Valery Gergiev on Tchaikovsky’s Symphonies

Complete with dramatic performance footage, Valery Gergiev, music director and conductor of the Mariinsky Orchestra, discusses Tchaikovsky’s symphonies and his approach to conducting them. Maestro Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky Orchestra in performances of six of the great Russian composer’s symphonies at Carnegie Hall this October. More information is available at Performance footage used courtesy of LGM, Mezzo, and the State Academic Mariinsky Theatre. Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra’s recordings of Tchaikovsky’s symphonies nos. 4, 5, and 6 are available on iTunes at The Blu-ray version of the performances is available at =s9_simh_gw_p74_d4_g74_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=06P0ZA625BX2P8429KF6&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846 The DVD version of the performances is available at =sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1316446452&sr=1-2