Tchaikovsky: Souvenir Russe

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Baiba Skride is arguable the most exciting violin talent to have emerged since Elisabeth Batiashvilli a few years back… she weaves her way through the Tchaikovsky as though she is unfolding a... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 5th May 2008
Catalogue No: 88697214232
Label: Sony
Length: 67 minutes

Penguin Guide

Rosette

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Work length37:26

Album only

Baiba Skride (violin), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons

Allegro molto

Track length19:37

Album only

Canzonetta. Andante

Track length7:03

$1.30

$1.70

Finale. Allegro vivacissimo

Track length10:46

Album only

Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42

Work length18:01

Album only

Baiba Skride (violin), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons

I. Meditation: Andante

Track length10:03

Album only

II. Scherzo: Presto giocoso

Track length3:43

$1.30

$1.70

III. Mélodie: Moderato con moto

Track length4:15

$1.30

$1.70

Excerpt, Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20

Work length11:45

$2.60

$3.40

Baiba Skride (violin), Ulrich Heinen (cello), Robert Johnston (harp), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons

Pas d'action. Andante

Track length7:05

$1.30

$1.70

Danse russe. Moderato

Track length4:40

$1.30

$1.70

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Latvian violinist Baiba Skride proffers a collection of works for violin and orchestra by Tchaikovsky, the composer for which she feels the greatest affinity. Featuring the Violin Concerto, the album also includes Skride's interpretation of Tchaikovsky's triptych Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op.42 in this rarely-heard version for violin and orchestra. She completes her musical souvenir album of the great Russian composer with two pieces from Swan Lake

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July 2008

Baiba Skride is arguable the most exciting violin talent to have emerged since Elisabeth Batiashvilli a few years back… she weaves her way through the Tchaikovsky as though she is unfolding a poetic narrative.

A natural musician to the ends of her fingertips.

August 2008

…the Tchaikovsky Concerto has rarely sounded more lyrical, more "feminine". The wintry colours of the slow movement are lovely, with Skride's many shades of pale elegantly dovetailed into flute and clarinet adornments.

17th May 2008

To subdue the inevitable scepticism as to whether yet another version of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto is really necessary, Nelsons responds with an orchestral canvas that is full of drama, lively with nuance and injected with bravura and also with sensitivity. His fellow Latvian, Baiba Skride, similarly rejects any ideas about just digging over old ground, and her interpretation, at once maturely considered and spontaneous, has a freshness and vivacity.

Tchaikovsky: Souvenir Russe

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