P. I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Slavonic March

Even though Tchaikovsky, after his Fourth Symphony, Tchaikovsky felt that he had “written himself out,” but he wrote he composed his fifth symphony within a few weeks Composed within a few weeks

The premiere took place in 1888 in St. Petersburg under the direction the composer in St. Petersburg. The Premiere was not very well received, but today the Fifth is one of the most popular Tchaikovsky’s most popular works

It is complemented in this recording from the year Year 2010 by the Slavonic March. The internationally successful conductor, violinist and music teacher conductor and music teacher Christoph Poppen has has already recorded all the other Tchaikovsky symphonies for symphonies for OehmsClassics and has received great praise from the from the music critics