Daniel Corrigan

"Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 ""Pathétique""" must-haves - Wyote - SeoulThese are the most famous recordings of Tchaikovsky's last 3 symphonies, and that is its own recommendation. Another reviewer did a good job of explaining the historical/political significance of these recordings, and like other classic recordings (such as Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Tchaikovsky / Karajan, Rostropovich, or Dvorák: Symphonies 8 & 9 / Kubelik, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) that plays an important part in recommending these recordings to listeners. As a person too young to have experienced the height of the Cold War, it is an educational experience to imagine hearing such recordings on vinyl back in the '60s. But if the music, the performance, the recording, and the subsequent engineering weren't all top-notch, these recordings (like the others I parenthetically cited) would have faded into history. Instead they remain, because everything comes together very well. Of