Symphony no. 6 "Pathétique" / Francesca da Rimini

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach & Antoni Wit

Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique" is the sixth and final symphony by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, completed in 1893, and Francesca da Rimini is a one-movement symphonic fantasia by Tchaikovsky, composed in 1876. Both are orchestral works that exemplify Tchaikovsky's late-Romantic palette: the symphony employs expansive, often sombre orchestration and an unconventional structural arc that marked the culmination of his symphonic writing, while Francesca da Rimini uses vivid orchestral colour and dramatic thematic contrasts to render a literary narrative in music.

Symphony no. 6 "Pathétique" / Francesca da Rimini by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - album cover

First released: 19th October 1993

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Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 "Pathétique": I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo
18:54
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Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 "Pathétique": II. Allegro con grazia
8:40
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Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 "Pathétique": III. Allegro molto vivace
9:21
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Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 "Pathétique": IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso
10:49
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Francesca da Rimini, op. 32
25:27