Composer: Alexander Borodin, Mikhail Glinka, Modest Mussorgsky, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Orchestra: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Eloquence
Catalogue: ELQ4806585
Release: 2016
Size: 722 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 ‘Little Russian’
01. 1. Andante sostenuto – Allegro vivo
02. 2. Andantino marziale, quasi moderato
03. 3. Scherzo. Allegro molto vivace – Trio. L’istesso tempo
04. 4. Finale. Moderato assai – Allegro vivo – Presto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
05. 1. Andante – Allegro con anima
06. 2. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza – Moderato con anima
07. 3. Valse (Allegro moderato)
08. 4. Finale (Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace)
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48
09. 1. Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo – Allegro moderato
10. 2. Walzer: Moderato (Tempo di valse)
11. 3. Elégie: Larghetto elegiaco
12. 4. Finale (Tema russo): Andante – Allegro con spirito
13. Glinka: Overture
14. Mussorgsky: Prelude
Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
15. Dances of the Persian Slave Girls
16. Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
17. Borodin: Overture
Solti’s 1956 recordings of the Tchaikovsky Second and Fifth symphonies included on this collection are his only recordings of them. He never recorded a complete cycle, although, in the 1970s he recorded the Fifth and Sixth. Both symphonies were recorded with the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra. The story behind his recording of Russian orchestral favourites is an interesting one. In 1959 he recorded this program with the Berliner Philharmoniker. In 1966 he recorded a near-identical program with the London Symphony Orchestra. The Berlin recording was not issued on LP until July 1973, held back to make room for the LSO program. The ‘Dance of the Persian slaves’ was issued on CD by Decca in 1998, but this is the first integral release internationally on Decca CD. This release forms part of a mini-series on Eloquence of, in the main, Solti’s early recordings.