Symphony No. 6 Archive
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6; Romeo and Juliet Fantasy – NBC Symphony Orchestra/ Leopold Stokowski – Pristine Audio
Leopold Stokowski leads two 1944 NBC Symphony concerts in music of Tchaikovsky, brilliantly and passionately executed.
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”; Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Ov. – Czech Philharmonic/ Semyon Bychkov – Decca
“The Tchaikovsky Project” from Semyon Bychkov and Decca opens with two tragic scores. TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in b, Op. 74 “Pathetique”; Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture – Czech Philharmonic Orch./ Semyon Bychkov – Decca 483 0656, 63:53 (10/14/16) [Distr. by Universal] ****: Russian-American conductor Semyon Bychkov (b. 1952) embarks on “The Tchaikovsky Project,” an […]
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 6 in e-flat; Waltz Suite – Sao Paulo Sym. Orch./ Marin Alsop – Naxos
Two contrasting Prokofiev works of 1947 capture our attention through the ongoing series by Marin Alsop. PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 6 in e-flat minor, Op. 111; Waltz Suite, Op. 110 – Sao Paulo Sym. Orch./ Marin Alsop – Naxos 8.573518, 68:21 (8/12/16) ****: Prokofiev conceived his 1947 Sixth Symphony as an elegy of the tragedy of […]
TCHIAKOVSKY: Sym. No. 6 in b, “Pathetique”; DVORAK: Rusalka Fantasy – Reference
************ MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH ************ A modern milestone recording for a work you thought you knew. TCHIAKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in b, Op. 74 “Pathetique”; DVORAK: Rusalka Fantasy (arr. Honeck/Ille) – Reference Recordings multichannel HDCD SACD FR-720, 67:03 [Distr. by Naxos [5/13/16] *****: What a steal the Pittsburgians came up with when they […]
MAHLER: Symphony No. 6 in a minor – NY Philharmonic/ Dimitri Mitropoulos – Archipel
MAHLER: Symphony No. 6 in a minor – NY Philharmonic/ Dimitri Mitropoulos – Archipel ARPCD 0440, 72:57 [Distr. by Naxos] ****: Archipel issues the same performance of the Mahler Sixth (10 April 1955) previously made available on Music&Arts CD-1214, which I reviewed before. The inscription bears all the hallmarks of Mitropoulos’ eminently physical response to […]
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 6 in d; Symphony No. 7; Tapiola – Atlanta Sym. Orch./ Robert Spano – ASO Media
A fine display of the Atlanta Symphony’s impressive credentials in the music of Sibelius.
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, “Pathetique” – Vienna Philharmonic Orch./ Valery Gergiev – Decca Pure Audio Blu-ray
A very good reading on a skimpy two-channel high-quality reissue that demands much more.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 6 in a minor – Bamberger Sym./ Jonathan Nott – Tudor
A solid Mahler Sixth Symphony with fine sonics.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6 cond. by Barenboim, Blu-ray (2014)
A lovely recording and performance of this worthwhile Bruckner Symphony.
DVORÁK: Symphony No. 6; The Water Goblin – Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg/ Marcus Bosch – Coviello Classics
A splendid performance and recording of a popular symphony and a less well-known tone poem.
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES: Symphony No. 6 – Time and the Raven – An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise – Royal Philharmonic Orch./ Sir Peter Maxwell Davies – Naxos
Two out of the three works here are terrific!
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, “Pathetique”; Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Ov. – Swedish Ch. Orch./ Thomas Dausgaard – BIS
Superb playing and sound, but not enough beef.
VILLA-LOBOS: Symphony No. 6 "On the Outline of the Mountains of Brazil"; Symphony No. 7 – Sao Paulo Sym. Orch./Isaac Karabtchevsky – Naxos
The first volume in a Naxos series devoted to the Villa-Lobos symphonies offers two colorful essays in the form that break away from the “native tradition” pigeonhole that often defines his music.
WEINBERG: Symphony No. 6 for boys’ choir and orch.; Sinfonietta No. 1 – Vienna Boys’ Choir/ Vienna Sym. Orch./ Vladimir Fedoseyev / Sym. Orch. Vorarlberg / Gerard Korsten – Neos
A forgotten composer? Not anymore, thanks to excellent recordings such as Neos’ Weinberg Edition Volume 1.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor – Boston Symphony Orchestra/Erich Leinsdorf – HDTT
Brilliant, inflammatory Mahler from Erich Leinsdorf in 1966, here in aroused audiophile splendor courtesy of the HDTT Weiss conversion process.
DVORAK: Symphonies No. 6 & No. 9 “From the New World” – Baltimore Sym. Orch./ Marin Alsop – Naxos Audio-only Blu-ray
Alsop has raised the Baltimore Symphony to a very high standard, and the lossless Blu-ray ray audio captures it with much better fidelity than the lossy codecs of standard DVDs.
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