Tchaikovsky - 6 Symphonies  - Berliner Philharmiker - Karajan - Deutsche Grammophon - UCGG 9102-4 SA (2017)
3x SHM SACD rips via PS3 to iso (10.6GB) | Only 2ch single-layer | Originally mid to late '70s recordings | Classical

3 SHM Single Layer SACDs derived from original analogue recordings, transferred to & edited in PCM 24/192, then converted to DSD.

The Berliner Philharmoniker's long & distinguished tradition of Tchaikovsky performance can be traced back to their founding years. Tchaikovsky himself knew & admired the orchestra's 2 earliest principal conductors Hans von Bülow & Artur Nikisch. Their inspired advocacy of his music - the last 3 symphonies in particular - would be continued by their similarly dedicated & charismatic successors Wilhelm Furtwängler & Herbert von Karajan.

The 20-year-old Karajan included Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony in his very 1st professional concert in Salzburg in January 1929. The Pathétique Symphony followed in Ulm in 1933. He told his parents, "When it was all over, the audience sat as if dead for 10 seconds, then bawled their approval as if at a football match." In 1939, the year after his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Karajan recorded the Pathétique with the orchestra. The artistic self-possession he displayed in his handling of both the music & the orchestra was widely noted at the time. By now he also had in his repertoire the tragic yet electrifying 4th Symphony, a work of which he would become one of the great interpreters.

   Tracks:

Disc 1:
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Symphony No. 1 in G minor "Illusion of winter day"
1. First Movement: Dream of winter travel - Allegro traquillo
2. 2nd Movement: Disgusting land. Mist land - Andante cantabile ma non tanto
3. 3rd Movement: Scherzo. Allegro scherzando giocoso
4. 4th Movement: Finale - Andante Lugubre - Allegro moderato - Allegro maestoso - Allegro vivo

Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Small Russia"
5. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo
6. Andantino marziale, quasi moderato
7. Scherzo. Allegro molto vivace - Trio. L'istesso Tempo
8. Finale. Moderato assai - Allegro vivo - Presto

Disc 2:
Symphony No. 3 in D Major "Poland"
1. Introduzione e Allegro. Moderato assai. Tempo di marcia funebre
2. Alla tedesca. Allegro moderato e semplice
3. Andante elegiaco
4. Scherzo. Allegro vivo
5. Finale. Allegro con fuoco. Tempo di Polacca

Symphony No. 4 in F minor
6. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima - Moderato assai, quasi andante - Allegro vivo
7. Andantino in modo di canzone
8. Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato - Allegro
9. Finale. Allegro con fuoco

Disc 3:
Symphony No. 5 in E minor
1. Andante - Allegro con anima
2. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza - Moderato con anima - Andante
3. Valse. Allegro moderato
4. Finale. Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace - Molto vivace - Moderato

Symphony No. 6 in B minor "Sorrow"
5. Adagio - Allegro non troppo - Andante - Moderato mosso - Andante - Moderato assai - Allegro vivo - Andante com prima - Andante mosso
6. Allegro con grazia
7. Allegro molto vivace
8. Finale. Adagio lamentoso - Andante


    Musicians:

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan, conductor

Recording dates from HMV.jp (since he recorded them so many times):
1. Dec 9-10 1977
2. Jan 25, Feb 21, 1979
3. Jan 29, Feb 21, 1979
4. Dec 9-10, 1976
5. Oct 22, 1975
6. May 5-7, 1976

Re-mastering: https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/37134-deutsche-grammophon-and-emil-berliner-studios-duplicity/

Checksums for 3x iso:
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d2ef538785719395c5a16458733a0e7a *Herbert von Karajan Berliner Philharmoniker - Tchaikovsky The 6 Symphonies(DISC 3)-004.iso

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