Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos, Symphony Pathetique, The Seasons, & Piano Pieces; Mikhail Pletnev/Russian National Orchestra (4 CD's)

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos, Symphony Pathetique, The Seasons, & Piano Pieces; Mikhail Pletnev/Russian National Orchestra (4 CD's)

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos, Symphony Pathetique, The Seasons, & Piano Pieces; Mikhail Pletnev/Russian National Orchestra (4 CD's)
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Orchestra: Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2004-11-16
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23: 1. Allegro non troppo
  2. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23: 2. Andante semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo 1
  3. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23: 3. Allegro con fuoco
  4. Concert Fantasia, for piano & orchestra (or 2 pianos) in G major, Op. 56: 1. Quasi rondo
  5. Concert Fantasia, for piano & orchestra (or 2 pianos) in G major, Op. 56: 2. Contrastes
Music CD 2
  1. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44: 1. Allegro brillante
  2. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44: 2. Andante non troppo
  3. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44: 3. Allegro con fuoco
  4. Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, Op. post. 75
Music CD 3
  1. Symphony No. 6 in B minor ('Path�©tique'), Op. 74: 1. Adagio - Allegro
  2. Symphony No. 6 in B minor ('Path�©tique'), Op. 74: 2. Allegro con grazia
  3. Symphony No. 6 in B minor ('Path�©tique'), Op. 74: 3. Allegro molto vivace
  4. Symphony No. 6 in B minor ('Path�©tique'), Op. 74: 4. Finale. Adagio lamentoso
  5. Slavonic March, for orchestra, Op. 31
  6. Morceaux (6) compos�©s sur un seul th�¨me, for piano, Op. 21: 1. Pr�©lude
  7. Morceaux (6) compos�©s sur un seul th�¨me, for piano, Op. 21: 2. Fugue �  4 voix
  8. Morceaux (6) compos�©s sur un seul th�¨me, for piano, Op. 21: 3. Impromptu
  9. Morceaux (6) compos�©s sur un seul th�¨me, for piano, Op. 21: 4. Marche fun�¨bre
  10. Morceaux (6) compos�©s sur un seul th�¨me, for piano, Op. 21: 5. Mazurque
  11. Morceaux (6) compos�©s sur un seul th�¨me, for piano, Op. 21: 6. Scherzo
Music CD 4
  1. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Introduction
  2. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Danse des pages
  3. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Vision d'Aurore
  4. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Andante
  5. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: La Fée - Argent
  6. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Le Chat botté et la Chatte blanche
  7. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Gavotte
  8. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Canari qui chante
  9. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Le Chaperon rouge et le loup
  10. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Adagio
  11. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Finale
  12. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37: 1. Janvier (Au coin du feu)
  13. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37: 2. F�©vrier (Carnaval)
  14. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37: 3. Mars (Chant de l'alouette)
  15. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37: 4. Avril (Perce-neige)
  16. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37: 5. Mai (Les nuits de mai)
  17. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37: 6. Juin (Barcarolle)
  18. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37: 7. Juillet (Chant des moissonneurs)
  19. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37: 8. Ao�»t (La moisson)
  20. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37: 9. Septembre (La chasse)
  21. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37: 10. Octobre (Chant d'automne)
  22. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37: 11. Novembre (Course en tro�¯ka)
  23. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37: 12. D�©cembre (No�«l)

Music reviews of Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos, Symphony Pathetique, The Seasons, & Piano Pieces; Mikhail Pletnev/Russian National Orchestra (4 CD's)

Music Review: A pleasant overall experience
Rating: 4 Stars

Mikhail Pletnev is best known as a pianist, and then for founding the Russian National orchestra and being its first conductor. Some of his recordings as a conductor (such has his symphonic cycle of Tchaikovsky, which I have never heard, by the way) have been reviewed as poor, but these are certainly not poor. Granted, Pletnev only conducts two and plays in the rest.

That said, they are, in general, wonderful recordings. The playing in each of them is excellent, and the conducting in the Pathetique, despite Pletnev's reputation for being a better pianist that conductor, is very good. The symphony is excellent, worth the price of the set alone, and is reminiscent at times of the Mravinsky/Leningrad recording that has become something of a legend. In fact, I daresay this is better than the Mravinsky. He gets the tempi about right in it, as well, taking a bit faster tempo than I'm used to in the third movement, which I find I actually prefer. That is not as true for the Serbo-Russian March, which seems a bit fast to me. It's a fine recording, to be sure, and at times the tempo is actually very appropriate, and the playing more than makes up for the times when it isn't.


To be honest, many of the piano works I have little experience with, except the first concerto. However, I can say that the playing in the piano concertos is excellent, and Fedoseyev seems to have less of a problem with tempi than Pletnev. I have become quite a fan of Pletnev's version of the first concerto, and the second, while just as well recorded, I find to be less engaging. It is nonetheless a striking work and deserves a place in anyone's collection, and this is a good start. The Seasons (or 'musical pancakes', as Tchaikovsky put it), I find, are good pieces to listen to when I need some quiet music that doesn't distract me. The playing in them is nearly flawless, and they are pretty good pieces, given that each was written in one sitting ('quick to prepare and serve', Tchaikovsky said). Actually, nearly all of Tchaikovsky's piano music is like this. He wrote them for the money only, and considered them to be amateurish and unremarkable (though he cared little for the 1812 Overture and Fifth Symphony, as well, so don't take that to mean they are bad pieces). As such, they are considered to be nonessential, extraneous pieces. They are good to have in your collection, however, and given the quality of the other pieces, even if you're unimpressed with them, it is well worth the price. Finally, there is the arrangement of the Sleeping beauty. I can say little about the arrangement itself, not being all that familiar with the ballet and how it originally sounded, but I will say what I've said for the rest. It's played nicely. That pretty much sums up the set as a whole. I'm sure there are better, but the Pathetique justifies the price alone.
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