Rafael Kubelik - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 Pathetique (1963) Vinyl LP

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Vinyl plays nicely; a few light hairlines (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; light-scuffing, slight discoloration with darker discoloration spots, and surface impressions (front/back); name written near top-left on back. Inner-sleeve is generic white. Spine shows some wear with split near top and center. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

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1. Symphony No. 6 In B Minor, Op. 74 ("Pathetique")

About The Record:

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 Pathetique, by Rafael Kubelik is performed by the Chicago Symphony. No sympathy of Tchaikovsky called forth as much critical writing as did his last, the brooding Pathetique. Did the despondency and misery which it portrays represent the state of mind of its creator at this time? We have Tchaikovsky's word for it that he was happy and elated while he was working on the symphony and that he did not feel any depression whatever at the time. Three months later, Tchaikovsky gives us a different picture of his mental state: "I suffer, not only from torments which cannot be put into words but from hatred for strangers and an indefinable terror." Five months later he drank an unboiled glass of water in cholera infested Petersburg. Six days later he was dead. The general love that was felt for him was shown at his funeral and his final symphony was again received with great enthusiasm.