Tchaikovsky - Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Bernard Haitink Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58, is a programmatic symphony composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between May and September 1885. It is based on the poem “Manfred“ written by Lord Byron in 1817. It is the only one of Tchaikovsky’s symphonies he completed that is not numbered (the Symphony in E flat is a conjectural work left unfinished by the composer) and was written between the Fourth and Fifth Symphonies. 0:00 Lento lugubre (B minor) 16:13 Vivace con spirito (B minor) 25:37 Andante con moto (G major) 38:00 Allegro con fuoco (B minor - D flat major - B major)