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Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 “Little Russian” Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 USSR Symphony Orchestra/Evgeni Svetlanov “The USSR strings were the orchestra's undisputed glory, not always minding the finer points of Tchaikovsky's markings but ever ready to sing out with firm, focused tone and expressive abandon ...plenty to admire, not least their ability to inflect a Tchaikovsky melody without artifice.....many of the (movements) in the early symphonies ....will leave no limb unstirred, energized by vivid folk colorings (pizzicato strings as balalaikas) and driving, stamping, dance rhythms.... The spirit even enlivens that second subject from the Second Symphony's finale. .... The Serenade—is strong and passionate, not especially elegant, but predictably superb in the finale's Russian song and dance. Svetlanov uses the Russian collected edition (most others use Breitkopf), which does not include some of the rits. and dims. you may be expecting in the "Waltz", but which attaches (after a pause) an extra burst of C major to the end of the first movement. ....According to Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky "never feared to let himself go". Neither does Svetlanov.” (c) Gramophone |