Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Dimitri Kitajenko
Kitajenko's is the most daringly spacious Manfred I've encountered since Rostropovich's...and there's no disputing that he secures commendably refined results from his useful band...The Scherzo...
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Dimitri Kitajenko
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Kitajenko's is the most daringly spacious Manfred I've encountered since Rostropovich's...and there's no disputing that he secures commendably refined results from his useful band...The Scherzo...
About
Dimitri Kitajenko is one of the last representatives of the great Russian conducting school. He studied at the Glinka Music School and the Rimski-Korsakov Conservatory of his home city St. Petersburg. In 1969 he won the first International Herbert von Karajan Conducting Competition in Berlin. This project of recording Tchaikovsky’s symphonic works opens with the Manfred Symphony.
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Work length1:01:22
This work is only available as an album download.
IV. Allegro con fuoco
Track length20:47
This track is only available as an album download.
Awards and reviews
Awards Issue 2010
Kitajenko's is the most daringly spacious Manfred I've encountered since Rostropovich's...and there's no disputing that he secures commendably refined results from his useful band...The Scherzo has an engaging lightness of touch, and Kitajenko uncovers plenty of agreeable detail
