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Cover: Peter Tchaikovsky – The Seasons · Four Entra'actes from Hamlet

Peter Tchaikovsky

The Seasons

Four Entra'actes from Hamlet

Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonid Grin

ODE 782-2 · CD · April 1992

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Track listing

16 tracks · 69:26

Peter Tchaikovsky

  1. The Seasons, Op. 37b (orch. Alexander Gauk) 47:21
  2. 1 I. January: At the Fireside 5:33
  3. 2 II. February: Carnival 2:45
  4. 3 III. March: Song of the Lark 2:58
  5. 4 IV. April: Snowdrop 2:49
  6. 5 V. May: Starlit Nights 4:23
  7. 6 VI. June: Barcarolle 5:42
  8. 7 VII. July: Song of the Reapers 1:48
  9. 8 VIII. August: Harvest 4:18
  10. 9 IX. September: Hunting 3:00
  11. 10 X. October: Autumn Song 5:29
  12. 11 XI. November: Troika 3:13
  13. 12 XII. December: Christmas 4:36
  14. Hamlet, Op. 67a 23:14
  15. 13 V. Act II: Entr'acte 2:31
  16. 14 VII. Act III: Entr'acte 3:47
  17. 15 IX. Act IV: Entr'acte (Élégie) 10:11
  18. 16 XIV. Act V: Marche funèbre 6:23

About this recording

This CD features orchestral works by Peter Tchaikovsky, performed by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Leonid Grin, chief conductor of the ensemble from 1990-94. The orchestral arrangement by Alexander Gauk (1893-1963) of the famous piano cycle The Seasons is coupled with four excerpts from the incidental music to Hamlet.

Features

Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish

Press

(...) the best (and best-sounding) orchestral version of The Months I've ever heard.
Donald Vroon, American Record Guide, November/December 1992

The artists

Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

The Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, comprising 97 musicians, is one of Scandinavia's leading symphony orchestras. In autumn 2013, young Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali succeeded Hannu Lintu as new Chief Conductor and continued in his post until 2023.

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