Francesca da Rimini Archive
TCHAIKOVSKY: “Pathetique” Symphony; Francesca da Rimini – Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Serge Koussevitzky – Pristine Audio
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathetique”; Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 – Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Serge Koussevitzky – Pristine Audio PASC 550, 72:16 [www.pristineclassical.com] ****: If memory serves, Serge Koussevitzky (1874-1951) made only one commercial recording of the Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor (1930), on shellac discs (RCA M […]
TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini; Capriccio Italien; Serenade for Strings in C Major – Leningrad Philharmonic Orch./ Yevgeny Mravinsky – Melodiya
Here are classic performances of Tchaikovsky staples by the most titanic of the Russian conducting czars, Yevgeny Mravinsky, who wrought an awesome discipline from his Leningrad Philharmonic.
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64; Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 – Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev – PentaTone Classics
Pletnev’s bigger-than-life conception of these works is matched by vivid SACD sound from PentaTone.
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in e, Op. 64; Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/ Mariss Jansons, conductor – BR Klassik
An excellent, mainstream reading that suffers only from the genius of rival Yutaka Sado and his superior SACD sound.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
