Peter Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4
The Seasons (July-December)
Symphony No. 4
The Seasons (July-December)
Instrumental
Orchestral
Orchestral
1 Hybrid SACD (SACD Surround 5.0 / SACD Stereo / CD Stereo - playable on all SACD and CD players); booklet with liner notes in English, French and German; luxurious slipcase
Format:
CD / SACD
Released:
May 2007
Catalogue No.:
ODE 1104-5
EAN/UPC Code:
0761195110454
CD / SACD
Released:
May 2007
Catalogue No.:
ODE 1104-5
EAN/UPC Code:
0761195110454
68:24
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
46:49
1
I. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima - Moderato assai, quasi andante - Allegro vivo
19:46
2
II. Andantino in modo di canzone
11:14
3
III. Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato - Allegro
5:40
4
IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco
9:55
The Seasons, Op. 37b
21:27
5
VII. July: Reaper's Song
1:56
6
VIII. August: Harvest
3:43
7
IX. Hunting
2:33
8
X. October: Autumn Song
5:18
9
XI. November: Troika
2:58
10
XII. December: Christmas-Tide
4:42
In terms of the actual performance, the beautiful recorded sound, and the warmth of the interpretation, this recording belongs on the short list of the many versions available. (...) Eschenbach's completion of the cycle The Seasons (...) makes it among the finest in the catalog.
Peter Burwasser, Fanfare Magazine, September/October 2007
The famous strings of the Philadelphia Orchestra receive their full due in both the original scoring and in the hi-res surround mix. (...) Polyhymnia International handled the recording and it’s of demo quality.
John Sunier, Audiophile Audition, October 2007
Ravishingly played, it's a performance as much about desire and memory as about fate, with a particularly spectral account of the first movement and an unusually erotic version of the Andantino. (...) As before, however, the real treat The Seasons, which Eschenbach plays with such exquisite grace and poetic intensity that he sweeps away all those commonly held assumptions that the work itself is slight.
Tim Ashley, The Guardian, June 8, 2007
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 from Philadelphia begins with a suitably emphatic first movement, but receives such convincingly personal treatment in subsequent movements that, with the added appeal of excellent surround sound, the release is seriously competitive in the vast Tchaikovsky discography.
David Patrick Stearns, The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 23, 2007
Peter Burwasser, Fanfare Magazine, September/October 2007
The famous strings of the Philadelphia Orchestra receive their full due in both the original scoring and in the hi-res surround mix. (...) Polyhymnia International handled the recording and it’s of demo quality.
John Sunier, Audiophile Audition, October 2007
Ravishingly played, it's a performance as much about desire and memory as about fate, with a particularly spectral account of the first movement and an unusually erotic version of the Andantino. (...) As before, however, the real treat The Seasons, which Eschenbach plays with such exquisite grace and poetic intensity that he sweeps away all those commonly held assumptions that the work itself is slight.
Tim Ashley, The Guardian, June 8, 2007
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 from Philadelphia begins with a suitably emphatic first movement, but receives such convincingly personal treatment in subsequent movements that, with the added appeal of excellent surround sound, the release is seriously competitive in the vast Tchaikovsky discography.
David Patrick Stearns, The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 23, 2007
