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| ARTIST: | Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Leonard Slatkin, Culver Girls Academy, Carillon of Culver Military Academy, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | RCA |
| TYPE: | Classical, Classical Music, Orchestral, Romantic Overture for Orchestra, Romantic Symphony, Symphonic |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Symphony No. 2, Op. 17 In C Minor 'Little Russian': Andante sostenuto; Allegro vivo, Symphony No. 2, Op. 17 In C Minor 'Little Russian': Andantino marziale, quasi moderato, Symphony No. 2, Op. 17 In C Minor 'Little Russian': Scherzo: Allegro molto vivace, Symphony No. 2, Op. 17 In C Minor 'Little Russian': Finale: Moderato assai; allegro vivo, Romeo And Juliet (Overture-Fantasy), 1812 Overture, Op. 49 - St. Louis Symphony/Carillon of Culver Military Academy/Culver Girls Academy |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 090266804528 |
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Customer Reviews of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2/Romeo And Juliet/1812 Overture
Buy this for Slatkin's LITTLE RUSSIAN Slatkin's recording of Tchaikovsky's LITTLE RUSSIAN Symphony (No 2 in C minor) is very good. Slatkin uses an expansive tempo in the Allegro of I, but the music never drags. In short Slatkin and the virtuoso musicians of the Saint Louis Symphony serve Tchaikovsky's early symphony very well. The impression they give is one of massiveness and confidence, and it works! <
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>One thing I did notice was that at the beginning of the final coda (in IV) Slatkin begins this VERY SLOWLY, then does an accelerando (gradually faster), before going back to the beginning of that section and playing it all over again! I have never noticed another recording that uses this practice. <
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>ROMEO AND JULIET is not as well performed: rather dry and cold, especially in the passionate love music. 1812 is better, and the final hymn "God save the Czar" + "Le Marsellaise" very solid and well played. Great sound. <
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>Other LITTLE RUSSIANS? Leaper/Polish National (Naxos), Markevitch/London Symphony (Philips), Karajan/Berlin (DG), and Ormandy/Philadelphia (RCA Japan, if you want to send to Japan for it.) But Slatkin is very good, and a bargain at Amazon.com's price!
More Than The Novelty Recording The Cover Implies
Perhaps what will attract attention to this recording titled ROMEO AND JULIET is the sensuous picture of the young star crossed lovers on the jacket. Whiel the cover may seem like a cheap attempt to lure a younger audience by making it appear to be like a pop music recording, listeners should not be disuaded. This is a quality reecording.
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>The main work of this disc is Tchaikovsky's Symphony #2, the "Little Russian." Like much of Tchaikovsky's early works, the symphony itself may not be perfect but it has signs of originality and genius and a sign of things to come. Slatkin conducts the work with gusto, especially the work's scherzo of the third movement and the robust finale. The disc also includes two of classical music's best known and most recorded works: The OVERTURE 1812 and the overture-fantasy ROMEO AND JULIET. Slatkin includes the choral beginning of the 1812 which makes it somewhat different and appealing. He also keeps up the tempo with ROMEO AND JULIET. As Tchaikovsky fans well know, conducting and interpretation are essential with Tchaikovsky and a failure to understand the composer's music can make for a deadly recording. Some conductors, including some of classical music's best known names, have recorded this work and other works by Tchaikovsky as well, and the music tends to drag. Slat kin's interpretation is powerful when appreciate and lush and beautiful where called for, a perfect combination to make this a great rendition.
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Symphony *****, Romeo **, 1812 is fine, CD cover: F----
The "Little Russian" is worth your time to get to know. A very creative introduction to I, and charming second mov't, a breath-taking scherzo (for the players, too, I might add, having been victimized once by the piece!), and a Finale that what it lacks in emotional depth, it surely makes up for in the adrenalin department. The famous cymbal crash is at once awesome and almost humorous. Here it is played by an orchestra that clearly knows the score, and what an orchestra it is! Karajan can boast his Berliner's in his DG performance, but boy, they have all kinds of slips (totally uncharacteristic); you'll be hard pressed to find anything of the sort here. The reading is excellent, and can be set aside Markevitch's famous recording on Philips (LSO).
Romeo and Juliet. Hmmmm. Maybe the other reviewer said it best. Romeo and Juliet + Slatkin = dead. The orchestra plays fine. But the blood never gets rushing. If the play had as little emotional thrust as this performance, Shakespeare would be known, if at all, as a hack. 'nuf said.
The 1812 is a nice bonus, and it's great to have it played by an orchestra at a peak of technical prowess and personality (yes, SLSO has its own personality, and is not one of the many characterless orchestras that inflict us). However, you probably have an 1812 out there you already like.
The cover of the CD bears mentioning: RCA, knock it off!!! You had creative covers for their other recordings of PIT's symphonies (1, 3-6), what's the deal with the soft-porn?? Besides, the real attraction here is the symphony.
Buy it for the symphony, enjoy the 1812, program your CD player to skip R&J, and hid the cd cover from the kids!