Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra - Symphony No 3 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Features Phil Markowitz, pianoJean-Francois Jenny-Clarke, bassJeff Brillinger, drums

MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra - Symphonies 1-3 [COMPACT DISCS] date 02/01/1995

With this final volume of their Tchaikovsky cycle, Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich complete their exploration of the Russian composer's symphonies. Symphony No. 3, also known as the InchPolonaiseInch (1875), is notable as Tchaikovsky's only symphony composed in the major mode. It is followed by another Polish-inspired piece, the Polonaise that opens the third act of Eugene Onegin (1879), his opera based on Alexander Pushkin's novel of the same name. The program ends with a work commissioned by the city of Moscow for the coronation of Tsar Alexander III, the Festival Coronation March (1883).