Скачать или смотреть Tchaikovsky 'Scherzo Burlesque' - Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra

Tchaikovsky composed Four Orchestral Suites each of which contains delightful music that seems to be seldom heard nowadays. Michael Tilson Thomas recorded three of them and it's the Suite No. 2 in C which provides the dashing music heard here.

The conductor has announced his retirement from the concert platform this month and on 26 April, he'll be signing off with an 80th Birthday Concert in which he'll be conducting the San Francisco Symphony. MTT has always been a splendid conductor, with a wide range of repertoire, and his recordings of Tchaikovsky's music provide full evidence of that. This 'Scherzo Burlesque' movement is particularly colourful as the Philharmona Orchestra is joined by four jolly accordionists! ... The CBS/Sony recording was made following a performance of the Suite in London's Royal Festival Hall on 29 May 1980.