The Philadelphia Orchestra and Music Director Christoph Eschenbach continue their celebrated series of recordings together, with more music by Peter Tchaikovsky! The Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique” is one of Tchaikovsky’s most important works and one of the best-selling and most requested symphonic works in the catalogue. Written in the last year of his life, this most melancholic of his symphonies is forever associated with the tragedy of Tchaikovsky’s sudden death in 1893. As an additional special bonus, Christoph Eschenbach performs on piano the seldom-performed Dumka (Scenes from a Russian Village), making this unusual coupling a unique release and giving it a strong sales point.

The Philadelphia Orchestra and the music of Tchaikovsky form a relationship on which a legend was built. Enthusiastic press and success followed on the release of the previous recordings of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth and Fifth Symphonies, coupled each with one half of The Seasons (“Eschenbach makes full use of his orchestra's legendary tonal richness and instrumental color-qualities tailor-made for Tchaikovsky's scoring.” – ClassicsToday.com, Artistic Quality 9 / Sound Quality 10; “His (piano) touch is magical, with a natural feel for the flexible phrasing that the music calls out for” – Gramophone).

Finest SACD recording technology highlights the unique spirit of a live performance of the legendary Orchestra, as well as of its world-renowned and magnificent “Philadelphia Sound”.

This is the seventh CD to be released under the “formidable Ondine-Eschenbach-Philadelphia partnership” (Gramophone) which began in 2005, and has produced discs that have been honored with accolades including BBC Music Magazine’s Disc of the Month, Gramophone’s “Editor’s Choice,” The New York Times’ “Top Ten Recordings of the Year,” and the German Record Critics’ Award, among others.