Pyotr Il039yich Tchaikovsky Leopold Stokowski London Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings Francesca da Rimini (5 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Leopold Stokowski, London Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; Francesca da Rimini [Hybrid SACD]
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (5) - Disc #1
1. Francesca da Rimini, symphonic fantasy for orchestra in E minor, Op. 32
2. Serenade for strings (or piano, 4 hands) in C major, Op. 48: Pezzo in forma di Sonatina: Andante non troppo
3. Serenade for strings (or piano, 4 hands) in C major, Op. 48: Waltz: Moderato (Tempo di Valse)
4. Serenade for strings (or piano, 4 hands) in C major, Op. 48: Elégie: Larghetto elegiaco
5. Serenade for strings (or piano, 4 hands) in C major, Op. 48: Finale (Tema Russo): Andante - Allegro con spirito

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All Artists: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Leopold Stokowski, London Symphony Orchestra
Title: Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; Francesca da Rimini [Hybrid SACD]
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Total Copies: 0
Label: Pentatone
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 4/18/2006
Album Type: Hybrid SACD - DSD
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Serenades & Divertimentos, Symphonies, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 827949012266

CD Reviews

Great recordings revived with sumptuous sound!

Scriabinmahler | UK | 08/26/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"
I bought this SACD for Serenade for Strings expecting overly impassioned expansive reading by Stokowski. It turned out to be surprisingly straightforward and smooth performance. He draws gorgeous sound from LSO and every movement is most beautifully played, but it lacks passion and force Karajan and Ormandy creates so powerfully especially in the first movement.

Francesca da Rimini, on the other hand, turned out to be bonus, very powerful and passionate with the very expressive slow love-theme sections and with the overwhelming ending with loud percussions. It surpasses Stokowski's Everest version. Even on normal CD player, the remastered sound quality of the both works is amazingly vivid and sumptuous."