Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-93)
Composer
Having studied law, he started out as a civil servant and worked his way through the St Petersburg conservatory studying under Anton Rubinstein and, later, at the Moscow conservatoire under Nicolai Rubinstein.
Although he is perhaps the most famous of all Russian composers, his music is not especially nationalistic but, rather, intensely emotional, drawing on his own sensitivities. Against his nature, he entered into a doomed marriage. He was sustained both financially and emotionally by a curious relationship with his patroness Madame von Meck - whom he never met.
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Further Reading: Tchaikovsky
Recording of the Week, Teodor Currentzis conducts Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony
27th October 2017
James listens to a turbulent and impassioned account of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 from Teodor Currentzis and MusicAeterna.
Recording of the Week, Vasily Petrenko completes his cycle of Tchaikovsky Symphonies
20th January 2017
James listens to the culmination of Vasily Petrenko's Tchaikovsky cycle with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - symphonies Nos. 3, 4, and 6.
Popular Works: Tchaikovsky
- 1812 Overture, Op. 49 (292)
- Album for the Young, Op. 39 (37)
- Capriccio italien, Op. 45 (212)
- Cherevichki (The Slippers) (4)
- Elegy for strings (24)
- Eugene Onegin (49)
- Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 (125)
- Hamlet - Fantasy overture, Op. 67 (57)
- Iolanta (15)
- Jeanne d'Arc, La Pucelle d'Orleans (3)
- Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41 (24)
- Manfred Symphony, Op. 58 (76)
- Marche slave, Op. 31 (164)
- Mazeppa (6)
- Morceaux (18), Op. 72 (8)
- Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62 for cello & orchestra (or cello & piano) (51)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 (401)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 (71)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 75 (44)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 80 (15)
- Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 'In Memory of a Great Artist' (79)
- Pique Dame (28)
- Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture (325)
- Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48 (156)
- Sérénade Mélancolique for Violin & Orchestra in B minor, Op. 26 (107)
- Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (79)
- Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42 (100)
- Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 (68)
- String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 (65)
- String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 22 (24)
- String Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor, Op. 30 (27)
- Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op. 43 (10)
- Suite No. 2 in C major, Op. 53 (9)
- Suite No. 4 in G major, Op.61 'Mozartiana' (28)
- Swan Lake, Op. 20 (104)
- Swan Lake, Op. 20 Suite (93)
- Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 'Winter Daydreams' (109)
- Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 'Little Russian' (126)
- Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29 'Polish' (102)
- Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (299)
- Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (356)
- Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' (398)
- The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (182)
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (143)
- The Seasons, Op. 37b (81)
- The Tempest, Op. 18 (48)
- The Voyevoda, symphonic ballad Op. 78 (28)
- Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (199)
- Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (394)
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