Peter I. Tschaikowsky

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Symphony No. 6 „Pathétique“
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
Christoph Poppen, conductor

With the recordings of Peter Tchaikovsky’s First and Fourth Symphonies, Christoph Poppen and the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie have already demonstrated their ability to lend these popular works a unique, almost chamber-musical quality. Naturally, however, an ensemble like the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie is capable of developing pure power and lavish splendor at any time, so that nothing can stand in the way of an exhilarating Tchaikovsky experience.

The orchestra came into being in 2007 when the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken was combined with the Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern. GMD Christoph Poppen melded the two ensembles into one homogeneous and flexible group that carries on the tradition of its two predecessors. The first OehmsClassics CD production with this orchestra under the baton of maestro Poppen was the complete symphonies of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (OC 709).