Symphony No. 5

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Tchaikovsky composed this work between May and the end of August 1888, and conducted its premiere at St. Petersburg on November 17 of that year. Eleven years separated the "fateful" Fourth Symphony of 1877 from the Fifth, about which Tchaikovsky expressed ambivalent feelings both during its composition and later on. To...

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Curated by Mary Elizabeth Kelly, Primephonic Curator

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Duration

Tracks

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

2010

45m

4

Recorded versions of this work

Year

Duration

Tracks

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

1975

49m

4

Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

1984

48m

4

London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

1970

45m

4

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