Brilliant Classics is proud to present these essential masterworks in a new 7-CD set featuring conductors Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Vladimir Fedoseyev and Yuri Simonov - Russians who speak Tchaikovsky in their own language, who feel the burning passion beneath the sophisticated surface.

This comprehensive set contains performances by some of the great Tchaikovsky interpreters and, in addition to the symphonies, contains the overtures, Capriccio italien and the enduringly popular Marche slave.

Contents:
CD 1
- Symphony No.1 in G minor Op.13 ‘Winter Dreams’
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio / Vladimir Fedoseyev

- 1812 Overture: Festival Overture in E flat Op.49
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Alexander Gibson

Total time: 58’36
Recording: 1998 / 1989

CD 2
- Symphony No.2 in C minor Op.17 ‘Little Russian’
- Francesca da Rimini: Symphonic Fantasia in E minor after Dante
Philharmonia Orchestra / Yuri Simonov

Total time: 64’16
Recording: September 1989, St Peter’s, Morden, London

CD 3
- Symphony No.3 in D Op.29 ‘Polish’
- Hamlet: Fantasy Overture for orchestra in F minor Op.67a
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio / Vladimir Fedoseyev

Total time: 66’45
Recording: 1998

CD 4
- Symphony No.4 in F minor Op.36
- Marche Slave Op.31
London Symphony Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Total time: 53’19
Recording: February 1987, All Saints, Tooting, London

CD 5
- Symphony No.5 in E minor Op.64
- Capriccio italien Op.45
London Symphony Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Total time: 63’42
Recording: February 1987, All Saints, Tooting, London

CD 6
- Symphony No.6 in B minor Op.74 ‘Pathétique’
- Overture: The Storm - Overture after Ostrovsky
London Symphony Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Total time: 59’58
Recording: February 1987, All Saints, Tooting, London

CD 7
- Manfred Symphony in B minor Op.58
London Symphony Orchestra / Yuri Simonov

- Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture after Shakespeare
Kirov Theatre Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov

Total time 80’20
Recording: June 4, 1983
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