Available for the first time ever in the West, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conducts a brilliant performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 (`Pathetique`). Appearing alongside is a joyful and thrilling Nutcracker Suite by the Moscow State Symphony and Pavel Kogan, whose Alto recordings of the Rachmaninov Symphonies have been hailed for their brilliance.
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 / Nutcracker Suite
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Outright superb with a warm and close recording of the woodwind detailing of the first movement… blisteringly imaginative Tchaikovsky! Not once does Rozhdestvensky loosen his extraordinary grip. It's even more effective than the MravinskyLeningrad.
— Rob Barnett , Musicweb International
A fiery reading of Tchaikovsky's final symphony from the end of the Soviet era
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 / Nutcracker Suite
Pavel Kogan / Moscow State Symphony Orchestra / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky / USSR Ministry of Culture Large S
Alto ALC-1106
Number of Units: 1 CD
EAN: 5055354411069
| CD 1 | |||
| 1 | Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathetique” | 1. Adagio – allegro non troppo | 18:35 |
| 2 | Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathetique” | 2. Allegro con grazia | 07:38 |
| 3 | Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathetique” | 3. Allegro molto vivace | 09:20 |
| 4 | Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathetique” | 4. Finale. Adagio lamentoso - andante | 10:18 |
| 5 | Nutcracker Suite | 1. Miniature Overture | 03:10 |
| 6 | Nutcracker Suite | 2. March Danses caractéristiques | 02:25 |
| 7 | Nutcracker Suite | 3. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy | 01:43 |
| 8 | Nutcracker Suite | 4. Trepak (a Russian dance) | 01:02 |
| 9 | Nutcracker Suite | 5. Arabian Dance (coffee) | 03:14 |
| 10 | Nutcracker Suite | 6. Chinese Dance (tea) | 01:04 |
| 11 | Nutcracker Suite | 7. Dance of the Mirlitons / Reed-Flutes | 02:24 |
| 12 | Nutcracker Suite | 8. Valse des fleurs / Waltz of the Flowers | 06:32 |
Pavel Kogan / Moscow State Symphony Orchestra / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky / USSR Ministry of Culture Large S
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