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For many of us, Tchaikovsky was the first musical love, triggered perhaps by a visit to The Nutcracker, where the music may have outweighed the charms of the dancing, a performance of the “1812” Overture complete with fireworks, cannon and military bands, or simply a recording of the ballet suites. In Venezuela this first musical encounter ...
Gustavo Dudamel : Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra : ( in Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space : 17 December 2008 ...more.
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 by Gustavo Dudamel released in 2008. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Gustavo Dudamel takes on Tchaikovsky’s Fifth symphony, one of the warhorses of the romantic symphonic repertoire, and does a pretty decent job of it. His first movement, after a somewhat labored introduction (akin to Karajan’s), goes at a brisk, energized pace, with strong emphasis on the more dramatic passages (particularly the string and ...
Gustavo Dudamel gives us the opportunity to hear how vividly the composer depicts the fate of the Dutch prince Egmont in music: his triumphs, his love, his failure. Fate also plays a central role in Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, symbolised by a relentless motif that runs through the entire work.
This time the conductor is Gustavo Dudamel, famous for his dynamism and charisma. We will hear Peter Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony - music that is full of longing, warmth and radiance, just as it tells of man’s rebellion against his fate.
Gustavo Dudamel presents it and shows how vividly Beethoven depicts the fate of the protagonist: his triumphs, his love, his failure. Fate also plays a central role in Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony – symbolised by a relentless motif that runs through the work.
