Tchaikovsky tone poems, overtures

[samtrb]

I checked the Dorati double deck and was not very impressed, shall i give it another chance or try the collection on philips by Markevitch-Inbal-Haitink (the majority of the tracks are by Inbal) ? or other, like pletnev (which comes with a manfred symphony) ?

[Iago]

No single collection will do.
I recommend;
   R & J Fantasy Overture- Bernstein/NYP- 1958 recording
   Capriccio Italien- Ormandy/Philadelphia- SONY
   Francesca Da Rimini - Rozhdestvensky/USSR State Symphony
   1812 Overture - Fiedler-Boston Pops
   Marche Slav - Reiner/CSO on RCA
No recommendations for the others
   
   

[val]

I am not a great fan of this works, bu regarding Romeo and Juliet, the version of Markevitch with the Philharmonia is extraordinary.

[MishaK]

Sam,

I am not familiar with this Dorati collection (I had some of this stuff with him on Mercury Living Stereo and found it rather lifeless) or the Haitink/Inbal/Markevitch (I have never heard any Markevitch Tchaikovsky that wasn't worth hearing, though). I doubt you will find a collection of exactly all of those works that is really outstanding. The closest I can think of that is truly amazing and that I would recommend unhesitatingly has only half of them and that is Barenboim/CSO on DG which has a perfectly calibrated 1812, a hair-raising Francesca (with the most gorgeous clarinet solo), a lovely Capriccio and an appropriately lush yet intense Romeo & Juliet. Otherwise you'll have to cobble it together from different sets. These shorter Tchaikovsky tone poems and overtures tend to be used as filler material on recordings of individual symphonies of his.

[samtrb]

These shorter Tchaikovsky tone poems and overtures tend to be used as filler material on recordings of individual symphonies of his.

True, i have at least one Francesca, capricio, marche slave and 1812, the most difficult is to find the others : Hamlet, Op.67, The Voyevoda, Op.78, Fatum, Op.77, The Tempest, Op.18

[Brahmsian]

True, i have at least one Francesca, capricio, marche slave and 1812, the most difficult is to find the others : Hamlet, Op.67, The Voyevoda, Op.78, Fatum, Op.77, The Tempest, Op.18

These are all fantastic.  For the opening of Fatum, it defintely sounds like a Russian folk theme.  There is no mention of it, but to me it instantly reminded me of folk music.

Anyways, great orchestral piece.  Thank goodness it was resurrected! 

[mc ukrneal]

True, i have at least one Francesca, capricio, marche slave and 1812, the most difficult is to find the others : Hamlet, Op.67, The Voyevoda, Op.78, Fatum, Op.77, The Tempest, Op.18

You could get a whole disc of Hamlet, which I enjoy a lot. I have Simon conducting on Chandos, but I think there is another version that came out in the past couple of years and I don't know how they compare. The Simon is good though.

[Scarpia]

For Romeo and Juliet there are two splendid recordings Karajan did in the 60's, one on Decca with Vienna, and one on DG with Berlin.  Both are remarkable performances.

[Gurn Blanston]

I've been enjoying this one lately. These are some very nice performances, and the music is very fine, atmospheric, at least to me.