Tchaikovsky Symphonies

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

As I said - a can of worms. But a decent can...

[Alison]

Or are you listening to the Symphony (no.7) as Tchaikovsky left it in Bogatyryev's orchestration?

Yes quite so. I prefer the latter option, a most heartwarming work.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Except that the Scherzo has nothing to do with the Piano Concerto

[Roehre]

Except that the Scherzo has nothing to do with the Piano Concerto

But it has with the symphony, as this piece from the opus 72 set of piano pieces was originally an orchestral one, found among the sketches for the Symphony in E-flat.
Tchaikovsky did prefer to keep the piano concerto (which is the later of the two works, the 7th symphony being sketched before the Pathétique) a 3-mvt work, even though 4-mvt concertos were not unheard of (Brahms, Litolff, Saint Saens just to mention a couple).

[johnb]

Any thoughts about Jurowski's recordings with the LPO? I seem to remember that there were quite a few very enthusiastic comments here when the records were released.

[cloughie]

Any thoughts about Jurowski's recordings with the LPO? I seem to remember that there were quite a few very enthusiastic comments here when the records were released.

Yes, where are 2 and 3?