TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Great Composers in Words and Music

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich Composer

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Composer

Da Ponte, Lorenzo Lyricist

Fet, Afanasy Lyricist

Caddy, Davinia Author

Naxos Digital Services US

Series:

Naxos Music Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical Music.

Local Subjects:

Classical Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated 2023

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Introduction (NaN min. NaN sec.)(11 sec.)

Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II: By a Lake: Scene: The swans swim on the lake (excerpt) (01 min. 18 sec.) / Tchaikovsky

Can there be music more instantly recognisable, more wildly popular, more beautifully scored? Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's 1876 ballet Swan Lake is nowadays considered a classic... (06 min. 44 sec.)

Marche slave (Slavonic March), Op. 31 (excerpt) (NaN min. NaN sec.)(53 sec.) / Tchaikovsky

We heard an extract from Tchaikovsky's 1876 orchestral piece Marche slave ('Slavonic March')... (04 min. 20 sec.)

Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II Scene 6: Aria: Vedrai, carino (excerpt) (01 min. 12 sec.) / Mozart

Tchaikovsky's arrival at the preparatory school in St Petersburg, some 1,000 miles from the family home in Alapayevsk... (04 min. 56 sec.)

Moy geniy, moy angel, moy drug (My Genius, My Angel, My Friend) (01 min. 54 sec.) / Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky graduated from the School of Jurisprudence on 25 May 1859... (06 min. 44 sec.)

Groza (The Storm), Op. 76 (excerpt) (02 min. 01 sec.) / Tchaikovsky

On graduation at the end of 1865, Tchaikovsky was offered the role of music theory teacher at the soon-to-open Moscow Conservatory... (05 minutes 41 sec.)

Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17, "Little Russian": I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo (excerpt) (01 min. 34 sec.) / Tchaikovsky

Around this time, the early 1870s, Tchaikovsky enjoyed some success as an aspiring composer... (04 min. 28 sec.)

Oprichnik (The Oprichnik), Act I: Pochudilis' mne budito golosa i shum shagov (excerpt) (01 min. 22 sec.) / Tchaikovsky

Towards the end of 1874, the same year in which The Oprichnik premiered, Tchaikovsky began to work on what would become one of his most popular works... (02 min. 52 sec.)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito (excerpt) (02 min. 38 sec.) / Tchaikovsky

The mid-1870s witnessed the further development of Tchaikovsky's career, and his increasing popularity with listeners... (05 min. 02 sec.)

Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36: I. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima (excerpt) (01 min. 08 sec.) / Tchaikovsky

In the years that followed his ill-fated marriage, Tchaikovsky became reclusive... (01 min. 10 sec.)

1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49 (excerpt) (01 min. 30 sec.) / Tchaikovsky

In the mid-1880s, Tchaikovsky decided to return to the Moscow region and settle down... (02 min. 55 sec.)

Suite No. 4 in G Major, Op. 61, "Mozartiana": III. Preghiera: Andante non tanto (excerpt) (01 min. 23 sec.) / Tchaikovsky

In the final years of Tchaikovsky's life, his compositional pace seemed to increase... (01 min. 38 sec.)

The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act I: Valse (excerpt) (01 min. 10 sec.) / Tchaikovsky

A second example from the ballet illustrates Tchaikovsky's characteristically atmospheric musical style... (NaN min. NaN sec.)(42 sec.)

The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act II: Panorama (excerpt) (01 min. 24 sec.) / Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky's third and final ballet, The Nutcracker, was premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre on 18 December 1892... (01 min. 20 sec.)

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II Tableau 3: Coda (01 min. 18 sec.) / Tchaikovsky

Although the Tsar, present at the final dress rehearsal, was complimentary towards Tchaikovsky and enthusiastic about The Nutcracker... (04 min. 18 sec.)

Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique": IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso (excerpt) (01 minches 55 sec.) / Tchaikovsky

Participant:

Boulton, Nicholas, Reader -- Halász, Michael, Conductor -- Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra -- Gunzenhauser, Stephen, Conductor -- Raimondi, Ildikó, Artist -- Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Orchestra -- Kazarnovskaya, Ljuba, Artist -- Orfenova, Ljuba, Artist -- Wit, Antoni, Conductor -- Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra -- Poppen, Christoph, Conductor -- German Radio Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra -- Rozhdestvensky, Gennady, Conductor -- Cagliari Theatre Orchestra, Orchestra -- Lassoskaya, Elena, Artist -- Glemser, Bernd, Artist -- Alsop, Marin, Conductor -- Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra -- Kuchar, Theodore, Conductor -- Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra -- Sanderling, Stefan, Conductor -- Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra -- Mogrelia, Andrew, Conductor -- Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice, Orchestra -- Pletnev, Mikhail, Conductor -- Russian National Orchestra, Orchestra -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich, Composer -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, Composer -- Da Ponte, Lorenzo, Lyricist -- Fet, Afanasy, Lyricist -- Caddy, Davinia, Author

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