Do we need another set of Tchaikovsky symphonies? More to the point, do we need them from the little known Melbourne Symphony Orchestra? Having listened and re-listened to these live recordings, the ...

The complete symphonies of Tchaikovsky are an imperative for any serious record collector. And this recording from the critically acclaimed MSO Live series is set to become a classic. From the first ...

Tchaikovsky thought his Symphony No. 6 was the best thing he'd ever written - but this masterpiece was unremittingly bleak. All of Tchaikovsky's symphonies are mini-dramas in both human and musical ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ask the average music lover what they know of Tchaikovsky’s music and the answer is likely to be the big works, ...

Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique' London Philharmonic Orchestra Karina Canellakis, Conductor It’s nearly a decade since Vladimir Jurowski completed his Tchaikovsky symphony cycle with the London ...

Valery Gergiev is widely recognised as the greatest modern interpreter of Tchaikovsky’s music and the Mariinsky holds a peerless reputation in the repertoire. Together they deliver definitive ...

As a symphonist, Tchaikovsky enriched the repertoire and exerted a vital influence on later composers as diverse as Sibelius, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Of his first three symphonies, the second ...

It contains some of his most powerful music, and yet it has always been strangely neglected so that many concert goers are simply not aware of it. It should be enough - it is easily the largest of ...

Throughout the course of the festival, a wide range of orchestras and conductors will give the complete symphony cycle of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. This will include, as well as the six numbered works ...