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May 2015

Pjotr Ilych Tchaikovsky - 175th Anniversary

This year, 25 April saw the 175th birthday of Russia’s most popular operatic and symphonic composer of the 19th century. During his lifetime and long thereafter, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s works were often derided as clichéd kitsch, and his genius went unrecognized.
Pjotr Ilych TchaikovskyBut major conductors have since corrected such erroneous assessments, as numerous ORFEO recordings can confirm – such as those of the Pathétique under Sergiu Celibidache and of both the Pathétique and the Fifth symphonies under Ferenc Fricsay. The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons has already released Symphonies Nos. 4-6, and these are now joined by the Manfred Symphony in a performance that is as gripping and opulent as it is transparent. The success of Tchaikovsky’s two principal operas, Eugene Onegin and Pique Dame, depends in particular on the merits of the conductor and on securing singers for the leading roles who possess the necessary musical mastery and expressive power – such as Mirella Freni and Wolfgang Brendel or Julia Varady and Vladimir Atlantov, who can be heard in live recordings from the State Operas of Vienna and Munich. Julia Varady has furthermore released a Tchaikovsky solo CD with songs and operatic excerpts. It offers a striking complement to the recordings of his chamber music and sacred vocal works that are also featured in the ORFEO catalogue.

C 895 151 A Tschaikowsky Manfred-Symphonie; Slawischer Marsch City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

C 860 111 A Tschaikowsky Symphonie No. 4 f-Moll op. 36, Francesca da Rimini - Fantasie op. 32 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

C 780 091 A Tschaikowsky Symphonie No. 5 e-Moll op. 64 Hamlet Ouvertüre op. 67 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

C 832 101 A Tschaikowsky Symphonie No. 6 "Pathétique"; Romeo und Julia City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

C 807 151 Tschaikowsky 18 Stücke für Pianoforte op. 72 Miroslav Kultyshev

C 307 921 A Tschaikowsky Souvenir de Florence op. 70, Souvenir d'un lieu cher op. 42, Sérénade mélancolique op. 26 Georgisches Kammerorchester, Liana Issakadze

C 540 011 A Tschaikowsky Szenen aus Eugen Onegin, Die Jungfrau von Orleans, Mazeppa, Die Zauberin, Pique Dame, Jolanthe Julia Varady; Münchner Rundfunkorchester; Roman Kofman

C 053 851 A Tschaikowsky Lieder op. 6/1, op. 6/5, op. 28/3, 47/1-2, op. 65, op. 73, Ich wollt' meine Schmerzen ergössen sich all' o.O. Julia Varady; Aribert Reimann

C 637 042 I Tschaikowsky Eugen Onegin Freni, Brendel, Dvorsky, Ghiaurov, Yachmi, Jahn, Lilowa, Köves, Kerns, Zednik, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper; Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Seiji Ozawa

C 811 112 I Tschaikowsky Pique Dame Varady, Atlantov, Obraztsova, Shemchuk, Voroshilo, Brinkmann, Yamaji, Helm, Reß, Kuhn, Lenz, Wewezow, Anhorn, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper; Bayer. Staatsorch., Shuraitis

C 127 001 A Tschaikowsky Liturgie des Hl. Johannes Chrysostomos op. 41, Drei geistliche Hymnen Prager Kammerchor, Eric Ericson

C 316 931 B Tschaikowsky; Haydn; Kodály Streichquartett No. 1 op. 11; Streichquartett Hob. III:33; Streichquartett No. 2 Végh Quartett

C 128 001 A Tschaikowsky - Piazzolla Die vier Jahreszeiten – Die Jahreszeiten Alfredo Marcucci, Piotr Stefaniak; Philharmonische Cellisten

C 608 032 B Tschaikowsky, Beethoven Symphonie No. 4; Konzert für Klavier und Orchester No. 5 op. 73 Emil Gilels; Tschechische Philharmonie, Karl Böhm

C 275 921 B Tschaikowsky; Händel Symphonie No. 4; Concerto Grosso op. 6/12 Wiener Symphoniker, Herbert von Karajan

C 449 961 B Tschaikowsky; Beethoven Symphonie No. 5; Symphonie No. 8 Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rudolf Kempe

C 302 921 B Tschaikowsky; Mozart Symphonie No. 5; Eine kleine Nachtmusik Wiener Philharmoniker, David Oistrach

C 276 921 B Tschaikowsky; Bartók Symphonie No. 5; Klavierkonzert No. 2 György Sándor; Wiener Symphoniker, Ferenc Fricsay

C 200 891 B Tschaikowsky; Bartók Symphonie No. 6 "Pathétique"; Klavierkonzert No. 3 Annie Fischer; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ferenc Fricsay

C 521 991 B Tschaikowsky; Martinů Symphonie Nr. 6 "Pathétique"; Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca (Weltpremiere) Wiener Philharmoniker, Rafael Kubelík

C 725 085 R Tschaikowsky, Schubert, Ravel, Blacher, Hindemith, Strawinsky, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Strauss Symphonie No. 6 "Pathétique", Rosamunde-Ouvertüre, Symphonie No. 2 D 125, Ma mère l'oye, "Daphnis et Chloé" Suite No. 2, Paganini-Variationen, Sinfonische Metamorphosen, Feuervogel-Suite No. 2, Sommernachtstraum-Ouvertüre, Symphonie No. 1, Ein deutsches Requiem, Don Juan Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Sergiu Celibidache