Symphony no. 4

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & London Symphony Orchestra & Igor Markevitch

Symphony No. 4 is the fourth symphony by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, completed in 1878. The work employs expansive Romantic melodies, rich orchestration and dramatic brass and percussion gestures to explore themes of fate and personal turmoil, and it is a representative middle-period symphony that consolidates Tchaikovsky's lyrical writing within large-scale symphonic form.
First released: February 1965

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36: 1st Movt.: Andante sostenuto – Moderato con anima
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36: 2nd Movt.: Andantino in modo di canzona
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36: 3rd Movt.: Scherzo: Allegro
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36: 4th Movt.: Finale: Allegro con fuoco

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