The Greatest Recordings EVER! Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

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  • Опубліковано 14 гру 2024

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  • @peterhibbert14
    @peterhibbert14 Місяць тому

    I completely agree with you about Barenboim / Chicago. Truly breathtaking and very well recorded.

  • @dennischiapello7243
    @dennischiapello7243 Місяць тому

    "Sharply etched" is a great phrase, Dave, and that certainly lends his performances the energetic quality that characterizes Muti at his best.

  • @HoraceInExile
    @HoraceInExile 2 місяці тому +4

    I used to have Muti's recordings of Tchaikovsky's symphonies (and other works) on LPs decades ago, but I never pursued them on CD or streaming until one of your other videos highlighted the value of his interpretations. As you said here, I put them for the sheer joy of the performances. I was also lucky enough to hear him perform the Fifth live in Philadelphia (I went to Princeton for college, so Philly was a short train ride away; saw him multiple times as a result).

  • @LyleFrancisDelp
    @LyleFrancisDelp 2 місяці тому +11

    The opening to the finale is my ring tone.

    • @franzherzogvonreichstadt
      @franzherzogvonreichstadt 2 місяці тому +3

      You have one exciting ringtone

    • @LyleFrancisDelp
      @LyleFrancisDelp 2 місяці тому +3

      @@franzherzogvonreichstadt I must remember to silence my phone during orchestra rehearsals.

    • @mancal5829
      @mancal5829 2 місяці тому +1

      That might just get your attention... And everyone else's.

    • @jgesselberty
      @jgesselberty 2 місяці тому +3

      Hey, Dave. Here is a good idea for a video. Ring Tone worthy pieces.

    • @ericleiter6179
      @ericleiter6179 2 місяці тому +3

      Yeah...I've thought of asking Dave to make a short video about great classical ringtones too. He has frequently mentioned that he has some good custom ones...would love to hear that list. Plus, he could probably get away with playing 4 or 5 second snigglets to demonstrate

  • @MartinRichard-y6c
    @MartinRichard-y6c 2 місяці тому +1

    I just bought the Stokowski one on Vanguard. Crazy finale.

    • @brianwilliams9408
      @brianwilliams9408 2 місяці тому +1

      I love Stoky's 4th. Everybody else sounds bland in comparison.

  • @richardgrassia5225
    @richardgrassia5225 2 місяці тому +5

    you really have a great vocabulary!

    • @Warp75
      @Warp75 2 місяці тому +3

      A rare commodity nowadays

    • @dennischiapello7243
      @dennischiapello7243 Місяць тому

      @@Warp75 A perspicacious apperçu, one in consonance with my own observations. 😎

  • @songsmith31a
    @songsmith31a 2 місяці тому +1

    Over many years I've collected various LP and CD recordings of this symphony.
    An early choice when much younger was a bargain price LP on the Fidelio label,
    a small north London UK concern offering Tchaikovsky symphonies played by the
    likes of the Danzig and Oslo orchestras back in those distant days of impecunious
    youth when a vinyl LP from them was 10/6d old money and more mainstream
    labels like Decca Ace of Clubs and EMI Concert Classics were around a £1 old
    money. I recall Muti and the Philharmonia playing this "live" at the Royal Festival
    Hall here in London UK. He has the chops for these large scale romantic scores,
    that's for sure. I especially like his "In the South" which can be found on UA-cam.

  • @bobleroe3859
    @bobleroe3859 2 місяці тому +1

    I have Muti's one with the Philly Orchestra/Seraphim. Thanks for your analysis.

  • @AlexSchwartzviol
    @AlexSchwartzviol 2 місяці тому +5

    I agree that your recommendation is terrific, however, I'm always returning to my early 60s recording with Berlin and HVK. Why? Lothar Koch.

  • @fjblanco
    @fjblanco 2 місяці тому +1

    Just FYI… to your listeners and you… the iTunes recording, which is a compilation, only has the first 5 min of the first movement of Symphony no. 4 😢

    • @robj7386
      @robj7386 2 місяці тому +2

      maybe its a glitch? apple music has the whole thing

  • @leegerstmann
    @leegerstmann 3 дні тому

    Hi, Dave. I’d like to ask something. Ricardo Muti is going to be conducting Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony next year at Carnegie Hall and I was thinking of going. Would you say it’s worth seeing or not? I’m asking because I value your opinion.

    • @DavesClassicalGuide
      @DavesClassicalGuide  2 дні тому +1

      I can't and won't predict what will happen at a live concert. It could be great (his Philharmonia recording certainly is) and it could be dreadful. He's old and past his prime. So "you pays your money and you takes your chances."

    • @lunaedward6630
      @lunaedward6630 2 дні тому +1

      Muti can still fire it up. He just did Tchaikovsky 4 for an outdoor farewell show here in Chicago a couple of summers ago and while it was not quite as red-hot as this recording, it was very powerful, a proper sendoff (it was his last official show as music director of the CSO). But he's been back a few times, with mixed results, so yeah, no guarantees :)

    • @leegerstmann
      @leegerstmann 2 дні тому

      @@DavesClassicalGuide Thank you, Dave. I appreciate your response. 👍🙂

    • @leegerstmann
      @leegerstmann 2 дні тому

      @@lunaedward6630 Thank you for your response. 👍🙂

  • @eddihaskell
    @eddihaskell 2 місяці тому +3

    Thanks Dave. I have to get this one. BTW is your recommendation for the greatest single recording of Sibelius 4 still Segerstrom/Helsinki?

    • @DavesClassicalGuide
      @DavesClassicalGuide  2 місяці тому +4

      Yes.

    • @twwc960
      @twwc960 2 місяці тому +2

      @@DavesClassicalGuide I just heard about Segerstam's passing. I'll have to check out more of his recordings.

    • @petroslinardos
      @petroslinardos 2 місяці тому +1

      @@DavesClassicalGuide Dave, would you consider doing a video in memory of Leif Segerstam?

  • @eliasmodernell3348
    @eliasmodernell3348 2 місяці тому +1

    Did Tchai say that if you are not happy go out among pp and at least you can pretend?

  • @mickeytheviewmoo
    @mickeytheviewmoo 2 місяці тому +19

    I can never understand the artwork for classical albums. That one looks like the old wallpaper in my kitchen in the 70's

    • @mancal5829
      @mancal5829 2 місяці тому +3

      You're right. But many a time it beats a bland picture of the artist, don't you think? 😅

    • @richfarmer3478
      @richfarmer3478 2 місяці тому

      Yes​@@mancal5829

    • @richfarmer3478
      @richfarmer3478 2 місяці тому +4

      ​@mancal5829 that's why I've never been crazy about DG covers; 90 % of them just seem to be conductor and/or soloist underneath the big yellow logo.

    • @postmodernrecycler
      @postmodernrecycler 2 місяці тому +2

      It definitely says "late-'60s psychedelia, toned down for the '70s housewife." I guess Tchaikovsky would just be glad for the great performance.

    • @OuterGalaxyLounge
      @OuterGalaxyLounge 2 місяці тому +5

      I can't get the image out of my head now of that wallpaper cover with spaghetti sauce stains on it.