Deutsche Grammophon - 479 8123 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl

Numbered Limited Edition - Pressed at Pallas Germany 

Evgeny Mravinsky’s legendary recordings of Tchaikovsky’s Symphonies Nos. 4 - 6 from 1969/61.

New remastering from original analogue tapes with lacquers cut at Emil Berliner Studios.

Limited, Numbered Edition. 180g heavyweight pressings by Pallas.

Slip lid box with adapted original cover, containing 3 separate sleeves, including facsimile prints of the original recording journals.

These versions of Tchaikovsky's Symphonies Nos. 4-6 are regarded as definitive performances today. The 180g vinyl 3LPs are housed in a Hand-Numbered, Limited Edition box set with audio based on the original tapes and includes copies of the original recording journals. The box cover is adapted from the original release with each symphony presented in a separate sleeve reprinted from a 1960s pressing. Lacquers were cut at Emil Berliner. Beautifully executed, utterly desirable and eminently collectible!

"These landmarks not just of Tchaikovsky interpretation but of recorded orchestral performances in general cannot be recommended too strongly" - Gramophone

"Great performances ... Essential for every library" - BBC Music Magazine, 5/5 Stars

Features:
• Hand-Numbered Limited Edition
• Special "Lift-Off Cover Style" Box Packaging
• 180g Vinyl 3LP Box Set
• From lacquers cut at Emil Berliner Studios
• Newly remastered from the original analogue tapes
• Manufactured at Pallas
• Packaged in reproductions of LP sleeves from the 1960s
• Contains the notes from the original 1961 releases in English, German and French and facsimiles of the original archive cards
• Limited time digital download of full albums

Musicians:
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor

Selections:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
LP 1
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Side 1:
1. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima
Side 2:
2. Andantino in modo di canzona
3. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato - Allegro
4. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
LP 2
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Side 1:
1. Andante - Allegro con anima
2. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
Side 2:
3. Valse: Allegro moderato
4. Finale: Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace
LP 3
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique"
Side 1:
1. Adagio - Allegro non troppo
2. Allegro con grazia
Side 2:
3. Allegro molto vivace
4. Finale: Adagio lamentoso