Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies, Muti (5-CD)

Discs: 5
Record Label: Warner
Release Date: September 2, 2014

“Muti’s Tchaikovsky cycle is one of the most consistent ever, with the conductor’s high voltage tempered by expressive warmth and keen fantasy.” — Gramophone

With their abundance of melodic invention, color, lyricism and drama, Tchaikovsky’s symphonies trace the composer’s progress as both an artist and as a man, reaching their final, shattering climax in the magnificent, but doom-laden Pathétique.

Contents:

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 13 (Winter Dreams)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
February 1975, Kingsway Hall, London

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17 (Little Russian)
Philharmonia Orchestra
March 1977, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 29 (Polish)
Philharmonia Orchestra
July 1977, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36
Philharmonia Orchestra
January 1979, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
Philharmonia Orchestra
July 1978, Kingsway Hall, London

Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy
Philharmonia Orchestra
March 1977, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique)
Philharmonia Orchestra
November 1979, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini, Fantasy, Op. 32
Philadelphia Orchestra
January 1991, Memorial Hall, Philadelphia

Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony in B Minor, Op. 58
Philadelphia Orchestra
July 1981, Kingsway Hall, London

Tchaikovsky 1812, Festival Overture, Op. 49
Philadelphia Orchestra
February 1981, Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia