Evgeny Svetlanov was one of the most decorated and celebrated Russian conductors of his generation. He not only rose through the ranks of Russian orchestras, but also achieved additional international acclaim as principal guest conductor of the
London Symphony Orchestra.
Svetlanov was a champion of Russian literature from popular and easily recognizable to works by composers he thought were unduly neglected. To this end,
Svetlanov set out on an unprecedented undertaking to record the body of Russian symphonic literature. This CD of
Tchaikovsky's The Seasons and The Tempest is part of that project.