Manfred Symphony

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Riccardo Muti & Philharmonia Orchestra

The Manfred Symphony is a programmatic symphony by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, completed in 1885. A late-Romantic, programme-orientated work scored for a large orchestra, it combines dramatic narrative-driven passages, expansive lyrical themes and rich, often sombre orchestration, and occupies a distinctive place in Tchaikovsky's later output as an example of his large-scale symphonic writing.

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  1. 1.
    Lento lugubre - Moderato con moto - Andante
    16:22
  2. 2.
    Vivace con spirito
    8:49
  3. 3.
    Andante con moto
    12:05
  4. 4.
    Allegro con fuoco
    21:03

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