The Tchaikovsky Album [Includes 'The 1812 Overture']

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TCHAIKOVSKY
The Tchaikovsky Album [Includes 'The 1812 Overture']
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko

[ Classic FM / CD ]

Release Date: Wednesday 1 July 2015

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The Tchaikovsky Album is a stunning collection of original recordings showcasing a number of Tchaikovsky's greatest works, including Capriccio Italien, Romeo and Juliet, Francesca da Rimini and the 1812 Overture. Led by Chief Conductor Vasily Petrenko, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra perform these works to a spectacular standard.

The award-winning Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is the UK's oldest continuing professional symphony orchestra and Classic FM's orchestra in North West England. Vasily Petrenko was appointed Principal Conductor of the Orchestra in September 2006 and in September 2009 became Chief Conductor. He joins a distinguished line of musicians who have led the Orchestra during its illustrious history.

Born in 1976, Petrenko started his music education at the St Petersburg Capella Boys Music School - the oldest music school in Russia. He then studied at the St Petersburg Conservatoire and participated in master classes with major classical music figures.

He has worked with many of the world's most prestigious orchestras and has been awarded with numerous respected awards, including the Classic BRIT Awards Male Artist of the Year twice. The Tchaikovsky Album is released on May 11th 2015, just the week after the great composers 175th birthday. 2015 is also the 175th anniversary year of the founding of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.

"The sound team have produced excellent sonics and the audio image is especially clear and well balanced. There is an impeccable integrity about Petrenko's readings and such sincere, high quality music-making avoids any hint of the ostentatious. The RLPO's rhythmic security and ardently characterful playing delivers gold standard interpretations. Even if it entails duplication many Tchaikovsky devotees will, quite understandably, be anxious to add this stunning CFM recording to their collections." (MusicWeb July 2015)

"Something of a Tchaikovsky hit-parade here (hence the title and Classic FM connection) but nothing run-of-the-mill about the performers. The strident trumpet fanfares announcing Capriccio italien are an auspicious start and Petrenko's darkly saturated Royal Liverpool Philharmonic strings pull us in, the final bars of the soulful first theme driven home with real trenchancy. You can hear straight away what fine sound the engineers have achieved in Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall. For the rest of this opening showpiece, Petrenko - the tourist from St Petersburg - clearly knows a good Italian street party when he comes across one. Bags of colour, sparkling work from the RLPO trumpets and a heady sprint through the final pages, which certainly does the business." (Gramophone)

Tracks:

1812 Overture, Op. 49
Capriccio italien, Op. 45
Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture
Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32