Marche Slave and you've got a classic disc. Never did something of such high quality come at such a small price. Enjoy!

Chabrier: España, rhapsody; Bourrée fantasque

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Orchestral Music of Emmanuel Chabrier
Paul Paray/Detroit To The Finish Line.......
Chabrier Idealized!
Bon vivant is heads above
Almost as good as Ansermet's performances

Chabrier: España, rhapsody; Bourrée fantasque

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ASIN: B0000057LE
Release Date: 1991-11-08

Tracks:

Espana
Suite Pastorale: 1: Idylle
Suite Pastorale: 2: Danse villageoise
Suite Pastorale: 3: Sois bois
Suite Pastorale: 4: Scherzo - valse
Le Roi malgre lui: Fete Polonaise
Overture to Gwendoline
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Joyeuse Marche
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Suite In F, Op. 33: 3: Gigue

Customer Reviews:

Orchestral Music of Emmanuel Chabrier.......2006-01-30

I have an lp with some of this music and hoped to replace it with a cd. It's taken many years for the cd to be released but it was worth the wait. Paray produced clean, rhythmically alive performances with his virtuoso orchestra. The sound quality is wonderful considering its age. The music is not profound but it is exceedingly entertaining. Better performances of this music may exist but I'd be surprised.

Paul Paray/Detroit To The Finish Line..............2005-09-29

If Paul Paray was a race horse, I'd place my bet on him each time to win...and indeed I would. This former conductor of the Detroit Symphony has the "Midas Touch", for everything he touches turns to gold. This CD of Chabrier and Roussel is no exception, and belongs in everyone's musical library. No matter how many other recordings of these pieces you own...these renditions are essential. If the only Chabrier work you know is "Espana", you are in for a real treat, as all his music is tunefully delightful. The Roussel "Suite in F" is a nice constrast in musical styles. Consistently, each Paray/Detroit recording is a gala event. The pieces contained on this CD are all very familiar to me, and yet it's as though I'm hearing them through a different set of ears. Conductor Paray brings out orchestral nuances like few other conductors can. Each work is played with energy, finesse, impeccable interpretation, and with extraordinary sound, which is a Mercury Living Presence trademark. Do yourself a favor, anything that Paul Paray and the Detroit Symphony have recorded...BUY!!! I have not lost a race yet. Very Highly recommended.

Chabrier Idealized!.......2002-05-12

Keeping it Short.

Paray Throws out an "Espana" that makes the roof shake! "Espana" is by far one of my Favorite pieces of music ever written and to know that Paray and the DSO have given it their Personal and Intense Treatment is as Martha Stewart would say, "A Good Thing!" the Flavour of this "Espana" has NEVER Been more Spanish, too many Conductors see this as a vision of Spain through French Musical Ideals, which essentialy it IS, but still it is a vision of SPAIN, Not France. As much of a Patrioitic Frenchman as Paray was, he never let that stand in the way of making music correctly and keeps the Flamenco and Bolero elements of this work in full frontal beauty! He charges straight ahead into this Masterpiece, the Opening Pizzicatos as Piquant and Alert as anything in music ever! the Tuttis and Crescendos all Vividly and Lushly Over-the-top, Very Spanish, Indeed! But as well, the ELEGANCE of the music, that typically French Feeling, of Elegant Musical Discourse is also never lost, one would not say this is a POLITE recording, Nor Genteel, but it is Exceptionally Suave and Poised! Very French, Indeed! so, this music is pointedly a admixture of both French and Spanish Sensibilities yes, but again, you feel the Heat and Spice of Spain in this recording (and not the Sheen and Reserve of France), Most Definitely. all the other works on the disc are Glorious as well, and the cool thing is, one gets to have the opportunity to have Paray and Jarvi (Neeme) duke it out in their conceptions of the "Fete Polonaise" Paray here on this Disc and Jarvi on the Acclaimed Disc "Encore" i wouldn't say it's a tie, but they both succeed on different levels. Paray may in most minds take the "Ruban en Bleu" But Jarvi by no means is a Slouch in conducting the "Polonaise" but again, i stress, they achieve a high level of satisfaction in the work on two completely different levels. Both equally Masterful.

Bon vivant is heads above.......1999-02-13

If you're a true devotee of Chabrier, you've of course, known about this collection since about 1961. It's never been bettered. Sure, you keep Ansermet, Dervaux, Wolff and a few others knocking about your vinyl and CD shelves. But when weeding-out time comes around, this one stays.

The bon vivant that was Paul Paray understood that to keep good dinner conversation going you have to move things along, keep up your end of the chatter, and keep it light and elegant. That's all Chabrier ever wanted and his music is easily understood and loved.

Unfortunately, especially in the case of Ansermet, too many try to make Chabrier more than he wants to be. Ansermet's tempi are down, while Paray's are up-up-up...and lo, and behold, if you look at the score, the old man proves true to the composer's markings...the only recorded maestro who does.

What's there not to understand? Paray's is THE Chabrier disc...and the Roussel, thrown in at no extra charge, proves a perfect digestive for an elegant and jovial dinner.

Almost as good as Ansermet's performances.......1998-11-17

An exceedingly well recorded and beautifully performed set of charming works, this disc rivals Ernest Ansermet's superb recordings on London. The sound here is better, but Ansermet is idiomatic and very, very French and full of savoir faire. Either is a good addition to one's collection, but Ansermet's is less costly, too.

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Paul Paray/Detroit To The Finish Line.......
Surefire recipe for Gallic confections:

Paul Paray Conducts Chabrier
Paul Paray , and Detroit Symphony
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Customer Reviews:

Paul Paray/Detroit To The Finish Line..............2005-09-29

If Paul Paray was a race horse, I'd place my bet on him each time to win...and indeed I would. This former conductor of the Detroit Symphony has the "Midas Touch", for everything he touches turns to gold. This SACD of Chabrier and Roussel is no exception, and belongs in everyone's musical library. No matter how many other recordings of these pieces you own...these renditions are essential. If the only Chabrier work you know is "Espana", you are in for a real treat, as all his music is tunefully delightful. The Roussel "Suite in F" is a nice constrast in musical styles. Consistently, each Paray/Detroit recording is a gala event. The pieces contained on this SACD are all very familiar to me, and yet it's as though I'm hearing them through a different set of ears. Conductor Paray brings out orchestral nuances like few other conductors can. Each work is played with energy, finesse, impeccable interpretation, and with extraordinary sound, which is a Mercury Living Presence trademark. Do yourself a favor, anything that Paul Paray and the Detroit Symphony have recorded...BUY!!! I have not lost a race yet. Very Highly recommended.

Surefire recipe for Gallic confections:.......2004-12-30

Take equal measures of (a) the music of a second-tier French composer, (b) the skills of a second-tier orchestra now deep in the American Rust Belt, and (c) the wizardry of the engineering staff of a second-tier American record label. Whip thoroughly into a froth using a thin ivory wand wielded by an expert French chef. Store for four and one-half decades. Carefully remove from storage and serve up on the latest platter, known to aficianados of this musico-culinary art as hybrid SACD.

That, in a nutshell, is what this superb new Mercury Living Presence hybrid SACD is all about. One of the first batch of such releases from Decca/Philips, Paul Paray's recording of the musical bon bons of Chabrier (with a nice filler of music by Roussel) has long been a classic, ever since the works were released on LP (actually, spread over four different LPs) nearly 45 years ago. A little over a decade ago, Mercury had released this same set of works as a conventional CD, remastered by the same person who had been in charge of the original recordings: Wilma Cozart Fine. This identical remastering is present in the "redbook" layer of this new hybrid SACD, but it is the SACD layer that merits special attention (and the 5 stars that I have assigned to the release).

I of course do Chabrier a tongue-in-cheek disservice by referring to him as a second-tier composer. Nonetheless, he had the misfortune of being a contemporary of Bizet, Fauré and Saint-Saëns, a fact that tends to obscure his musical contributions. Moreover, he had only a brief composing career, jammed into the final decade of his life (ending just as Claude Debussy's was beginning). Despite these disadvantages, a good bit of Chabrier's music is a frequent fixture at "pops" concerts, especially two works on this album: "España" and "Joyeuse Marche." Chabrier clearly had a flair for the bubbly in music, and most of his works on this album reflect that flair.

But Chabrier was also - despite his abbreviated career - an accomplished operatic composer (this despite the fact that his operas never did manage to make their way into the central repertoire). Perhaps his masterpiece in this genre is "Gwendoline," if the overture performed here is any indicator. It is a finely-wrought and dramatic work which, with its insistent timpani strokes at the beginning of the work, reminds me somewhat of the youthful Giacomo Puccini's Prelude to Act I of his "Edgar." Perhaps my favorite among Chabrier's works played here.

The album is nicely filled out with Albert Roussel's three-movement "Suite in F," a somewhat more modern work in a neoclassical vein, but still fitting in with the bubbly spirit of the Chabrier works.

My tongue is still further in my cheek with my "second-tier" reference to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Under Paul Paray's leadership, the DSO was in fact an excellent group. (And it has pretty much remained as such, although Paray did have the proper panache and insoucience that these French bon-bons require, probably in greater measure than almost any other conductor in recent memory).

Finally, there was never anything second-tier about the Mercury organization when it came to recording technology. In recent decades, only Telarc - among all of the American labels - seems to have been so successful with recordings of such uniformly high quality. But I think that Mercury easily "led the pack" for analog recording quality before the advent of the CD. One needs no more proof of this fact than simply listening to the SACD layer of this hybrid disc: It is a model of clarity and detail at all dynamic ranges, sounding as if it were produced "the day before yesterday."

Put all these ingredients together, and one does in fact have a "surefire recipe for Gallic confections!"

Bob Zeidler

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6/Marche Slave/Capriccio Italien

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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6/Marche Slave/Capriccio Italien

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ASIN: B000003FF9
Release Date: 1993-06-08

Tracks:

Symphony No. 6 - 'Pathetique': Adagio; Allegro non troppo
Symphony No. 6 - 'Pathetique': Allegro con grazia
Symphony No. 6 - 'Pathetique': Allegro molto vivace
Symphony No. 6 - 'Pathetique': Adagio lamentoso
Marche slave
Capriccio italien

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Not great. Eugene Ormandy made his reputation as a Tchaikovsky "specialist," but all of his best recordings are the ones he did for Sony in the 1960s, which are available as excellently remastered, budget-priced CDs. These later versions are good, but not as good, and even more disturbing, they are markedly less well recorded. Ormandy's Tchaikovsky is well worth having, but only if you take the time to seek out the right versions. Caveat emptor! --David Hurwitz

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony/Marche Slave/Fantasy Overture-Romeo & Juliet/Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2

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A splendid Rachmaninov 2nd.
Fantastic
Yuri Temirkanov's Rachy's 2nd Rocks!

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony/Marche Slave/Fantasy Overture-Romeo & Juliet/Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2

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'Manfred' Sym, Op.58: I. Lento lugubre - Moderato con moto - Andante - London SO/Andre Previn
'Manfred' Sym, Op.58: II. Vivace con spirito - London SO/Andre Previn
'Manfred' Sym, Op.58: III. Andante con moto - London SO/Andre Previn
'Manfred' Sym, Op.58: IV. Allegro con fucco - London SO/Andre Previn
Marche slave, Op.31 - London SO/Andre Previn

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Fantasy Ov: Romeo & Juliet - London SO/Andre Previn
Sym No.2 in e, Op.27: I. Largo - Allegro moderato - Royal PO/Yuri Temirkanov
Sym No.2 in e, Op.27: II. Allegro molto - Royal PO/Yuri Temirkanov
Sym No.2 in e, Op.27: III. Adagio - Royal PO/Yuri Temirkanov
Sym No.2 in e, Op.27: IV. Allegro vivace - Royal PO/Yuri Temirkanov

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A splendid Rachmaninov 2nd........2003-09-18

I had lived with a flawed single recording of Rachmaninov's 2nd Symphony for far too long and was looking for a better replacement. Thanks to the enthusiastic reviews below I invested in this CD set, and I must say Temirkanov's reading of the 2nd is really really good. From the opening bars you sense a feeling of "rightness" about it immediately: this performance has authority and genuine drama. I had previously sworn off buying any more Royal Philharmonic recordings because of several lousy experiences with this orchestra's lacklustre 1980s CDs. Here however, the RPO sound once more like the great ensemble they were under Beecham. If anything, this Rach 2nd sounds like a natural follow-up to the musical success the RPO achieved in their famous "Scheherazade" recording under Beecham. Temirkanov and RPO dig up an endless array of glittering details in the score.

The Previn performances are good too, even though they have been surpassed by some modern versions. Nevertheless they make wonderful handmaidens to Temirkanov's luscious performance.

Fantastic.......2003-03-10

Prior to purchasing these CDs, I read somewhere that the performance of the Manfred symphony was "admirable," but that it was the Rachmaninov that really shined. I bought this CD set for Manfred, and I was thrilled: the power and precision Previn gets out of the LSO is amazing. Listening to the Manfred symphony (not to mention the Marche Slave and Romeo & Juliet overture) as recorded here, I got the feeling I was hearing them played "right," that I didn't need to listen to other interpretations to understand how the music was "supposed" to sound--and that's a feeling that's hard to come by. Listening to Rachmaninov's Second, though, I had to redefine my standards of what "right" is. Previn's works on these CDs are indeed admirable; they're tough acts to follow--but the Rachmaninov, which I approached as just some bonus music on my Tchaikovsky CDs, absolutely blew me away. Temirkanov imbues the music with such incredible power and passion that it seems to be a living, breathing entity, changing the question from "Is this interpretation 'right'?" to "Can any other interpretation possibly be 'right'?" I agree with the other reviewer that it's difficult to believe this kind of lush, gorgeous sound can come out of the RPO, even as underrated as I think they are. This is a ten-star recording. The bottom line is, this is a 2-CD set that should not be passed up at any price. It's extremely difficult to beat this interpretation of the Tchaikovsky pieces; it's impossible to beat the Rachmaninov.

Yuri Temirkanov's Rachy's 2nd Rocks!.......1999-11-22

I want to only comment on the Rachmaninov. This sounds like the Royal Philharmonic of Beecham, not the down-trodden group that sometimes plays well, sometimes not. Angelic playing, powerful performance, this performance makes you believe that Stokowski came back to inhabit Y.T.'s body! 'nuf said... A great bargain, even if you don't listen to the other disc!

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Beecham: Maestro Tempestoso (Box Set)

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TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 / Marche Slave, Op. 31

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TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 / Marche Slave, Op. 31

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 in F minor, Op.36/Marche Slave, Op.31

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Sym No.4 in f, Op.36: 1st movt: Andante sostenuto-Moderato con anima
Sym No.4 in f, Op.36: 2nd movt: Andantino in modo di canzona
Sym No.4 in f, Op.36: 3rd movt: Scherzo. Allegro
Sym No.4 in f, Op.36: 4th movt: Allegro con fuoco
Marche Slave, Op.31: (Moderato in modo di marcia funebre)

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.4; Marche Slave, "1812" Overture - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

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Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.4; Marche Slave, "1812" Overture - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

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PIOTYR TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-93). 1 Symphony No.4 in F Minor Op36: Andante sostenuto 2 Andantino in modo di canzone 3 Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato - allegro 4 Allegro con fuoco 5 Marche Slave 6 Overture: "1812". London Symphony Orchestra. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky. Yuri Ahronovitch.

Tchaikovsky: Sym. No. 4; 1812 Overture; Marche Slave

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Great renditions of some of Tchaikovsky's best
snore city
never a dull moment with this music
Driving a Cadillac on tranquilizers
Ormandy's Tchaikovsky 4 is still one of the best

Tchaikovsky: Sym. No. 4; 1812 Overture; Marche Slave

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Eugene Ormandy
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

ASIN: B00000276L
Release Date: 1991-04-05

Tracks:

Symphony No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 36: I. Adante sostenuto; Moderato con anima in movimento di valse; Moderato assai, quasi andante; Allegero vivo
Symphony No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 36: II. Andantino In modo di canzona
Symphony No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 36: Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato; Allegro
Symphony No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 36: IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
1812 Overture, Op.49
Marche Slave, Op. 31

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Eugene Ormandy's great Tchaikovsky recordings were all made for Sony (then CBS), and this performance of the Fourth Symphony and other goodies features his typically lush, Romantic string sonority, along with a few orchestral retouchings, particularly at the very end. Generations of music lovers grew up on these performances, and hearing them again (in much better sound and at budget price) is like meeting an old friend after a long absence. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Great renditions of some of Tchaikovsky's best.......2006-08-19

This recording is a wonderful mix of one of his most notable symphonies, along with the two shorter pieces that are most widely known. Symphony No.4 is good, but not great; buy this album for "1812" and "Slavic March."

"1812" is moving and spirited; a choral introduction replaces the more traditional instrumental, and although it is in English, it works very well with the spirit of the piece. Throughout, the tempo is spirited, the music compelling, and of course, the cannons appropriately bombastic.

"Slavic March" is not nearly as well known as "1812," but this recording shows it deserves equal attention as a great short work, capturing the essence of the great Russian musical traditions.

snore city.......2006-06-01

If you want to fall asleep to some really lush strings, absurdly slow tempi and almost in audible brass, then buy this recording. When I was in high school, I remember returning my copy of the vinyl of this performance of the 4th symphony by Ormandy, and purchasing the glorious Munch/Boston performance (available currently only from BMG Japanese Victor, as an import).
I purchased this CD thinking that, as I had aged and presumably become more tolerant of diversity and interpretation, that somehow I had grown to appreciate ORMANDY'S UNIQUENESS. Nope, it's still too slow and tedious. Ormandy does to tempi what Bernstein did but, without the creativity and passion.Save your money. buy almost anyone else's 4th Symphony.

never a dull moment with this music .......2006-01-14

Never a dull moment with this music.

Driving a Cadillac on tranquilizers.......2005-11-08

David Hurwitz may think this recording is like meeting an old friend, but I lived thorugh the Ormandy era, and to me this CD is like remembering an old nap. Ormandy readings are reliable, shapeless, without imaginaiton or even the desire for imaginaiton. They just sit there, and meanwhile his glorious orchestra--at least Ormandy had that to his credit--made Cadillac sounds for a driver on tranquilizers. I guess the other reviewers here are enamored of the sounds and don't care that Tchaikovsky is a much more vital, incisive, and even wilder composer than Ormandy registers.

Ormandy's Tchaikovsky 4 is still one of the best.......2005-09-01

Recorded in the 1960s for Columbia, Ormandy's Tchaikovsky 4 is still one of the best. The Philadelphia Orchestra had played under Ormandy for 25 years when this was recorded, and the rapport between them shows. Ormandy takes moderate tempos, and never drives the dramatic passages of I and IV the way some conductors: Beecham (EMI), Bernstein (Sony) do. Instead, Ormandy lets the music unfold naturally, and steps back for the more dramatic moments, just letting the music speak for itself.
The Philadelphia Orchestra is excellent in every department, especially the strings, but the woodwinds and brass too: they SING, and are never harsh or strident.

The accompanying works, MARCHE SLAVE and OVERTURE 1812 make nice discmates, but I'm not as fond of Ormandy's 1812 as some are. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir opens with their own version of "God save the Czar" sung in English, and the Philadelphia Orchestra plays beautifully, but I am not as convinced by their playing of the closing hymn and coda as in some recordings; I prefer Dorati/Detroit (London) or Haitink/Concertgebouw (Philips, perhaps hard to find presently). Marche Slave is better than Ormandy's later remake for RCA, but most listeners would buy this for Symphony 4 rather than the discmates.

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