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Discover Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina Prelude Act IV; Wagner Tristan und Isolde Prelude & Liebestod; by Leopold Stokowski released in 2007. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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The Symphony is scored for an orchestra consisting of 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in A), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani + violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses.
There are four movements: 1. Andante—Allegro con anima (E minor, 542 bars) 2. Andante cantabile con alcuna licenza (D major, 180 bars) 3. Valse. Allegro moderato (A major, 266 bars) 4. Finale. Andante maestoso–Allegro vivace (E major, 565 bars) A complete performance of the Symphony lasts approximately 45 to 50 minutes .
Tchaikovsky's ideas for a new symphony probably arose during late March/early April 1888. The composer wrote about it for the first time in a letter to Modest Tchaikovsky from Tiflis, on 28 March/9 April: "in the summer I intend to write a symphony..." . The day before leaving Tiflis, on 13/25 April, he wrote to Nadezhda von Meck: "... I want to sp...
It appears that originally Tchaikovsky envisaged a programme for the Symphony. A scribbled note by the first sketches reads as follows: Another note with a programmatic character appears in sketches for the second movement : There are also musical ideas for the other movements, with programmatic annotations (e.g. "consolation", "a ray of light", "n...
On 25 October/6 November 1888, at a concert in the Russian Nobles' Society, Sergey Taneyev and Aleksandr Ziloti performed the second and third movements of the Fifth Symphony in Taneyev's arrangement for two pianos . The first orchestral performance of the Symphony No. 5 took place in Saint Petersburg on 5/17 November 1888 at a concert of the Saint...
The Fifth Symphony was enthusiastically received by Tchaikovsky's friends in Moscow. On 5/17 September, the composer wrote to Anatoly Tchaikovsky: "The symphony has received unanimous approval from all my friends: some even say that it's my best work. It's particularly significant that S. I. Taneyev is wholly enthusiastic" . However, his earlier do...
The first edition of the score was published by Pyotr Jurgenson in 1888. As previously noted, an arrangement of the Fifth Symphony for piano duet was made by Sergey Taneyev , and was published by Jurgensonat the same time as the full score. Rahter in Hamburg acted as Jurgenson's agent in western Europe, and also printed their own version of the lat...
Tchaikovsky's manuscript score is now preserved in the Russian National Museum of Music in Moscow (ф. 88, No. 59) [view].
The Symphony is dedicated to Theodor Avé-Lallemant, director of the Hamburg Philharmonic Society, whom Tchaikovsky met in Hamburgin January 1888. On 24 April/6 May 1888, Tchaikovsky told the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg that he was planning "to write a new symphony and to dedicate it to my good friend Grieg" . However, the published score carrie...
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St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Pyotr Tchaikovsky (conductor) First Pub lication. 1888 - Moscow: P. Jurgenson. Full score: 211 pages, Plate 13991. Parts: 24 parts, Plate 13992 Piano 4 hands (arr. Taneyev): 99 pages, Plate 13993. Dedication Theodor Avé-Lallement Average Duration Avg. Duration: 46 minutes Composer Time Period Comp. Period: Romantic ...
The Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was composed between May and August 1888 and was first performed in Saint Petersburg at the Mariinsky Theatre on November 17 of that year with Tchaikovsky conducting. It is dedicated to Theodor Avé-Lallemant.
