Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique" (Century's recording: Evgeny Mravinsky)

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🔥🎧 Full Album available // Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 and 6 "Pathetique" by Evgeny Mravinsky 🔥🎧 Choose my streaming platform: https://lnk.to/tchaikovsky456mravinsky 🎧 Qobuz (Hi-Res) https://cutt.ly/EebZIodj Tidal (Hi-Res) https://cutt.ly/vebZIn6X 🎧 Apple Music (Lossless) https://cutt.ly/WebZPQY4 Amazon Music (Hi-Res) https://cutt.ly/UebZOYSo 🎧 Deezer (Hi-Fi) https://cutt.ly/MebZINlu Spotify (mp3) https://cutt.ly/tebZOyyq 🎧 Youtube Music (mp4) https://cutt.ly/YebZO2dE 🔊 Download the album (Hi-Res MASTER - WAV uncompressed) https://cutt.ly/classical-music-reference-recording-website-tchaikovsky456-mravinsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique" 00:00 I. Adagio, Allegro non troppo (2024 Remastered, London 1960) 17:38 II. Allegro con grazia (2024 Remastered, London 1960) 25:46 III. Allegro molto vivace (2024 Remastered, London 1960) 34:08 IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso (2024 Remastered, London 1960) Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Evgeny Mravinsky Recorded in 1960 New mastering in 2024 by AB for https://classicalmusicreference.com/ 🔊 Join us with your phone on our WhatsApp fanpage (our latest album preview): https://cutt.ly/5eathESK 🔊 Find our entire catalog on Qobuz: https://cutt.ly/geathMhL ❤ Support us on Patreon https://cutt.ly/ZezaldhI How can one better hear this terrible, morbid procession, this requiem for himself that Tchaikovsky composed with the Sixth Symphony? Tchaikovsky's emotional involvement in his music reached its peak in the last year of his life, with the magnificent and deeply moving "Pathétique" Symphony, composed in 1893. "Fundamentally subjective," as Tchaikovsky himself described it, it was a programmatic symphony with a theme so poignant and painful that he often shed bitter tears while composing it: the final movement is a cry of despair. This was the last music Tchaikovsky ever wrote. Less than a week after the premiere, he died. Mravinsky captivates and enthralls the listener from the very first notes. The drama is present at every moment, unrelenting. The third movement is a fantastic, overwhelming, and visionary march. The final movement is a true dark song of lamentation, akin, in its chilling intensity, to Böcklin’s Isle of the Dead. Mravinsky is truly the only conductor to give an organic unity to the triptych of the last three symphonies. This trilogy, marked by the theme of Fate and expressed as rarely heard so completely, constitutes not only one of the pinnacles of Tchaikovsky’s discography but also one of the finest recordings in history. It is not surprising that Russian orchestras have delivered the finest versions of Tchaikovsky's symphonies, with the Leningrad Orchestra under Evgeny Mravinsky standing as the absolute pinnacle of the genre. Mravinsky, born in 1903 and raised in Saint Petersburg, showed a great interest in music from a young age. Before he turned twenty, he became an accompanist at the Leningrad Ballet School, and at twenty-one, he entered the Leningrad Conservatory to study composition under Shcherbachov and conducting with Gauk and Malko. He remained a student at the Conservatory until 1930, by which time he had already conducted an orchestra (the previous year). From 1932 to 1938, he was primarily associated with the Leningrad Ballet and Opera Theatre, where he premiered Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony, the famous "response of a Soviet artist to justified criticism." He became an ardent advocate for Shostakovich's work. By the late 1930s, Mravinsky was firmly established among the Soviet Union's elite conductors, winning the USSR National Conducting Competition in 1938, before becoming the principal conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra that same year. Shortly after the devastating interruption of World War II, Mravinsky was quick to undertake international tours with the Leningrad Philharmonic, reaching the United States by 1946 and touring all over Europe by the mid-1950s. He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1946 for his services to music in Russia, with the Lenin Prize following in 1961. Mravinsky had a long recording career. His first recording was a complete 78-rpm version of Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" Symphony. Since then, Mravinsky and the Leningrad Philharmonic have recorded numerous musical works. For music as dramatic and emotional as Tchaikovsky's, Mravinsky's approach is particularly effective. While meeting the strictest demands of a frequently turbulent score, he also allows the listener to hear details of great beauty and sensitivity that the score possesses in abundance. Other Album available // Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54 by Evgeny Mravinsky 🎧 Qobuz https://cutt.ly/peOF5y1R Tidal https://cutt.ly/eeOF6Yxw 🎧 Apple Music https://cutt.ly/YeOF5ceP Deezer https://cutt.ly/leOGqgRA 🎧 Amazon Music https://cutt.ly/6eOF6sTD Spotify https://cutt.ly/deOF69Pw 🎧 Youtube Music https://cutt.ly/xeOGqPD0 SoundCloud https://cutt.ly/ReOGq6YT