Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique” / Hamlet

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra & Leonard Slatkin

Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique" / Hamlet is a release of orchestral works by Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky, with the Sixth Symphony completed and premiered in 1893 and the Hamlet overture-fantasia composed in 1888–1889. Both pieces exemplify late-Romantic Russian orchestral writing, characterised by rich, expressive melodies, expansive orchestration and stark contrasts of mood, with the symphony representing the composer's final completed symphonic statement and marking a significant conclusion to his symphonic output.