Semyon Bychkov Czech Philharmonic Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony

Semyon Bychkov Tchaikovsky Czech Philharmonic The Tchaikovsky Now for volume two in the tchaikovsky project bychkov, again conducting the czech philharmonic, has chosen the enigmatic ‘manfred’ symphony a work he considers “a masterpiece.” once again bychkov was allowed a liberal quantity of rehearsal time to make this recording and the impeccable preparation shows in the orchestra’s beautiful. The tchaikovsky project: manfred symphony by semyon bychkov, czech philharmonic released in 2017. find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards.

Review Czech Philharmonic Semyon Bychkov Tchaikovsky Manfred The czech philharmonic, who plays for her life, ensures with its splendid idiomatic sounding wind and brass ensemble, which never sounds gross, even at extreme loudness, and whose woodwinds reach their peak at "manfred", that culinary sound doesn’t come up short. this album is best suited to defy the bad reputation of this tchaikovsky work. The time when the manfred symphony was cut (toscanini, kletzki) or worse, cut and pasted (ahronovitch), has long gone; and it now seems it was balakirev who first suggested replacing harmonium with organ in the finale – which nearly all conductors do (markevitch excepted). in this marvellous recording from prague’s ample rudolfinum it’s the way bychkov integrates all those finale. The glory of this second installment in bychkov’s tchaikovsky symphony series is the playing of the czech philharmonic. their elegant and individual sound ranges from a gossamer lightness to a trenchancy and body that take the breath away. the woodwind playing, particularly the bassoon, is superb. Watch on. the czech philharmonic’s first major undertaking with chief conductor and music director semyon bychkov – – culminated in 2019. from the project’s inception in 2015, orchestra and conductor made an exhaustive exploration of tchaikovsky’s music. the project launched in 2016 and, three years later, the complete box set.