Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5/Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy

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Like so many conductors who enjoyed long and successful careers, Eugene Ormandy recorded and rerecorded this music over and over. And yet his earliest recordings, for Sony (formerly CBS), are far and away the best. There's nothing particularly wrong with this later version, but there's more warmth, freedom, and excitement on the Sony disc--for less money too! Enough said. --David Hurwitz

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5/Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy, Music, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra, Classical, Classical Music, Orchestral, Romantic Overture for Orchestra, Romantic Symphony, Symphonic

Average customer rating: hmmmm Good Introduction but poor quality Tchaikovsky's Greatest Pieces of Music great music poorely performed. Great!

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Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
3. Dance Of The Flutes
4. Scene
5. Waltz
6. Dance of the Swans
7. Scene 2
8. Hungarian Dance
9. III. Scherzo
10. I. Adagio; Allegro Non Troppo
11. II. Allegro Con Grazia
12. III. Allegro Molto Vivace
13. II. Andante Cantabile
14. Capriccio Italien In A Major, Op. 45
15. Marche Slave In B Flat, Op. 31
16. June - Michael Ponti
17. II. Andantino Simplice - Felicja Blumental
18. Coronation March
19. Eugen Onegin: Waltz
20. Romeo & Juliet: Fantasy-Overture
21. Serenade For Strings: II. Waltz
22. Sleeping Beauty: Tempo Di Valse
23. String Quartet In D Major, Op. 11: Andante Cantabile
24. Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35: III. Allegro Vivacissimo - Aaron Rosand
25. 1812 Overture, Op. 49: Excerpt

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Tracks:

1. Finale
2. Overture
3. June (Barcarolle)
4. Andante Cantabile
5. Waltz
6. Romeo and Juliet (Overture-Fantasy)
7. None But The Lonely Heart, Op. 6 No. 6
8. Allegro Non Troppo
9. Waltz
10. Andante cantabile
11. Chanson Triste, Op. 40 No. 2
12. 'Pathetique' Allegro Con Grazia
13. Andante Sostenuto
14. Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
15. Finale
16. Marche Slave, Op. 31
17. Excerpts
18. 1812 Overture, Op. 49
19. 'Pathetique' Excerpts
20. Scene
21. Valse
22. Dance Of The Swans
23. Scene
24. Hungarian Dance
25. Panorama Andantino
26. Tempo Di Valse

Average customer rating: Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material! Beginner or Expert Very Informative and Enjoyable Frank's view Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra

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Tracks:

1. Overture To 'Tannhauser'
2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
4. Hungarian Dance No.7
5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
10. Csardas Music
11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
18. Tzigane
19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
20. Caprice No.24
21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
27. The Violin Muted
28. Clair De Lune
29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
31. The Pizzicato Violin
32. Pizzicato Polka
33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
36. The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
37. The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
38. Hungarian Dance No.4
39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
42. Bolero
43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
50. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
52. Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
53. The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
54. Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
55. Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
56. The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
60. The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
67. Elfenreigen

Tracks:

1. Introduction To The Viola
2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
7. The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
9. The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
10. Cypresses (No.9)
11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
24. Elfentanz, Op.39
25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
28. Flamenco
29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
33. It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
39. The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
40. Capriccio Di Bravura
41. Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
42. The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
43. Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

1. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
2. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
3. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
4. Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
5. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
6. Sa'Dawi
7. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
8. Chamber Music No.II
9. The Piccolo - Aptly Named
10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
12. Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
13. A Variety Of Techniques
14. Chamber Music No.II
15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
20. Naelden, Naelden
21. The Bachian Oboe
22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
26. The Swan Of Tuonela
27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
30. Bolero
31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
38. ...And Quite Low.
39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
44. Introduction To The Saxophone
45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
49. Bolero
50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
53. Sax-O-Phun
54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
60. Bolero
61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
2. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
6. Fanfare For The Common Man
7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
11. The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
16. Billy The Kid
17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
21. The Birth Of The Trombone
22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
27. The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
28. Hosannah
29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
35. The Horn And The Hunt
36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
9. Den Hoboecken Dans
10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
12. No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
13. Gymnopedie No.2
14. The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
15. Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
18. Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
22. The Birth Of The Bongo
23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
33. The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
37. Ravel And The Xylophone
38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
40. Introducing The Vibraphone
41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
44. Folk Dances
45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
52. Introducing The Celeste
53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
57. A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
11. Mahler's Sleighbells
12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
30. Nocturnes
31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
35. The Oboe As Duck
36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
42. Canzon 28
43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
51. Images (Gigues)
52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
58. A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Frank's view.......2006-08-19

Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.

Average customer rating: Best of the best

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Tracks:

1. Piano Concerto No.1 In B Flat Minor, Op.23: I Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso (Excerpt) - Vladimir Ashkenazy
2. Romeo And Juliet: Love Theme - Wiener Philharmoniker
3. Symphony No.6 In B Minor, Op.74 'Pathetique': I Adagio - Allegro Non Troppo (Excerpt) - Philharmonia Orchestra
4. Swan Lake: Scene (Act III) - Herbert Von Karajan
5. Swan Lake: Waltz (Act I) - Herbert Von Karajan
6. Swan Lake: Dance Of The Little Swans - Herbert Von Karajan
7. Il Adagio Cantabile E Con Moto Souvenir De Florence, Op.70: II Adagio Cantabile E Con Moto - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
8. Melodie Souvenir D'un Lieu Cher, Op.42: Melodie - Philip Moll
9. June: Barcarolle The Seasons, Op.37b: June: Barcarolle - Vladimir Ashkenazy
10. Eugene Onegin: Waltz - Valery Gergiev
11. Piano Concerto No.1 In B Flat Minor, Op.23: II Andantino Semplice - Vladimir Ashkenazy
12. Sleeping Beauty: Pas D'action (Adagio) - Wiener Philharmoniker
13. Sleeping Beauty: Waltz - Wiener Philharmoniker
14. Marche Slave, Op.31 - Zubin Mehta

Tracks:

1. Violin Concerto In D Major, Op.35: I Allegro Moderato (Excerpt) - Kyung Wha Chung
2. Symphony No.5 In E Minor, Op.64: II Andante Cantabile, Con Alcuna Licenza - London Symphony Orchestra
3. The Nutcracker: Overture - Charles Dutoit
4. The Nutcracker: Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy - Charles Dutoit
5. Serenade For Strings In C Major, Op.48: II Waltz - St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
6. String Quartet No.1 In D Major, Op.11: II Andante Cantabile - Gabrieli String Quartet
7. Eugene Onegin: Polonaise - Valery Gergiev
8. Capriccio Italien, Op.45 (Excerpt) - Valery Gergiev
9. Symphony No.4 In F Minor, Op.36: III Scherzo: Pizzicato Ostinato, Allegro - London Symphony Orchestra
10. Elegie For Strings - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
11. None But The Lonely Heart, Op.6 No.6 - Dmitri Hvorostovsky
12. The Divine Liturgy Of St. John Chrysostom, Op.41: Otche Nash (The Lord's Prayer) - St. Petersburg Chamber Choir
13. Valse Sentimentale, Op.51 No.6 - Arthur Grumiaux
14. The Nutcracker: Dance Of The Reed Pipes (Mirlitons) - Wiener Philharmoniker
15. The Nutcracker: Waltz Of The Flowers - Wiener Philharmoniker
16. 1812 Overture, Op.49 (Conclusion) - Zubin Mehta

Customer Reviews:

Best of the best.......2004-03-14

Average customer rating: EXCITING PERFORMANCES VINTAGE STEREO SOUND BUT NOT SACD Dorati's MLP Tchaikovsky Gems Are Back!

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Customer Reviews:

EXCITING PERFORMANCES VINTAGE STEREO SOUND BUT NOT SACD.......2005-09-27

Dorati's MLP Tchaikovsky Gems Are Back!.......2005-05-25

Average customer rating: At the end... Nothing Beats Lenny's Performance on Tchaikovsky!

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Tracks:

1. The Nutcracker - Suite, Op. 71a: 1. Ouverture miniature. Allegro giusto - 2. Danses caracteristiques
2. The Nutcracker - Suite, Op. 71a: A. Marche. Tempo di marcia viva
3. The Nutcracker - Suite, Op. 71a: B. Danse de la fee dragee. Andante non troppo
4. The Nutcracker - Suite, Op. 71a: C. Danse russe (trepak). Tempo di trepak, molto vivace
5. The Nutcracker - Suite, Op. 71a: D. Danse arabe. Allegretto
6. The Nutcracker - Suite, Op. 71a: E. Danse chinoise. Allegro moderato
7. The Nutcracker - Suite, Op. 71a: F. Danse des mirlitons. Moderato assai
8. The Nutcracker - Suite, Op. 71a: 3. Danse des fleurs. Tempo di valse
9. Symphony No. 5 In E Minor, Op. 64: 1. Andante - Allegro con anima
10. Symphony No. 5 In E Minor, Op. 64: 2. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza - Moderato con anima - Andante mosso - Allegro non troppo - Tempo I
11. Symphony No. 5 In E Minor, Op. 64: 3. Valse. Allegro moderato
12. Symphony No. 5 In E Minor, Op. 64: 4. Finale. Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace - Molto vivace - Moderato assai e molto maestoso - Presto

Tracks:

1. Romeo And Juliet Fantasy Overture After Shakespeare: Andante non tanto quasi Moderato - Allegro - Molto meno mosso - Allegro giusto - Moderato assai
2. Symphony No. 6 In B Minor, Op. 74 'Pathetique': 1. Adagio - Allegro non troppo - Andante - Moderato mosso - Andante - Moderato assai - Allegro vivo - Andante come prima - Andante mosso
3. Symphony No. 6 In B Minor, Op. 74 'Pathetique': 2. Allegro con grazia
4. Symphony No. 6 In B Minor, Op. 74 'Pathetique': 3. Allegro molto vivace
5. Symphony No. 6 In B Minor, Op. 74 'Pathetique': 4. Finale. Adagio lamentoso - Andante

Customer Reviews:

At the end..........2005-04-12

Nothing Beats Lenny's Performance on Tchaikovsky!.......2001-08-18

Average customer rating:

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Tracks:

1. Love Theme
2. Pezzon In Forma Di Sonatina
3. Waltz Of The Flowers
4. Cherubikon
5. Allegro Con Fuoco
6. Scene (Swan Theme)
7. Andante Cantabile
8. Valse
9. Adagio: Pas D'action
10. Chanson Triste
11. Finale

Tracks:

1. Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maetoso/Allegro Con Spirito
2. Danse De La Fee
3. Danse Des Mirlitons
4. None But The Lonely Heart Op.6, No.6
5. Allegro Con Grazia
6. Nocturne Op.19, No.4
7. Lensky's Aria
8. Waltz
9. June/Barcarolle
10. 1812 Overture

Average customer rating: Karajan is below par, with a few exceptions Karajan (not) at his finest Fair value, but Karajan can be heard better elsewhere Fantastic! von karajan truly conducts the master

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Tracks:

1. Symphony No.1 in G minor, Op.13 'Winter Dreams': Dreams Of A Winter Journey
2. Symphony No.1 in G minor, Op.13 'Winter Dreams': Land Of Desolation, Land Of Mists
3. Symphony No.1 in G minor, Op.13 'Winter Dreams': Scherzo, Allegro scherzando giocoso
4. Symphony No.1 in G minor, Op.13 'Winter Dreams': Finale. Andante lugubre - Allegro moderato - Allegro maestoso
5. Eugene Onegin: Polonaise
6. Eugene Onegin: Waltz
7. Slavic March, Op.31: Moderato in modo di marcia funebre

Tracks:

1. Symphony No.2 In C Minor, Op.17 'Little Russian': Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo
2. Symphony No.2 In C Minor, Op.17 'Little Russian': Andantino marziale, quasi moderato
3. Symphony No.2 In C Minor, Op.17 'Little Russian': Scherzo, Allegro molto vivace - Trio. L'istesso tempo
4. Symphony No.2 In C Minor, Op.17 'Little Russian': Moderato assai - Allegro vivo - Presto
5. Ouverture solennelle '1812', Op.49: Largo - Andante - Allegro giusto - Largo - Allegro vivace

Tracks:

1. Symphony No.3 in D major, Op.29 'Polish': Introduzione e Allegro. Moderato assai (Tempo di marcia funebre)
2. Symphony No.3 in D major, Op.29 'Polish': Alla tadesca. Allegro moderato e semplice
3. Symphony No.3 in D major, Op.29 'Polish': Andante elegiaco
4. Symphony No.3 in D major, Op.29 'Polish': Scherzo. Allegro vivo
5. Symphony No.3 in D major, Op.29 'Polish': Finale. Allegro con fuoco (Tempo di Polacca)
6. Capriccio italien, Op.45: Andante un poco rubato - Allegro moderato - Andante - Allegro moderato - Presto - Piu presto - Prestissimo

Tracks:

1. Symphony No.4 in F minor, Op.36: Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima - Moderato assai, quasi Andante - Allegro vivo
2. Symphony No.4 in F minor, Op.36: Andantino in modo di canzone
3. Symphony No.4 in F minor, Op.36: Scherzo. Pizzacato ostinato - Allegro
4. Symphony No.4 in F minor, Op.36: Finale. Allegro con fuoco
5. Variations On A Rococo Theme For Cello And Orchestra, Op.33: Moderato quasi Andante - Mstislav Rostropovich
6. Variations On A Rococo Theme For Cello And Orchestra, Op.33: Tema. Moderato semplice - Mstislav Rostropovich
7. Variations On A Rococo Theme For Cello And Orchestra, Op.33: Variazione I. Tempo del Tema - Mstislav Rostropovich
8. Variations On A Rococo Theme For Cello And Orchestra, Op.33: Variazione II. Tempo del Tema - Mstislav Rostropovich
9. Variations On A Rococo Theme For Cello And Orchestra, Op.33: Variazione III. Andante sostenuto - Mstislav Rostropovich
10. Variations On A Rococo Theme For Cello And Orchestra, Op.33: Variazione IV. Andante grazioso - Mstislav Rostropovich
11. Variations On A Rococo Theme For Cello And Orchestra, Op.33: Variazione V. Allegro moderato - Mstislav Rostropovich
12. Variations On A Rococo Theme For Cello And Orchestra, Op.33: Variazione VI. Andante - Mstislav Rostropovich
13. Variations On A Rococo Theme For Cello And Orchestra, Op.33: Variazione VII. Allegro vivo - Mstislav Rostropovich

Tracks:

1. Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64: Andante - Allegro con anima
2. Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64: Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza - Moderato con anima - Andante mosso - Allegro non troppo - Tempo I
3. Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64: Valse. Allegro moderato
4. Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64: Finale. Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace - Molto vivace - Moderato assai e molto maestoso - Presto
5. Serenade for String Orchestra in C major, Op.48: Pezzo in forma di sonatina
6. Serenade for String Orchestra in C major, Op.48: Valse. Moderato. Tempo di Valse
7. Serenade for String Orchestra in C major, Op.48: Elegia. Larghetto elegiaco
8. Serenade for String Orchestra in C major, Op.48: Finale. Tema russo. Andante - Allegro con spirito

Tracks:

1. Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 'Pathetique': Adagio - Allegro non troppo - Andante - Moderato mosso - Andante - Moderato assai - Allegro vivo - Andante come prima - Andante mosso
2. Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 'Pathetique': Allegro con grazia
3. Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 'Pathetique': Allegro molto vivace
4. Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 'Pathetique': Finale. Adagio lamentoso - Andante
5. Romeo And Juliet: Andante non tanto quasi Moderato - Allegro - Molto meno mosso - Allegro giusto - Moderato assai

Tracks:

1. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66a (Suite): 1. Introduction. La Fee des lilas. Allegro vivo - Andantino - Andante sostenuto
2. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66a (Suite): 2. Adagio. Pas d'action. Andante - Adagio maestoso - Tempo I - Molto sostenuto, quasi piu Andante - Tempo I
3. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66a (Suite): 3. Pas de caractere. Le Chat botte et la Chatte blanche. Allegro moderatoK
4. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66a (Suite): 4. Panorama. Andantino
5. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66a (Suite): 5. Valse Allegro (Tempo di Valse)
6. Swan Lake (Suite): 1. Scene. Moderato - Michel Schwalbe
7. Swan Lake (Suite): 2. Valse. Tempo di Valse - Michel Schwalbe
8. Swan Lake (Suite): 3. Danse des cygnes. Allegro moderato - Michel Schwalbe
9. Swan Lake (Suite): 4. Scene. Andante - Andante non troppo - Tempo I - Michel Schwalbe
10. Swan Lake (Suite): 5. Danse hongroise (Czardas). Moderato assai - Allegro moderato - Vivace - Michel Schwalbe
11. Swan Lake (Suite): 6. Scene finale. Allegro agitato - Alla breve. Moderato e maestoso - Michel Schwalbe
12. The Nutcracker, Op.71 (Suite): 1. Ouverture miniature. Allegro giusto
13. The Nutcracker, Op.71 (Suite): 2a. Danses caracteristiques: Marche. Temppo di marcia viva
14. The Nutcracker, Op.71 (Suite): 2b. Danses caracteristiques: Danse de la Fee Dragee. Andante non troppo
15. The Nutcracker, Op.71 (Suite): 2c. Danses caracteristiques: Danse russe Trepak. Tempo di Trepak, molto vivace
16. The Nutcracker, Op.71 (Suite): 2d. Danses caracteristiques: Danse arabe. Allegretto
17. The Nutcracker, Op.71 (Suite): 2e. Danses caracteristiques: Danse chinoise. Allegro moderato
18. The Nutcracker, Op.71 (Suite): 2f. Danses caracteristiques: Danse des mirlitons. Moderato assai
19. The Nutcracker, Op.71 (Suite): 3. Valse des fleurs. Tempo di Valse

Tracks:

1. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito - Sviatoslav Richter
2. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23: Andantino semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I - Sviatoslav Richter
3. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23: Allegro con fuoco - Sviatoslav Richter
4. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op.35: Allegro moderato - Christian Ferras
5. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op.35: Canzonetta. Andante - attacca: - Christian Ferras
6. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op.35: Finale. Allegro vivacissimo - Christian Ferras

Customer Reviews:

Karajan is below par, with a few exceptions.......2007-05-12

Karajan (not) at his finest.......2004-04-22

Fair value, but Karajan can be heard better elsewhere.......2003-08-24

For example note that these are the 1960s recordings of the last three symphonies (unlike the DG Double set which are the 1970s recordings). For the Pathetique this means you get by common consent the best of Karajan's many recordings of this works - fine playing, with spontaneity and freshness and excellent recording for 1964.

However in the case of the Fifth, the later BPO DG recording, or even better the wonderfully spontaneous 1971 EMI Berlin recording are preferable (the latter quite superb in phenomenal sound, rivalling George Szell's 1959 version in sweep and power). This 1960s Fifth does sound rather studied in comparison.

Other caveats should include a warning about the rather brightly lit CD of the three ballet suites, and Christian Ferras' terribly schmaltzy account of the violin concerto.

All that said, this set does include Richter's aristocratic First Concerto with the Vienna SO, although why DG chose to include it rather than Lazar Berman's version is a mystery, as the latter is with the BPO to match the rest of the set and doesn't seem to be otherwise unavailable. It's also a finer account to many ears.

Other worthwhile inclusions are Karajan's Winter Daydreams symphony (No 1), although enthusiasts for this work should also sample Michael Tilson Thomas' CD with the Boston SO, also on DG. Similarly Rostropovich's account of the Rococo Variations is a classic, and the Romeo and Juliet included here (never before on CD as far as I can tell) is very fine, with many imaginative touches. This Marche Slave is also one of the finest ever, full of power and brooding intensity.

All in all a decent box, but true Karafans may need to pick up other CDs to complete the full Tchaikovskian picture.

Fantastic!.......2001-10-18

von karajan truly conducts the master.......2001-08-04

Average customer rating: Superb example of the SACD format

Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 ("New World"); Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture (Hybrid SACD) Manufacturer: Pentatone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Wagner: Preludes & Overtures [Hybrid SACD] Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3; Poulenc: Organ Concerto; Barber: Toccata Festiva Bach: The Four Great Toccatas and Fugues [SACD] Johann Strauss: Waltzes [Hybrid SACD] ASIN: B0000CDLE3 Release Date: 2003-10-28

Customer Reviews:

Superb example of the SACD format.......2004-02-13

Average customer rating: Passionate, paced Tchaikovsky by LSO, Monteux, Ogdon great performances and superb sound What Monteux & Tchaikovsky REALLY sound like.

Monteux Conducts Tchaikovsky at the Vienna Festival Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000023F0 Release Date: 1993-05-05

Tracks:

1. Romeo And Juliet
2. Piano Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Andante non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito
3. Piano Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Andantino semplice
4. Piano Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Allegro con fuoco

Tracks:

1. Symphony No. 5 In E Minor, Op. 64: Andante - Allegro con anima
2. Symphony No. 5 In E Minor, Op. 64: Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
3. Symphony No. 5 In E Minor, Op. 64: Valse, Allegro moderato
4. Symphony No. 5 In E Minor, Op. 64: Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace

Customer Reviews:

Passionate, paced Tchaikovsky by LSO, Monteux, Ogdon.......2004-04-18

It was recorded live at the Vienna Festival during an LSO appearance. The audience is preternaturally quiet and well behaved. You only realize you have been surrounded by occupied seats when everybody breaks into applause at the end of a work. The stereo 16-bit CD set ... now available from Artemis, which is re-releasing masters drawn from the old Vanguard Recording Society archives .... well the regular CD is good. The DVD-audio ... now available in a new release from Silverline Classics (who have earlier been not too good at releasing actual classics) is just that much better. For starters, the DVD will give you the choice of sonic formats, allowing you to adjust for the sake of bringing out the best in your own particular set-up. You can play the higher resolution DVD on any system. You can choose among stereo Dolby Digital or 24-bit stereo; or go for multichannel surround sound in either Dolby Digital or pure 24-bit uncompressed reproduction. A quick comparison in my own system reveals that all the different versions available actually sound good; and the wonders of the multichannel versions are quite subtle at first as your ears and brain adjust to the added recreation of the music and the hall in which it is being played. Also, to get the best out of the pure 24-bit medium I needed to keep the volume up pretty well, otherwise soft passages are too soft and the larger sound staging possible via multichannel presentation loses its marvelous, compelling presence.

As regards these performances, you can hardly go wrong. The opener, the tone poem Romeo and Juliet, has long been a classic hit from Tchaikovsky's oeuvre. While many critics still like to indulge their false superiority by damning the composer with faint praise, I dare anybody to sit down and dash off a living, breathing, pulsing melody like the theme which characterizes the two young lovers. Yes, Tchaikovsky's music often suffers the most appalling abuses: tempos are too slow or too fast in many instances, leaving you with a sense of neurotic-dramatic contrast that is not balanced with a corresponding sense of the larger shape of the musical whole. On the other hand, just playing Tchaikovsky real straight, while it cleans up a lot of hysterical grandstanding on the conductor's part, fails at times to show the living, breathing pulse at which Tchaikovsky is past master.

So do Maestro Monteux and the LSO show their mettle. The phrasing is alive and breathing, and the music always has a pulse, dramatic or lyrical. There is narrative: a larger sense of musical structure within which things unfold. ABA is simple, but it is not meaningless. Monteux embodies this insight to perfection. Conducting/music students would do well to study this. They may remind themselves how to keep music alive and in balance, even when playing Tchaikovsky.

After the rousing-tender tone poem, John Ogdon joins in a quite profoundly musical first piano concerto. Like all the Tchaikovsky hits, this concerto is deservedly famous and often malignantly abused by pianists who are desperately trying to get a new angle on a thrice-familiar work. Ogdon and Monteux, helped by committed playing in all LSO departments, show that you can just approach the music, musically. Extremes are not needed. Ogdon's technique is quite up to the virtuoso demands, first on display in the USA in Boston in the premiere by none other than Liszt's ex-son-in-law, Hans von Bulow. (He lost Cosima to Herr Wagner.) But the points that Ogdon et al. make are not primarily virtuoso points. You cannot help being charmed, all over again, as you listen to this concerto. It is silvery and bright when needed, but above all it has incredible warmth and quite a few touches of fun.

Finally, the evening concludes with Symphony 5. The choice of this symphony in itself shows Monteux's distinctive showmanship that aimed primarily at musical ends. An easy mistake would have been to use the sixth symphony, instead. As it stands, this reading of the fifth exhibits all the generosity, brilliance, and tenderness that were revealed, previously. The balletic graces attend the symphony in Monteux's hands, although not to the exclusion of other graces invited also to be present. The scoring of the symphony reminds us that Tchaikovsky was also the composer of the indelible Nutcracker; and the genius of the scoring is something wonderful, especially in this recording in 24-bit sound. The LSO woodwinds are star players. The brass make good points without having to steal the show or upstage everybody else in the orchestra. And the strings can languish and sigh, as well as sing wholeheartedly, as well as dance.

The Silverline Classics DVD version is not easily found on this website; but it is available, just check around. AMAZON is dropping the ball on high resolution. If the Silverline Classics remasterings of these gems are representative, we are in for quite a high resolution treat. Future releases may include the Brahms and Sibelius symphonies by Maurice Abravanel/ Utah. These master tapes are treasures, and the stunning 24-bit versions are refreshing droplets from the golden grail of sound, and of music performances. Pricing will be moderate, apparently.

Five stars, going on a hundred, then. Play the CD. Otherwise play the DVD. You will probably Interrupt whatever else you are doing, for a while. Highly recommended: sound, and great music.

great performances and superb sound.......2002-05-16

What Monteux & Tchaikovsky REALLY sound like........1999-02-13

Track Listings:

1. Tenor Arias [Hybrid SACD] [Hybrid SACD] [SACD]
2. The Catacombs of Yucatan
3. The Chants of Sarum
4. The Great Voices of Christmas
5. The Hyperion Schubert Edition 25 - Die schöne Müllerin / Bostridge, Fischer-Dieskau, Johnson
6. The Nuzerov Quartets #3, 4 & 5
7. Triology Plays Ennio Morricone
8. Vintage America: A Musical Meritage
9. Waltzes & Marches
10. West Side Story: The Original Score

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Live at Montreux 1999 [Live]

Mozart Masterpieces, Vol. 2: Piano Concertos

Love Comin' Down

Guide Me Home [Import]

Me and Amy and the Two French Boys

Marvin Gaye - Greatest Hits Live [Live]

Saints in Praise, Vol. 2

Music of

Smarty Pants

Luna Surface

Raw Power [Original recording remastered]

Latin Dance Party [Import]

La Banda el Recodo y Otras Bandas

The Peter Green Collection

Power of Touch