Essential Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky’s output includes some of the most popular concertos and symphonies in the entire concert repertoire, several important operas and the three classic ballets – Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker – that are performed by every ballet company the world over.

Many of his compositions, such as his First Piano Concerto and his Violin Concerto, were originally savaged by his musical peers but the public disagreed and they are now ranked among the most popular and best loved works of the Romantic period.

His short orchestral works have also become firm favourites and no popular concert would be complete without one or other of his Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, the March Slave or the famous ‘1812’ Overture. Extracts from all of these works, as well as from his greatest symphonies and concertos, are included in this album.

Contents:
CD 1
1. Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
Vladimir Fedoseyev

2. Symphony No.4 in F minor Op.36: I. Andante sostenuto_Moderato con anima
Philadelphia Orchestra

3. Symphony No.5 in E minor Op.64: II: Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
Berliner Philharmoniker

4. Symphony No.6 in B minor Op.74: Allegro molto vivace
Mstislav Rostropovich

5. Violin Concerto in D Op.35: I. Allegro moderato
Vladimir Spivakov

6. Serenade in C Op.48: II. Valse. (Moderato: Tempo di valse)
City of London Sinfonia

7. Eugene Onegin: Tatiana's letter scene
Münchner Rundfunkorchester

8. Eugene Onegin: Mélodie Op.42 No.3
Virtuosi

9. Eugene Onegin: Polonaise
Berliner Philharmoniker

10. Swan Lake Op.20: No.10: Scene (Moderato)
John Lanchbery

11. 13. Dances of the Swans: IV. Dance of the Cygnets (Allegro moderato)
John Lanchbery

12. 13. Dances of the Swans: V. Andante: Andante non troppo: Allegro (Christopher Warren-Green, violin; Robert Truman, cello)
John Lanchbery

13. Act III: 21. Spanish Dance (Allegro non troppo: tempo di bolero)
Philharmonia Orchestra

14. Act III: 23. Mazurka
John Lanchbery

15. 8. Pas d'action: Rose Adagio (Andante: Adagio maestoso)
John Lanchbery

16. 8. Pas d'action: 6. Waltz (Allegro: Tempo di valse)
John Lanchbery

CD 2
1. Act 1: Overture
John Lanchbery

2. Variation 2: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy: Coda [to Pas de deux]
John Lanchbery

3. Trepak (Russian Dance)
John Lanchbery

4. Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
John Lanchbery

5. Coffee (Arab Dance)
John Lanchbery

6. Tea (Chinese Dance)
John Lanchbery

7. Dance of the Reed Flutes
John Lanchbery

8. Waltz of the Flowers
John Lanchbery

9. Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

10. O du mondhelle Nacht (O moonlight night)
Jan Eyron

11. Pikovaya Dama (The Queen of Spades): Uzh polnoch blizitsya (It is close on midnight already) (Act 3)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester

12. String Quartet in D Op.11: II. Andante cantabile
St Lawrence String Quartet

13. 6 Songs Op.6: None but the lonely heart Op.6 No.6
Gaston Marchesini

14. Marche Slave, Op.31
André Previn

15. 6 Songs Op.73: Again, as before, alone, Op.73 No.6 (Rathaus)
Galina Vishnevskaya

16. The Seasons Op.37b: VI. Juin (Barcarolle)
Mikhail Pletnev

17. The Seasons Op.37b: XII. Décembre (Noël)
Mikhail Pletnev

18. The Seasons Op.37b: Capriccio Italien Op.45 (conclusion)
Seiji Ozawa

19. 1812 Op.49
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra