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The 99 Most Essential Tchaikovsky Masterpieces (Amazon Exclusive) Reviews
The 99 Most Essential Tchaikovsky Masterpieces (Amazon Exclusive) Reviews
| 31 of 32 people found the following review helpful  Excellent bargain, worth it for symphonies alone, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: The 99 Most Essential Tchaikovsky Masterpieces (Amazon Exclusive) (MP3 Download) Tchaikovsky is one of the most melodic, tuneful composers ever, which means his work is well suited for this kind of collection. This set is a great bargain, collecting great compositions by a great composer and offering them up for a terrific bargain price.This collection really does offer most (although not all) of Tchaikovsky's best. It has a full cycle of all six symphonies (minus the unnumbered "Manfred" symphony), the incredibly recognizable Piano Concerto No 1, the Christmas favorite Nutcracker Ballet, the full-on Romantic-era Violin Concerto, Capriccio Italienne, Marche Slave, excerpts from Swan Lake, the Sleeping Beauty suite, the Romeo and Juliet overture, two full string quartets, "The seasons" set of 12 pieces for solo piano, and is capped off with the 1812 Overture -- arguably one of the densest collection of really catchy tunes ever assembled in 17 minutes of classical music, complete with cannon fire at the end. These are strong performances and... Read more 17 of 17 people found the following review helpful A bargain for the symphonies alone., Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: The 99 Most Essential Tchaikovsky Masterpieces (Amazon Exclusive) (MP3 Download) Mr. Fisher in his review below sums up the set very well. I'll just add some additional details.The six symphonies and the Romeo and Juliet are indeed conducted by Maurice Abravanel, and taken from a Vox Box set available elsewhere on Amazon. The Utah Symphony isn't world class, but they play very well, and the 1970s recordings still sound fresh, if a bit dry. Abravanel's dry-eyed Tchaikovsky sounds a bit underpowered compared to, say, Bernstein, and his orchestra isn't as lush sounding as Philadelphia, Vienna, Berlin, etc, but he's always musical, and his recordings of the early symphonies are very good indeed. The Violin Concerto is played by Aaron Rosand with the Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg under Louis de Froment. This was taped in the early 1970s and released on Vox. The recording is a little brash, with the violin spotlit, and the orchestra a little less polished than the Utah Symphony, but Rosand's playing is bold, and the result is a good performance. I... Read more 29 of 35 people found the following review helpful Clueless, By MusicLover (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews This review is from: The 99 Most Essential Tchaikovsky Masterpieces (Amazon Exclusive) (MP3 Download) Fellow Amazonians...Please stop reviewing items in the basis of a price discrepancy, how it shipped or the condition of the product upon receipt, for example. Yes, clearly a mistake has been made and no doubt, it will be remedied. But to give this product 1 star because someone forgot to change the price for the day, is just silly. I put 5 stars because the samples are very nice and for $2 or $6, it's a heck of a deal. |
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