Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony; (The) Voyevoda
A remarkable disc of Tchaikovsky’s ‘problem child’ – at a price that’s right
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Composer or Director: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Naxos
Magazine Review Date: 1/2009
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: 8 570568
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Manfred Symphony |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko, Conductor |
Voyevoda |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko, Conductor |
Author: Edward Seckerson
The dazzling apparitions of the second movement’s light-catching waterfall are sharply etched, and if Petrenko has a rather leisurely idea of what constitutes Andante con moto in the third movement, he can’t be blamed for loving this vintage Tchaikovsky melody too much. The playing, again, is lovely. Petrenko also keeps his head in the inferno of the finale, emphasising Tchaikovsky the classicist in the hard-working fugue. The “phantom” organ, though impressively caught here, gets no better, but is quickly forgotten amid the serenity of the final pages.
The opening pages of The Voyevoda seem to suggest a psychological summit meeting between Manfred and Hermann from The Queen of Spades. Its galloping obsessiveness ratchets up the torment again. The bass clarinet gives everyone the evil eye; no wonder Tchaikovsky tried to destroy it. This is impressive – and, at Naxos’s pricing, not to be missed.
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