Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4 / Riccardo Muti

Better than a summary, the most exquisite distillation of the Maestrissimo Muti's repertoire. Beneath its Italian airs, the first part offers a platform for France. It was for the Paris Opera that Giuseppe Verdi made his palette blaze in the ballet of the Sicilian Vespers , and it was to the Universal Exhibition of 1878 that Alfredo Catalani, author of the immortal Wally , dedicated the caress of his Contemplazione . After the interval, the thund...