Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4; Serenade for Strings [Hybrid SACD]

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Neeme Järvi is one of the most recorded conductors of our time and has just recently completed his first cycle of Tchaikovsky symphonies for the BIS label. He does so with "his" orchestra of 22 years, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Le Monde de la Musique wrote about the Fourth, "Järvi grants the work its full magnitude."

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, was written between 1877 and 1878 and is dedicated to Nadezhda von Meck, Tchaikovsky's silent patron. At her request, Tchaikovsky wrote program notes explaining the symphony. Tchaikovsky described the work's Fate motif, which he wrote was "the fatal power which prevents one from attaining the goal of happiness."

Järvi and the symphonies of Tchaikovsky have a connection. As a student of the legendary Yevgeni Mravinsky, whose Tchaikovsky interpretations are still considered among the greatest, Järvi recordings are firmly rooted in the great Russian tradition. A noteworthy find that shouldn't be missed!

—J. Maxwell Fletcher

Contents

Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36; Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48; Elegy in Memory of I.V. Samarin.

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Järvi, Conductor.