| London Philharmonic Orchestra | |
| Vasily Petrenko | Dirección |
| Augustin Hadelich | Violín |
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Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko presents music from his compatriot Tchaikovsky.
Tchaikovsky didn't write six symphonies; he wrote seven. The slippery, unnumbered Manfred Symphony takes its name from a tortured character in a poem by Byron who wanders the Alps stalked by an enigmatic guilt.
In this extraordinary and treacherously difficult work, Tchaikovsky's orchestra moves from sombre yearning to angered argument, until a shattering moment of dazzling sunlight crashes into its final movement, a glimpse of hope before Manfred's ultimate demise.
This was the most extensive and challenging piece Tchaikovsky had written at the time of its premiere in 1886, a wild and unbridled vision of life and death. Vasily Petrenko won a Gramophone Award for his powerful 2008 recording.
