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Tchaikovsky, a favorite of the master Zanderlink.

DENON's early masterpieces of orchestral digital recordings in Europe have been vividly revived as high-resolution audio sources through ORT mastering!

First-ever SACD release through high-resolution conversion using ORT mastering.

【Track List】

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:

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1. Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

2. Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, 1st movement

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2. Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, 2nd-4th movements

3. Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathétique”

【Performers】

Berlin Symphony Orchestra

Kurt Sanderling (conductor)

【Recording】

June 7-9, 1978, 12th (2)

September 25-29, 1979 (1), September 19-22 (3)

Former East Berlin, Christ Church

For Zanderling, who served as conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic under Mravinsky, Tchaikovsky was a repertoire equal to German works in terms of his expertise.

This recording, featuring the Berlin Philharmonic under his baton, was one of the earliest orchestral recordings released by DENON in Europe (with the Fourth Symphony being the first recording) and has long been regarded as a legendary performance.

This is an extraordinary performance that conveys a sense of darkness while showcasing Zanderlink's outstanding musicality.

Japan Columbia has remastered this recording using its proprietary ORT Mastering technology and released it for the first time on SACD.

The soundstage and sound quality have been significantly improved.

The CD layer also uses the remastered audio source from this release.

Kurt Sanderling (1912–2011) conducted the Berlin Symphony Orchestra (now the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra) in this recording of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 in June 1978. This was the first joint production between Japan Columbia, the East German record company, and German Schallplatten, and also the first PCM recording in both East and West Germany.

The recording took place at the Christ Church in the suburbs of East Berlin, which was frequently used as a recording venue by Deutsche Schallplatten.

These three symphonies are highly distinctive in both performance and recording.

While many performances of this work aim for dramatic effects through brilliant tones, this recording features extremely rich and soft tones, a dignified and unwavering structure, and a grand scale.

While the performance is highly “Germanic” in its symphonic character, it shares with Mravinsky's approach the interpretation that strips away the sentimentality that had clung to the works since the 19th century.

In fact, Zanderling served as the first conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic under Mravinsky from 1941 to 1961, and during their time in Siberia, they spent almost every night together, discussing music and analyzing each other's performances (as described in “The Last Master: Kurt Sanderling” by Junji Miura, Record Arts, November 1994), demonstrating their close bond.

In terms of recordings, they are characterized by “seeking a compromise between perfect performance and the spontaneity of a live concert” (Kelche, President of the Society, Record Arts, April 1974), resulting in a natural soundstage.

They incorporate the rich acoustics of a Christian church hall while maintaining clear instrument separation and positioning, achieving a sound that is both natural and powerful.

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