
On first hearing, this recording of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth registered disappointment as it fell short of Mravinsky’s reference version on DG with the Leningrad Philharmonic. But
Danielle Gatti’s career on disc came and went so fast that if you blinked you might have missed it. He made exactly one memorably excellent
Daniele Gatti invests Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 with a freshness and vitality that belies its warhorse stature. The opening will surprise many listeners as Gatti