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Manfred symphony, Op 58
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performers: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky
Recording date: 04 March 2000
Date of broadcast: 08 March 2000
Byron's poem 'Manfred', describes a Romantic hero whose journey into the alps acts as a call for freedom. Tchaikovsky's response is musically majesterial: echoing horns, sound rainbows and - to end - an orgy.
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performers: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky
Recording date: 04 March 2000
Date of broadcast: 08 March 2000
