Symphonies 4, 5 & 6

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Antonio Pappano

Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 and 6 are orchestral works by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed between 1877 and 1893. Representing his mature late-Romantic output, the three symphonies display expansive melodies, bold harmonic shifts, pronounced contrasts of tempo and orchestral colour, and they mark key stages in his symphonic development as he refined form, orchestration and expressive narrative.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36: I. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima
    19:12
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36: II. Andantino in modo di canzona
    9:41
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36: III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato. Allegro - Meno mosso - Tempo I
    5:34
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36: IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
    8:28
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64: I. Andante - Allegro con anima
    15:00
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64: II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
    13:29

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64: III. Valse: Allegro moderato
    6:08
  2. 3.
    Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64: IV. Finale: Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace
    12:48
  3. 4.
    Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 "Pathétique": I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo - Andante - Moderato mosso - Andante - Allegro vivo - Andante come prima
    18:45
  4. 5.
    Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 "Pathétique": II. Allegro con grazia
    7:50
  5. 6.
    Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 "Pathétique": III. Allegro molto vivace
    8:41
  6. 7.
    Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 "Pathétique": IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso - Andante
    10:51

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