Yevgeni Mravinski; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4-6 (1961/2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Yevgeni Mravinski; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4-6 (1961/2013)
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Mravinsky’s legendary 1960 Tchaikovsky Late Symphonies in stunning new 32-bit XR remaster. Yevgeny Mravinsky made these recordings with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra for DGG whilst on a tour of western Europe in the autumn of 1960 in sessions which took place in London (Symphony No. 4) and Vienna (Symphonies 5 & 6).

Mravinsky’s accounts of the late Tchaikovsky symphonies have tremendous tension and virtuosity, a sense of spiritual commitment and emotional power that are quite out of the ordinary. Even when, as happens at one point in the first movement of the Fourth Symphony, he ignoes the dynamic markings he does so with such conviction that you are left with the feeling that he is right. These transfers seem to me as every bit as good as the originals that I played relatively recently (I have only sampled these copies) and although my allegiance to Mravinsky’s earlier record-now deleted-with the Leningrad Philharmonic of the Pathetique remains unshaken (DGM18334, 2/57), this later version is still one of the most moving and thrilling accounts of the work committed to record. These performances radiate a tremendous power, a sense of truth and authenticity of experience and they remain for me at any rate among the classics of the gramophone.

Tracklist:
1. Yevgeni Mravinski; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – S #4 – I. Andante sostenuto (19:03)
2. Yevgeni Mravinski; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – II. Andantino in modo di canzone (09:24)
3. Yevgeni Mravinski; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – III. Scherzo Allegro (05:53)
4. Yevgeni Mravinski; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – IV. Finale Allegro con fuoco (08:15)
5. Yevgeni Mravinski; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – S #5 – I. Andante – Allegro con anima (14:47)
6. Yevgeni Mravinski; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – II. Andante catabile, con alcuna licenza (12:03)
7. Yevgeni Mravinski; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – III. Valse Allegro moderato (05:32)
8. Yevgeni Mravinski; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – IV. Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace (11:54)
9. Yevgeni Mravinski; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – S #6 – I. Adagio – Allegro non troppo (17:51)
10. Yevgeni Mravinski; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – II. Allegro con grazia (08:12)
11. Yevgeni Mravinski; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – III. Allegro molto vivace (08:27)
12. Yevgeni Mravinski; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – IV. Adagio lamentoso – Andante (09:54)

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