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

Lucy Scott, Davinia Caddy

  • Release Date: 26th May 2023
  • Catalogue No: 8578369
  • Label: Naxos
  • Length: 75 minutes

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Contents

Davinia Caddy: Introduction

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  • Nicholas Boulton (narrator)

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II: By a Lake: The swans swim on the lake (Excerpt)

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  • Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Michael Halász

Davinia Caddy: Can there be music more instantly recognisable, more wildly popular, more beautifully scored?…

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  • Nicholas Boulton (narrator)

Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, Op. 31 (Excerpt)

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  • Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Stephen Gunzenhauser

Davinia Caddy: We heard an extract from Tchaikovsky's 1876 orchestral piece Marche slave…

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  • Nicholas Boulton (narrator)

Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II Scene 6: Aria. Vedrai, carino (Excerpt)

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  • Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Ildikó Raimondi (soloist)
  • Michael Halász

Davinia Caddy: Tchaikovsky's arrival at the preparatory school in St Petersburg…

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  • Nicholas Boulton (narrator)

Tchaikovsky: Moy geniy, moy angel, moy drug

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  • Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, Ljuba Orfenova

Davinia Caddy: Tchaikovsky graduated from the School of Jurisprudence on 25 May 1859…

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  • Nicholas Boulton (narrator)

Tchaikovsky: Groza, Op. 76 (Excerpt)

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  • Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Antoni Wit

Davinia Caddy: On graduation at the end of 1865, Tchaikovsky was offered the role of music theory teacher at the soon-to-open Moscow Conservatory…

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  • Nicholas Boulton (narrator)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian": I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo (Excerpt)

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  • Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserlautern
  • Christoph Poppen

Davinia Caddy: Around this time, the early 1870s, Tchaikovsky enjoyed some success as an aspiring composer…

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  • Nicholas Boulton (narrator)

Tchaikovsky: Oprichnik, Act I: Pochudilis' mne budito golosa i shum shagov (Excerpt)

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  • Elena Lassoskaya (soloist)
  • Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
  • Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Davinia Caddy: Towards the end of 1874, the same year in which The Oprichnik premiered…

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  • Nicholas Boulton (narrator)

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 : Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allergo con spirito

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  • Bernd Glemser (soloist)
  • Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Antoni Wit

Davinia Caddy: The mid-1870s witnessed the further development of Tchaikovsky's career…

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  • Nicholas Boulton (narrator)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36: I. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima (Excerpt)

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  • Colorado Symphony Orchestra
  • Marin Alsop

Davinia Caddy: In the years that followed his ill-fated marriage, Tchaikovsky became reclusive…

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  • Nicholas Boulton (narrator)

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49 (Excerpt)

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  • National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
  • Theodore Kuchar

Davinia Caddy: In the mid-1880s, Tchaikovsky decided to return to the Moscow region and settle down…

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  • Nicholas Boulton (narrator)

Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 in G Major, Op. 61 "Mozartiana": III. Preghiera. Andante non tanto (Excerpt)

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  • RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
  • Stefan Sanderling

Davinia Caddy: In the final years of Tchaikovsky's life, his compositional pace seemed to increase…

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  • Nicholas Boulton (narrator)

Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act I: Valse (Excerpt)

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  • Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice
  • Andrew Mogrelia

Davinia Caddy: A second example from the ballet illustrates Tchaikovsky's characteristically atmospheric musical style…

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  • Nicholas Boulton (narrator)

Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act II: Panorama (Excerpt)

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  • Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice
  • Andrew Mogrelia

Davinia Caddy: Tchaikovsky's third and final ballet, The Nutcracker, was premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre on 18 December 1892…

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  • Nicholas Boulton (narrator)

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II Tableau 3: Coda

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  • Russian National Orchestra
  • Mikhail Pletnev

Davinia Caddy: Although the Tsar, present at the final dress rehearsal…

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  • Nicholas Boulton (narrator)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso (Excerpt)

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  • Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Antoni Wit

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