Yuri Ahronovitch conducts Tchaikovsky

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SWR
Release Date
March 14, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • PERFORMER
      SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 14, 2025
    • UPC
      747313916085
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SWR19160CD
    • LABEL
      SWR
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Introduction

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks

      Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch

    2. Act I: No. 2. Waltz

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks

      Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch

    3. Act I: No. 4. Pas de trois: II. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks

      Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch

    4. Act I: No. 8. Danse des coupes: Tempo di polacca

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks

      Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch

    5. Act I: No. 9. Finale

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks

      Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch

    6. Act II: No. 13. Dances of the swans: IV. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks

      Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch

    7. Act II: No. 13. Dances of the swans: V. Andante - Allegro

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks

      Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch

    8. Act III: No. 22. Neapolitan Dance

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks

      Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch

    9. Act IV No. 28. Scene: Allegro agitato - Act IV No. 29. Finale: Andante - Allegro agitato

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks

      Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch

    10. I. Gigue: Allegro

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR

      Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch

    11. II. Menuet: Moderato

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR

      Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch

    12. III. Preghiera: Andante non tanto

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR

      Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch

    13. IV. Tema con variazioni: Allegro giusto

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR

      Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch


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 Gurzenich Orchestra (as successor of Gunther 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. Tchaikovsky composed the Orchestral Suite No. 4, usually referred to as "Mozartiana", for the centenary of Don Giovanni: Four orchestrated movements based on original Mozart works, although none of them directly related to the well-known opera. Tchaikovsky ends with the variations KV 455, "Unser dummer Pobel meint", based on a theme by Christoph Willibald Gluck. In these 15 minutes, Yuri Ahronovitch shows how melancholy and cheerfulness, dark, earthy colors and shimmering, bright moments come together.