Symphony No 5

Valery Gergiev is the greatest conductor alive
The Sunday Times (London)

"I think Tchaikovsky was always ready for immortality...and with his final three symphonies he secured his place in the pantheon of Great Composers [...] When recording live we go for energy, we go for excitement, and still - hopefully - we go for good musical quality"
Valery Gergiev

Spring 2005 sees the release of two eagerly awaited new recordings of Tchaikovsky's symphonies 4 & 6 with the Vienna Philharmonic under Valery Gergiev.

This recording of the 5th Symphony has been an outstanding part of the Philips catalogue for some years and has become one of the best-selling discs in Maestro Gergiev's mighty discography. The highly acclaimed recording was made live at the Salzburg Festival in July 1998 and is a glorious example of what can happen when a great conductor stands before a great orchestra.

It is now repackaged to be part of a series that will surely become the definitive versions of Tchaikovsky's much loved late symphonies - in glorious digital sound.

The two new recordings (of symphonies 4 & 6) are released along with a repackaged version of the 5th, recorded live at the Salzburg festival in 1998, which has been an outstanding disc in the Philips catalogue for some years, becoming one of the best-selling discs in Maestro Gergiev's mighty discography.

This series will surely become the definitive versions of Tchaikovsky's much loved late symphonies - in glorious digital sound.