Tchaikovsky: Souvenir Russe

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Tchaikovsky: Souvenir Russe

Awards:

Penguin Guide

Rosette Winner

Label:

Sony

Catalogue No:

88697214232

Discs:

1

Release date:

5th May 2008

Barcode:

0886972142326

Medium:

CD
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Tchaikovsky: Souvenir Russe


Tchaikovsky:

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42

Swan Lake, Op. 20 (excerpts)


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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

BBC Music Magazine

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.”

Classic FM Magazine

“A natural musicaon to the ends of her fingertips.”

Gramophone Magazine

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.”

The Telegraph

17th May 2008

(on Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto)

“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.”

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