TCHAIKOVSKY: SYMPHONY NO. 5; MOSCOW CANTATA - ROZHDESTVENSKY, USSR MINISTRY OF CULTURE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 / Moscow Cantata

Gennadi Rozhdestvensky / USSR Ministry of Culture Large Symphony Orchestra

* Gennadi Cherkasov / Radio Moscow Large Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

On Rozhdestvensky’s previous recorded version of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5: “Fine rasping brass … with finely expressive detail that has no hint of mannerism. The waltz movement too is beautifully done, easy and carefree with clean textures that would show up even the slightest imprecisions of ensemble.”
— Gramophone

On this recording of the Moscow Cantata: “The final section is grand and the choral part blazes – soloists stand and deliver like true stalwarts.”
— MusicWeb

Piotr Il’ich Tchaikovsky

Symphony No.5
1 Andante – Allegro con anima 15:12
2 Andante cantabile 13:12
3 Valse – Allegro moderato 5:37
4 Andante – Maestoso allegro vivace 11:59
USSR Mininstry of Culture Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

Cantata “Moscow” for Choir, Soloists and Orchestra*
5 Part 1: “From the Small Source Spring” 5:25
6 Part 2: Arioso “Oh What a Beautiful Star” 2:22
7 Part 3: “The Time Is Coming”, Choir 1:49
8 Part 4: “From the Large Forest” Monologue and Choir 5:20
9 Part 5: Arioso “Am I a Warrior” 3:47
10 Part 6: “The Thunder and Crash is all over Russia” 5:54
Nina Derbina, soprano / Alexander Polyakov, tenor
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Gennadi Cherkasov, conductor