Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky

"Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky album by Ljuba Kazarnovskaya on BeMusic"

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Release Date: 2023-05-26 00:00:00

  • Introduction
  • Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II: By a Lake: The swans swim on the lake (Excerpt)
  • Can there be music more instantly recognisable, more wildly popular, more beautifully scored?…
  • Marche slave, Op. 31 (Excerpt)
  • We heard an extract from Tchaikovsky's 1876 orchestral piece Marche slave…
  • Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II Scene 6: Aria. Vedrai, carino (Excerpt)
  • Tchaikovsky's arrival at the preparatory school in St Petersburg…
  • Moy geniy, moy angel, moy drug
  • Tchaikovsky graduated from the School of Jurisprudence on 25 May 1859…
  • Groza, Op. 76 (Excerpt)
  • On graduation at the end of 1865, Tchaikovsky was offered the role of music theory teacher at the soon-to-open Moscow Conservatory…
  • Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian": I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo (Excerpt)
  • Around this time, the early 1870s, Tchaikovsky enjoyed some success as an aspiring composer…
  • Oprichnik, Act I: Pochudilis' mne budito golosa i shum shagov (Excerpt)
  • Towards the end of 1874, the same year in which The Oprichnik premiered…
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito (Excerpt)
  • The mid-1870s witnessed the further development of Tchaikovsky's career…
  • Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36: I. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima (Excerpt)
  • In the years that followed his ill-fated marriage, Tchaikovsky became reclusive…
  • 1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49 (Excerpt)
  • In the mid-1880s, Tchaikovsky decided to return to the Moscow region and settle down…
  • Suite No. 4 in G Major, Op. 61 "Mozartiana": III. Preghiera. Andante non tanto (Excerpt)
  • In the final years of Tchaikovsky's life, his compositional pace seemed to increase…
  • The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act I: Valse (Excerpt)
  • A second example from the ballet illustrates Tchaikovsky's characteristically atmospheric musical style…
  • The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act II: Panorama (Excerpt)
  • Tchaikovsky's third and final ballet, The Nutcracker, was premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre on 18 December 1892…
  • The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II Tableau 3: Coda
  • Although the Tsar, present at the final dress rehearsal…
  • Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso (Excerpt)