Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 In F minor, Op. 36 (recording of the Century: Evgeny Mravinsky)

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Symphony No. 4 In F minor, Op. 36
00:00 I. Andante sostenuto, Moderato con anima (2024 Remastered, London 1960)
18:49 II. Andantino in modo di Canzona (2024 Remastered, London 1960)
28:10 III. Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato, Allegro (2024 Remastered, London 1960)
34:01 IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco (2024 Remastered, London 1960)

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Evgeny Mravinsky
Recorded in 1960
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How can one feel more intensely this fatum, this "fatal force that hinders the fulfillment of the drive toward happiness," as Tchaikovsky himself explained, the fatum that forms the very substance of the Fourth Symphony? Never has the tension of this symphony erupted with such violence as under Mravinsky's direction. The theme of fate resounds relentlessly with each occurrence. You must hear the pizzicatos in the third movement, where the strings transform into a sort of fantastical balalaika.

The Symphonies No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64, and No. 6 in B minor "Pathétique," Op. 74, performed by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Yevgeny Mravinsky in 1960, have been the absolute pinnacle of Tchaikovsky's discography for over thirty years. It seems that Yevgeny Mravinsky, who was the conductor and the soul of the Leningrad Philharmonic for nearly fifty years, was the custodian of the Tchaikovsky tradition. Born in 1903 in Saint Petersburg, Tchaikovsky's own city, this music was almost part of his very being, to the point where he seemed to have fully identified with it.

It is said that perfection is not of this world. The wise man who formulated this brilliant precept clearly did not know these three symphonies by Mravinsky. Whether one listens to these works with the score in hand or immerses oneself in darkness, eyes closed, standing (trying not to conduct along) or sitting (trying to stay seated), alone or with friends, one is struck by a powerful truth: this is everything Tchaikovsky wrote, and nothing he did not write. A summit.

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