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Background

• Written in Klin, between February and August 1893; Tchaikovsky's final completed Symphony.
• The French "Pathétique" means passionate, emotional or arousing pity. It is reflective of concurrent suffering.
• First performed in Saint Petersburg on 28 October 1893, led by Tchaikovsky himself, nine days before his death.

Recordings

• Symphony No. 6 Pathétique
  MusicAeterna
  Teodor Currentzis · Sony
  Diapason d'Or (2017)
  Presto Recording of the Week (2017).
  Presto Recordings of the Year (2017): Nouveaute
  The New York Times (2017): Recordings of the Year.
  BBC Music Magazine (2018): Recording of the Month.
  Gramophone Awards (2018): Finalist Orchestral.
  Gramophone Magazine (2018): Disc of the Month
  Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year (2018): Nominated Orchestral.
  BBC Music Magazine Awards (2019): Finalist Orchestral

• Symphony No. 6
  Philharmonia Orchestra.
  Charles Mackerras.
  Signum Classics.
  Gramophone Magazine (2011): Editor's Choice

• Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 "Pathétique"
  Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
  Evgeny Mravinsky · Deutsche Grammophon
  Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
  Radio 3 (2007): Building a Library First Choice
  Radio 3 (2017): Building a Library Recommended.

• Symphony No. 6
  Berliner Philharmoniker
  Kirill Petrenko · Berliner Philharmoniker
  Gramophone Magazine (2019): Critics' Choice
  Gramophone Magazine (2019): Editor's Choice
  International Classical Music Awards (2019): Nominee Symphonic Music.
  Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year (2019): Nominated Orchestral.
  Presto Recording of the Week (2019).
  Presto Recordings of the Year (2019): Finalist
  Radio 3 (2019): Record of the Week.
  Gramophone Awards (2020): Shortlisted Orchestral.
  
  
• Symphonies 3, 4 and 6
  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  Vasily Petrenko · Onyx
  Gramophone Awards (2017): Shortlisted Orchestral.
  Gramophone Magazine (2017): Disc of the Month
  Presto Recording of the Week (2017).
  Presto Recordings of the Year (2017): Finalist.

• Symphony No. 6 & The Seasons.
  Mikhail Pletnev.
  ERATO.
  
  

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