交響曲第5番（1960）：エフゲニー・ムラヴィンスキー指揮＆レニングラード・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団 (180グラム重量盤レコード/Speakers Corner)

Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64

The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Yevgeny Mravinsky

Recording: November 1960 at Musikverein Groser Saal, Vienna, by Harald Baudis
Production: Karl-Heinz Schneider

Format: 1LP 33rpm
Configuration: standard sleeve

Recordings of Tchaikovsky’s late symphonies with the Leningrad Philharmonic under Mravinsky were a legend even in the days of mono recording technique. It comes as no surprise therefore to learn that Tchaikovsky fans were overjoyed when these three great symphonies were released at last on the Yellow Label in top hi-fi quality at the beginning of the Sixties. Masterful performances, as thrilling as live recordings, now became available - recordings which were far superior to all others on the market. Even when the purported ‘miracle’ of digital recording technique began to take over and industrial record production had become a matter of course, Mravinsky’s recordings were still available in a 2CD set. There are reasons enough to re-release the Fifth Symphony as an individual LP, without going into lengthy discussions about which of Tchaikovsky’s late symphonies is the most important. Those who treasure a mono version or a Mravinsky recording from an unknown source in their collection are now given the opportunity to compare their version with the present re-release. All others can congratulate themselves on possessing a milestone recording, a true work of reference, for no other Mravinsky sounds better than this one. ( Speakers Corner Records )