Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-6 / Orchestral Works [6 CD set]

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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-6 / Orchestral Works [6 CD set]
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

[ BIS / 6 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Wednesday 1 December 2010

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BIS are delighted to present a boxed set of Tchaikovsky's Symphonies and other works. The recording have been well received. Symphony No.2 'Little Russian' was hailed by Gramophone as 'an outstanding performance…beautifully played and paced and immaculately recorded' and No.3 'Polish' of which, to quote International Record Review, Järvi presented 'a free-flowing account that places choreographic elegance before symphonic muscle.' Besides the six numbered symphonies, this ample selection (more than 7 hours of playing time) includes favourites such as Francesca da Rimini, Capriccio italien and Serenade for Strings as well as rarities, including rarely recorded extracts from the opera The Voyevoda and the incidental music to Dmitri the Pretender and Vassily Shuisky. The recordings remain available on the original discs as Hybrid SACDs with a Surround Sound option.

"BIS have always been known for the quality of their recorded sound, yet comparing this with recordings from the same label and orchestra from the 1980s shows significant advance in capabilities over the last twenty years. Topped off by in-depth liner notes, everything is executed at the highest level."
(MusicWeb on Symphony No 2)

"Neeme Järvi and the Gothenburgers hit their stride and turn in a generally excellent Fifth Symphony. The first-movement exposition takes a few minutes to settle down, largely due to Järvi's somewhat casual approach to rhythm, but once the music gets going it's smooth sailing, with lively tempos and really beautiful sonics (in both stereo and SACD multichannel formats) that make listening a genuine pleasure...it's hard to imagine anyone not finding plenty of pleasure in this release"
10 [sound] 9 [performance] ClassicsToday on Symphony No 4

Tracks:

Symphonies Nos. 1-6 (complete)
The Snow Maiden, Op. 12: orchestral excerpts
Romeo & Juliet: Fantasy Overture
Overture in F major
Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem, Op. 15
The Storm Overture (Groza), Op.76
Entr'acte and Dances of the Chambermaids (from the opera The Voyevoda, Op. 3)
Dmitri the Pretender and Vassily Shuisky, incidental music (Introduction to Act I; Mazurka)
Serenade for Nikolai Rubinstein's name-day
Entr'acte & Waltz and Polonaise (from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24)
Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Elegy for strings
The Voyevoda, symphonic ballad Op. 78
Capriccio italien, Op. 45
Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32