Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1-6 - Mikhail Pletnev

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1-6 - Mikhail Pletnev

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1-6 - Mikhail Pletnev
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Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Import
CD Release Date: 2005-03-21
Music Label: Dg Imports
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Symphony No.1 In G Minor Op.13: Daydreams On A Wintry Road - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  2. Symphony No.1 In G Minor Op.13: O Land Of Gloom, O Land Of Mist! - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  3. Symphony No.1 In G Minor Op.13: Scherzo: Allegro scherzando giocoso - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  4. Symphony No.1 In G Minor Op.13: Finale: Andante lugubre - Allegro moderato - Allegro maestoso - Andante lugubre - Allegro vivo - P.I. Tchaikovsky
Music CD 2
  1. Symphony No.2 In C Minor Op.17: Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo
  2. Symphony No.2 In C Minor Op.17: Andantino marziale, quasi moderato
  3. Symphony No.2 In C Minor Op.17: Scherzo - Alegro molto vivace - Trio
  4. Symphony No.2 In C Minor Op.17: Moderato assai - Allegro vivo - Presto
  5. Symphony No.4 In F Minor Op.36: Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima - Moderato assai, quasi Andante - Allegro vivo
  6. Symphony No.4 In F Minor Op.36: Andantino in modo di canzone
  7. Symphony No.4 In F Minor Op.36: Scherzo - Pizzicato ostinato - Allegro
  8. Symphony No.4 In F Minor Op.36: Finale- Allegro con fuoco
Music CD 3
  1. Symphony No.3 In D Major Op.29: Introduzione e Allegro - Moderato assai (Tempo di marcia funebre) - Allegro brillante
  2. Symphony No.3 In D Major Op.29: Alla tedesca - Allegro moderato e semplice - Trio
  3. Symphony No.3 In D Major Op.29: Andante elegiaco
  4. Symphony No.3 In D Major Op.29: Scherzo - Allegro vivo - Trio
  5. Symphony No.3 In D Major Op.29: Finale - Allegro con fuoco (Tempo di Polacca)
Music CD 4
  1. Symphony No.5 In E Minor Op.64: Andante - Allegro con anima
  2. Symphony No.5 In E Minor Op.64: Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza - Moderato con anima - Andante mosso - Allegro non troppo - Tempo I
  3. Symphony No.5 In E Minor Op.64: Valse - Allegro moderato
  4. Symphony No.5 In E Minor Op.64: Finale - Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace - Molto vivace - Moderato assai e molto maestoso - Presto
Music CD 5
  1. Symphony No.6 In B Minor Op. 74 'Pathetique': Adagio - Allegro non troppo - Andante - Moderato mosso Allegro vivo - Andante come prima - Andante mosso
  2. Symphony No.6 In B Minor Op. 74 'Pathetique': Allegro con grazia
  3. Allegro molto vivace
  4. Symphony No.6 In B Minor Op. 74 'Pathetique': Finale - Adagio lamentoso - Andante

Music reviews of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1-6 - Mikhail Pletnev

Music Review: This Sad Pletnev Story
Rating: 1 Stars

I have to respectfully disagree with the other two gentlemen who left rather excited reviews, and agree with the editorial blurb. Pletnev is no conductor. It's a sad example of this typical trend when every good actor presumes s/he will and, for some reason, should make a good director, just as every other pianist rushes into conducting for the same reasons. This just doesn't work -- Julia Roberts directing and Pletnev conducting... oh, please! -- they only deprive us all and themselves of great performances they could have done in the areas where they are professionals. (Thank goodness Richter was doing what he was doing, and wasn't worried about "conductor's fame"). Think of Ashkenazy, too -- an outstanding pianist but a mediocre conductor. His conducting isn't bad, it's okay, but for every performance of his, there are always at least a couple of other recordings you would unmistakably choose over. The first thing about Pletnev is, his performance (including that of a pianist) has notably worsened over the last 15 years or so (these were the years of his infatuation with conducting, and with Russian Orthodox religion -- the latter has made him duller in every sense). When he was younger, he had a very fresh pianistic style and there was much excitement about him (same story with Kissin, by the way, who is getting duller and duller as the time goes). Then, under Gorbachev, when religion suddenly became a fashion among Russian intellectuals, he started doing these weird things -- he would come to a concert with a huge pretentious cross hanging over his dress (you'd think religion is a personal thing and a cross, if it means something, is to be kept under your shirt). There was much window-dressing in that. I was a student in Moscow at the time, and we would just laugh at the guy when we sat at his performances in Moscow Conservatory. The problem is, not only did he look like a boring Russian Orthodox "pop" (ie. priest), but he eventually started to "behave" like one. What I mean is, this stupid show he put on influenced his entire performing style. He became "slow and dull". He would stand there in front of the orchestra with his head down, his eyes closed and his face depicting some super-tragic emotion without any movement every other minute in the middle of the play, putting both the orchestra and everybody listening asleep. A similar thing happened to his style of a pianist -- a young energetic Pletnev who played Prokofiev's 8th sonata on par with Horowitz was gone; a new boring Pletnev who would sleep over the keyboard was born. That's the whole story. I simply can't listen to Pletnev's late work. As for his conducting in particular, I have to agree again with the editorial opinion -- it lacks any interpretive qualities. It is sour and dull. When I listened to these Tchaikovsky's pieces, I couldn't but vividly imagine Pletnev standing there "asleep" with his head down and the orchestra just going without him. By the way, speaking of the orchestra, the so called "Russian National" is a rather boring collective too (well, I guess, they found each other). It used to be "Moscow State Philharmonic" at the time of the Soviet Union, and it was only good at playing pop arrangements at "gala" kind of events. At about the same time Pletnev took over it, they renamed it "Russian National" but it didn't make it any better -- it never lived up to the standards of, for example, Svetlanov's orchestra (leave alone former Mravinsky's Leningrad Philharmonic...). I wouldn't advise this dull record to anyone -- the only justifiable reason to buy it is: you are a music student and have to learn all pros & contras around. If you are just after a nice performance of Tchaikovsky's symphonies, check the 5th in Gergiev's version and the 6th in Karajan's or even Muti's (or Svetlanov's, if you are into a more "Russian" experience). As for Tchaikovsky's earlier symphonies, I don't know why anyone would want to listen to them (the guy was a big phony in his early years). Basically, with the name Pletnev, stay away from everything that was recorded after 1990. Some of his earlier piano stuff is wonderful, though.
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