A Guided Tour of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for String Orchestra in C major, Op. 48 (1880) 

That was wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing!

Thanks so much for explaining this masterpiece of Tchaikovsky.

how come that we often know just one movement from a Serenade or other collection? (Assuming that most of us have recognized movement 2)

A remarkable piece. At first I thought “this could work as a string quintet” but I really don’t think so. Five instruments is too sparse. Too difficult to pull off those broad singing lines. On the other hand this particular performance sounds a bit cavernous. I listened to a studio recording of Karajan / Berlin perform this also because Karajan does Tchaikovsky well and Berlin under Karajan has silky smooth strings.