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Festive Sounds (SWR Classic)

A pleasant hour of music basking in a warmly resonant recording [MP]

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 (BR Klassik)

These are striking performances of Tchaikovsky’s renowned Fifth Symphony and Liszt’s Mazeppa [MC]

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Tchaikovsky: String Quartets (Elatus)

(Déjà Review) Superb performances given by one of the world’s finest string quartets [CF]

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings (Brilliant Classics)

A pleasing compilation of some of Tchaikovsky’s most beguiling string music featuring two premieres [RMo]

Shura Cherkassky (piano) Complete Recordings (APR)

Astonishing playing from a giant of the piano world [RCh]

Estrellita (Orchid Classics)

The album works equally well for close listening and as agreeable background music late at night [GF]

Tchaikovsky: Symphonies & Overtures (Warner Classics)

Slava’s unjustly overlooked early Tchaikovsky symphony cycle reissued in fine sound [LD]

Nathan Milstein (violin) Mendelssohn, Bruch & Tchaikovsky (Biddulph)

The first Bruch/Mendelssohn coupling is restored, with Tchaikovsky to swell the programme [JW]

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Ekaterina Siurina (soprano) Where Is My Beloved? (Delos)

Ekaterina Siurina’s voice is in mint condition, with perfectly controlled vibrato and a glowing delivery [GF]

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Rachmaninov & Tchaikovsky: Romances (Pentatone)

An attractive selection from this marvellous repertoire, very well performed [RWe]

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 (Reference Recordings)

An enterprising pairing of two works given thrilling, gripping performances and sound [RMo]

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Thomas Jensen (conductor) Legacy Vol. 18 (Danacord)

Core repertory from Thomas Jensen in authoritative performances [JW]

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Rachmaninov & Tchaikovsky: Romances (Pentatone)

A valuable addition to the discography of the songs of Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky with sensitive and deeply considered performances [GF]

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Heifetz reDiscovered (RCA)

(Déjà Review) A disc of drama, excitement and real historical and musical value [JW]

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Eugene Goossens – Cincinnati Symphony Vol 2 (Pristine Audio)

More pluses and some minuses with Goossens in Cincinnati [JW]

Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works (Chandos)

An auspicious debut for Alpesh Chauhan [JQ]

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Mischa Elman (violin) Tchaikovsky & Wieniawski (Biddulph)

Elman in Slavic repertoire: genteel decline in action [JW]

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Otto Klemperer (conductor): The Remastered Edition (Warner Classics)

Klemperer consolidated; his full Warner legacy in best-yet transfers [JW]

Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky & Varèse (BR Klassik)

Some good things, but this is only for Jansons completists [SV]

Tchaikovsky: Suites No 3 & 4 (Eloquence)

(Déjà Review) No need to delay, only extreme enjoyment awaits you [JP]

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Eugene Goossens – Cincinnati Symphony Vol 2 (Pristine Audio)

So-so Stravinsky, nervous hyper-fast Schumann and masterly Tchaikovsky [RB]

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony 4 (Vox)

A conductor and orchestra in the shadows of time takes a step out and is not found wanting [RB]

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Willem Mengelberg (conductor) Concertgebouw Telefunken Recordings Vol. 3 (Pristine Audio)

Another first-rate addition to Pristine’s Mengelberg Telefunken series [PSt]

Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works (Chandos)

Strikingly vivid and thrilling accounts of some of Tchaikovsky’s most atmospheric narrative tone poems [RMo]