Composers: Tchaikovsky
Compositions: Orchestral works
Performers: Kirill Gerstein p, Czech Philharmonic/Semyon Bychkov
Catalogue Number: Decca 4834942 (7CD)

Semyon Bychkov’s The Tchaikovsky Project with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra spans the composer’s symphonies, including the Manfred, the two piano concertos (plus the sliver of the never completed Third), the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, the Serenade for Strings and his symphonic poem Francesca da Rimini. The Manfred and Pathétique (paired first with Romeo and Juliet) were released previously, but now the entire series is available in a seven-disc set that charts Tchaikovsky’s life through his major orchestral works.