Tchaikovsky

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony 6 & Souvenir de Florence (Onyx)

First-class Tchaikovsky from Liverpool [PH]

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Fritz Kreisler plays Violin Concertos (Pristine Audio)

A special release that should be on the shelf of all violinists and violin-fanciers [RMas]

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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Opus Arte)

This newly filmed Royal Ballet performance becomes the first choice for Swan Lake [RMay]

Fritz Kreisler (violin): Violin Concertos (Pristine Audio)

The legendary Fritz Kreisler comes up pristinely in new transfers of his concerto recordings [PH]

Lovro von Matačić (conductor) (Supraphon)

A tribute to a great and versatile conductor containing some superb and some less successful performances [RMo]

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Etsuko Hirose: The Complete Denon Recordings (Danacord)

These remarkable discs have been hard to track down so it is wonderful to have them collected together and to hear Etsuko Hirose’s dazzling pianism [RCh]

Tchaikovsky: String Quartets Vol 2 (Rubicon)

An outstanding account of Tchaikovsky’s superb, if neglected, Third Quartet [RWe]

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Evgeny Mravinsky (conductor) Mravinsky in Helsinki (Janus Classics)

A headless Shostakovich symphony makes for a dispiriting experience [DHa]

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Sergio Fiorentino: The Complete SAGA Album Collection (Rhine Classics)

A pleasure to have Fiorentino’s complete Saga Recordings under one roof [SG]

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Decca)

A lush, Romantic, thoroughly engaging and technically brilliant account of a Tchaikovsky “warhorse”, with some seductive bonuses [RMo]

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Herbert von Karajan live in Berlin (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings)

A fascinating and valuable musical-historical document [JQ]

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Gerald Finley (bass-baritone) Recital (Wigmore Hall Live)

An exceptionally fine recital [JQ]

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Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor) Debussy & Rachmaninov (ICA Classics)

A formidable Soviet conductor with legendary technique directs three London orchestras in music from Russia and France [PH]

Tchaikovsky: Symphony 1

by Alan George

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Aline van Barentzen (piano) Radio Archives Edition (Meloclassic)

Pianophiles will warmly embrace this latest addition to the Meloclassic roster [SG]

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Sergio Fiorentino (piano) The Complete SAGA Album Collection (Rhine Classics)

Fiorentino’s complete Saga recordings of 1958-60 heard in excellent remasterings [JW]

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Shura Cherkassky (piano) The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals 1981-9 (First Hand Records)

Autumnal never-before-released Cherkassky recitals show few signs of fatigue [JW]

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György Cziffra (piano) Live in Concert (Solstice)

These live recordings make a very welcome addition to the Cziffra discography [SG]

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Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor) Debussy & Rachmaninoff (ICA Classics)

Outstanding live performances by the great Russian conductor with three different London orchestras [GPJ]

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Aline van Barentzen (piano) Radio Archives Edition (Meloclassic)

An absolute feast of piano recordings that greatly expands our knowledge of a pianist who has been very undeservedly forgotten [RCh]

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Journey to the Orient – Music for Flute and Guitar (Dynamic)

An enchanting musical journey towards the Orient involving familiar and brand new music [KT]

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (RCA)

A fine testament to five great singers at the top of their game in this beautifully engineered live recording [MP]

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Edith Peinemann (violin) Radio Archives Edition (Meloclassic)

A set to treasure [SG]

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The Berliner Philharmoniker and Seiji Ozawa (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings)

A great orchestra pays its tribute to a much loved conductor [PH]