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Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Evgeny Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2; Serenade for Strings
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. Symphony No. 2 in C minor ('Little Russian'), Op. 17: Andante sostenuto. Allegro vivo
2. Symphony No. 2 in C minor ('Little Russian'), Op. 17: Andante marciale, quas moderato
3. Symphony No. 2 in C minor ('Little Russian'), Op. 17: Scherzo. Allegro molto vivace
4. Symphony No. 2 in C minor ('Little Russian'), Op. 17: Finale. Moderato assai. Allegro vivo
5. Serenade for strings (or piano, 4 hands) in C major, Op. 48: Pezzo in forma di sonatina. Andante non troppo. Allegro moderato
6. Serenade for strings (or piano, 4 hands) in C major, Op. 48: Valse. Moderato, dolce e molto grazioso
7. Serenade for strings (or piano, 4 hands) in C major, Op. 48: Elegia, larghetto elegiaco
8. Serenade for strings (or piano, 4 hands) in C major, Op. 48: Finale (Thema Russo). Andante. Allegro con spirito

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All Artists: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Evgeny Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra
Title: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2; Serenade for Strings
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Label: Regis Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 1/30/2007
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Serenades & Divertimentos, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 675754959128, 5055031312665

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Soulful account of Serenade for Strings!

Scriabinmahler | UK | 12/16/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"
Tchaikovsky's 2nd symphony is brilliantly and sensitively played, but the music itself is probably the composer's poorest work. There are charming moments here and there, but the rest is just uninspired themes and meaningless development of them, throughout all movements.

Serenade for Strings is, in contrast, one of Tchaikovsky's great achievements and the composer himself loved it, always cunducting it as starter piece in concerts. Svetlanov gives one of the most deeply felt accounts of the work ever committed on CD. Unlike Ormandy and Karajan, Svetlanov's reading is very Russian through and through, letting strings sing soul out. He also draws very warm and rustic kind of beauty out of the work. Far better than Bernstein's exaggerated and disjointed Sony recording or Stokowsky's all smooth Philips recording."