Tchaikovsky composed his third Symphony in 1875. It contains subtle inwardness and grandeur, sometimes too much grandeur, elated folkloristic simplicity and contrapuntal complexities; the intimacy...

Tchaikovsky composed his third Symphony in 1875. It contains subtle inwardness and grandeur, sometimes too much grandeur, elated folkloristic simplicity and contrapuntal complexities; the intimacy of chamber music and expansive Cinemascope Sound. This SACD is completed by excerpts from Tchaikovsky's famous ballet Sleeping Beauty.