Boris Tchaikovsky: Chamber Symphony, Sinfonietta for Strings

Release Date: 31st May 2004
Catalogue No: CDA67413
Label: Hyperion
Length: 69 minutes

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Tchaikovsky, B: Sinfonietta for Strings

Work length19:36

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Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Rudin

I. Sonatina

Track length5:55

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II. Waltz

Track length3:06

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III. Variations

Track length6:08

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IV. Rondo

Track length4:27

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Tchaikovsky, B: Chamber Symphony

Work length20:13

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Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Rudin

I. Sonata

Track length4:36

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II. Unison

Track length2:06

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III. Chorale Music

Track length2:35

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IV. Interlude

Track length1:55

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V. March Motifs

Track length3:47

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VI. Serenade

Track length5:14

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Tchaikovsky, B: Six Études for Organ and String Orchestra

Work length26:47

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Ludmila Golub (organ)
Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Rudin

I. Andante

Track length5:38

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II. Allegro non troppo

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III. Moderato con moto

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IV. Allegro moderato

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V. Andante moderato

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VI. Allegretto

Track length3:57

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Tchaikovsky, B: Prelude ‘The Bells'

Work length3:06

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Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Rudin

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Boris Tchaikovskyno relationbelongs to that generation of Soviet composers falling between Shostakovich (one of his teachers) and Kabalevsky on the one hand and Schnittke and Gubaidulina on the other. Born into a musical family, the young Boris saw his musical language reach maturity in the years following World War II; he then joined the many of his compatriot composers in making a living from writing for the theatre, for film and for television. Such a background immediately lends his serious compositions an accessibility and appeal which could perhaps be generally described as having something of the Shostakovich-without-the-angst about them. The Sinfonietta for Strings of 1953 is the earliest work on this disc. Its four movements are laid out on traditional lines and share much of their harmonic language with Shostakovichs early quartets. The six tightly focused movements of the 1967 Chamber Symphony betray the influence of Britten (unusual for this period in Soviet Russia) and Panufnik; hints of intrigue, even unease, disturb otherwise literal responses to the movement titles. This fascination with the perfectly formed miniature finds its apogee in the numerous sets of studies in Tchaikovskys output. In the Six etudes for Organ and String Orchestra of 1976 any hint of the florid or the self-indulgent is scrupulously avoided, making for a remarkable demonstration of the power of the unsaid. This disc concludes with the short Prelude The Bells, one of Boris Tchaikovskys last works and perhaps an expression of his attachment to the Orthodox Church, his scepticism of the avant garde direction being taken by contemporary music, and his commitment to the preservation of a true Russian musical tradition. The more-or-less complete short score has been completed by one of Tchaikovskys composer-colleagues, Pyotr Klimov.

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