Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony by the Berlin Philharmonic, a famous performance conducted by Karajan. - Artist: Peter I. Tchaikovsky - Album Name: Symphonie Nr. 6 "Pathétique" - Conductor: Herbert von Karajan - Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker - Record Number: MG 1063 - Country of Manufacture: Japan Thank you for viewing. "If the surgery had been delayed by a few more hours, I would never have been able to stand on the podium again" (Karajan). After recovering from his illness, Karajan's first recording after the miraculous "No. 5" was Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique," a work he had mastered. It couldn't be bad. It's a perfectly polished performance. More introspective than the 1970 version. Noble and gorgeous. However, I feel that "something" is missing. To reiterate, it is certainly a wonderful performance.