Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 / Francesca Da Rimini (Mariss Jansons) (Hybrid SACD, Br-Klassik)

The symphonic poem Francesca da Rimini is one of Tchaikovsky’s most popular works on this SACD, compared to Symphony No. 5 in E minor. The poetic-dramatic work Francesca da Rimini is based on an episode from Dante’s Inferno, which unfolds a magnificent and rousing tableau from lyrical passages with beguiling richness of color to dramatic-theatrical outbursts. There is no question that Mariss Jansons has the necessary ounce of Russian soul to give these works their full potential: The recordings from October 2009 and July 2010 show the conductor, who died in 2019, in perfect unity with his orchestra, the intoxication and control in perfect balance able to bring.