Sergei Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5; Francesca da Rimini (2022)
Sergei Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5; Francesca da Rimini (2022)
WEB FLAC | Tracks ~ 333 Mb | Total time: 2 h 14 min | Cover
Classical | Label: Archipel | # ARPCD 0750 | Recorded: 1945, 1946, 1949
WEB FLAC | Tracks ~ 333 Mb | Total time: 2 h 14 min | Cover
Classical | Label: Archipel | # ARPCD 0750 | Recorded: 1945, 1946, 1949
Koussevitzky’s early biographer Lourie reports that in his salad days Koussevitzky–like his mentor Arthur Nikisch–“based his performances of Tchaikovsky on the emotional side of the music… (but in later years) after undergoing a great and serious evolution… [Koussevitzky] adopted a correct and entirely new method of treating this composer”. While that new method may have emphasized the music’s symphonic structure and Beethovenian dynamism, Koussevitzky never slighted the seething emotions that permeate this composer’s scores. Ever the showman, Koussevitzky deftly portrays the composer’s shifting moods, from the ink-black darkness and devastation of the Pathetique to the incredible resilience of the human spirit captured in the closing moments of the Fourth Symphony, immediately following the last and most disturbing appearance of the fate motif. The playing of the Boston Symphony in this set is utterly fearless, no matter how fast the tempo or intricate the writing. Just listen to the snap of the pizzicato strings in the Fourth Symphony’s scherzo or the boundless enthusiasm of the brass in finale from the Fifth.
Performer:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sergei Koussevitzky, conductor
Tracklist:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
01. I. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima
02. II. Andantino in modo di canzona
03. III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato (Allegro)
04 IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
05 I. Andante - Allegro con anima
06 II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
07 III. Valse (Allegro moderato)
08 IV. Finale (Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace - Moderato assai e molto maestoso)
09. Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
10. Rehearsal Symphony No. 4
Thanks to the original releaser