Colin Davis conducts Tchaikovsky – Ballet Music from Operas

KHCD-2011-074 (STEREO) – Tchaikovsky: Ballet Music from Operas: Selections from “Eugen Onegin”, “The Maid of Orleans”, “The Oprichnik”, “The Sorceress”, and “Tcherevitchki” – Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Colin Davis – A fine, well-recorded collection of  some lesser-known orchestral selections from Tchaikovsky’s operas, transcribed from a mint Philips LP. Magnificent playing by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, sensitively conducted by Colin Davis.

In my LP collecting days during the 60s and 70s, I never picked up this LP (nor the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 he recorded with Claudio Arrau and the Boston Symphony, also on Philips). I guess I didn’t associate Colin Davis with 19th century Russian repertoire. I’m glad I came across this disc, and happy to restore it.

Thanks for visting! – Cheers – Curt Timons

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