Swan lake

"Hvis man abstraherer fra billedet af dansende ballerinaer og i stedet fokuserer på den overdådigt velklingende musik, vil man opleve værket som en storslået symfonisk suite. For øvrigt i den sædvanlige flotte lyd på Chandos' super audio cd. Så her er på ny en chance for at blive overvældet af Tjajkovskij".

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"Jurowski weiss, wie man bei Tschaikowsky Spannung aufbaut und das Orchester so staffelt, dass die Solostellen von Flöte oder Klarinette gur hörbar bleiben. Das merkt man dieser Einspielung jederzeit an ... Dieser Tschaikowsky kommt nicht mit Fett und Schmer daher, sondern straff und zielstrebig - vielleicht das grösste Verdienst dieser Aufnahme. Das russische Orchester spielt so schnörkellos, als hätte es eine kitsch-behaftete Tschaikowsky-Rezeption nie gegeben".

"Jurowski's finely-tuned ear and his sense of detail coupled with an urgency to his music-making comes through in spades here. Each movement holds its own character, but there is also a palpable feeling that Jurowski is working on the large-scale, too ... Superb individual contributions (oboe, cello, trumpet in particular) are the icing on the cake. Two super-long SACDs, superbly recorded with radiant playing make this a must".

"Jurowski lacks nothing in terms of passionate commitment - the impact of his recording, especially when the SACD surround-track is activated, is all-engulfing - and conjures up a compelling emotional narrative".

"Vurdering: BBC music orchestral choice" - ""[Ehnes] is superb throughout ... The Bergen Philharmonic offers the most polished playing, driven by Järvi at often faster than usual tempos ... When it matters Järvi abandons his brisk manner for an understated yet manifest sensitivity to Tchaikovsky's poignant lyricism".

"The Russian National Orchestra's sound has certainly improved over the years, especially in the woodwind department; but the strings in full lack the body one expects from a Slavic ensemble".

"To be of more than archive interest, Gergiev should have opened up all the cuts (if not all the repeats) and provided a half-hour supplement of the missing music".