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Ahronovitch conducts Tschaikowski

ArticleNr. SWR19160CD1 CD66'00 minBooklet languagegermanenglish
Year recorded

Tr. 1-9: 1996 / Tr. 10-13: 1995

Year published

2025

Composer

Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski

PETER ILJITSCH Tschaikowsky

Artists

Yuri Ahronovitch (dir)

SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR

Tracks

Swan Lake. Ballett in four acts (excerpts), Op. 20                                                                  

 Act I

  1. Nr. 1 Introduktion. Allegro giusto                                                                                            
  2. Nr. 2 Valse                                                                                                                                     
  3. Nr. 3 Pas de Trois II. Andante sostenuto                                                                               
  4. Nr. 8 Dance des coupes. Tempo di polacca                                                                         
  5. Nr. 9 Finale. Andante                                                                                                                 

 Act II

  1. Nr. 13 Dance des cygnes: IV. Allegro moderato                                                                  
  2. Nr. 13 Danse des cygnes: V. Pas d’action. Andante                                                          

 Act III

  1. Nr. 22 Danse napolitaine. Allegro moderato                                                                       

 Act IV

  1. Nr. 28 Scène. Allegro agitato & Nr. 29 Scène finale. Andante – Allegro agitato              

(SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden)

 

Suite for Orchestra No. 4 G Major Op. 61, „Mozartiana“                                                                  

  1.  I. Gigue. Allegro                                                                                                                             
  2. II. Menuet. Moderato                                                                                                                  
  3. III. Preghiera. Andante non tanto                                                                                           
  4. IV. Thema con variazioni. Allegro giusto                                                                               

  (Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR)               

Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake takes a special place in Ahronovitch's life. The conductor was just five years old when he visited a performance of the ballet at the Kirov Theater. He was so fascinated that he announced to his parents his decision to become a conductor himself. In the midst of the turmoil of war, he did indeed studied at the conservatory and graduated with honors in 1954.
In the course of his career, he was chief conductor of the Gürzenich Orchestra (as successor of Günther Wand) and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and also conducted numerous important orchestras around the world.
On Swedish television, Ahronovitch once made the following statement that is so characteristic of him: “I was never the conductor of the orchestra, I was always a colleague, a friend and a partner.” This humanistic approach combined with a laid-back unaffectedness and a self-evident demand for perfection characterized his conducting style.

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