Title: Tchaikovsky played with passion and power
Product review: Alexandroff conducts what sounds like a big symphony orchestra, and the Sony digital recording gives you front row seats for the concert. Alexandroff also uses a lot of variation in dynamics and tempo, especially in the 1812. About the only thing I can find to not like is the lack of informative notes, but in the 1812 I'm sure they don't use real bells or cannons. Still the cannon fire and church bells are simulated in ways you can't mistake, so if it's music you want rather than real artillery, it's a great 1812, played with feeling and energy. In case you aren't familiar with some of the other selections, they are all great. None are slow moving, but the waltzes provide a relatively peaceful interlude between the 1812, the polonaise, the Marche Slave (which at times will make you think they skipped back to the 1812, because it repeats the theme which I think it "God save the Czar") and the finale.
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