Content: Peter Tchaikovsky Artists: The Philadelphia Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Christoph Eschenbach, piano Genres: Instrumental Orchestral Features: 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 |
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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. The Philadelphia Orchestra and Tchaikovsky - a relationship on which a legend was built... - Tchaikovsky's vibrant and emotionally charged Fourth Symphony resounds here with the magnificent beauty of the lush "Philadelphia Sound" in a white-hot interpretation under Music Director Christoph Eschenbach. As an added bonus this CD also includes the final six piano movements (July-December) from Tchaikovsky's The Seasons with Christoph Eschenbach as pianist. This disc follows the enthusiastic press and success of these artists' previous recording of Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony, coupled with the first half of The Seasons (ODE 1076-5). |