Life and Works: Tchaikovsky - CD

CD - 1

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky : Life and Works (2002)

 

1. Tchaikovsky in early childhood

00:08:10

 

2. Music: Glinka: Overture to A Life for the Tsar

00:01:26

 

3. Enforced separation from his mother

00:02:55

 

4. Music: Tchaikovsky: Dumka, Op. 59

00:02:05

 

5. Death of his mother

00:01:27

 

6. Music: Rêverie du Soir

00:00:45

 

7. Early manhood: the spendthrift civil servant

00:04:46

 

8. Music: Minuet from Mozartiana

00:04:09

 

9. Dismissive opinions of other composers

00:02:13

 

10. Music: The Storm

00:03:51

 

11. Journey to a breakdown

00:02:49

 

12. Music: First Symphony

00:04:18

 

13. Abortive engagement

00:04:29

 

14. The advent of Balakirev

00:06:05

 

15. Music: Romeo and Juliet

00:02:01

 

16. Travels and a wounded friendship

00:02:49

 

17. Music: First Piano Concerto

00:06:00

CD - 2

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky : Life and Works (2002)

 

1. Reforming the Ballet

00:02:22

 

2. Music: the Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty

00:05:29

 

3. Bizet's Carmen has A Major effect on Tchaikovsky's music

00:01:23

 

4. Music: Francesca da Rimini

00:02:50

 

5. A compositional paradox

00:00:34

 

6. Music: Rococo Variations

00:02:05

 

7. The struggle of despair and hope; he decides to marry

00:08:34

 

8. Music: The Tempest

00:01:16

 

9. The advent of Nadezhda von Meck

00:06:32

 

10. Music: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz

00:04:02

 

11. The desastrous road to matrimony

00:07:34

 

12. Music: Romeo and Juliet

00:04:16

 

13. Marriage, trauma, and a fairy tale annuity

00:07:27

 

14. Letter to Mme von Meck

00:04:02

 

15. Music: Romeo and Juliet

00:04:01

CD - 3

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky : Life and Works (2002)

 

1. Recovery and creativity

00:01:36

 

2. Music: Fourth Symphony

00:03:22

 

3. The creation of his favourite opera

00:03:12

 

4. Music: Lensky's aria from Eugene Onegin

00:06:09

 

5. The return to compositional health

00:00:42

 

6. Music: Violin Concerto in D

00:05:43

 

7. He experiences distressing relapses

00:02:41

 

8. Music: Capriccio Italien

00:02:19

 

9. Psychological disturbances and a long fallow period

00:09:26

 

10. Music: Piano Trio in A Minor

00:01:59

 

11. Sufferings for Mme von Meck; he decides to settle down

00:08:19

 

12. Music: Manfred Symphony

00:01:28

 

13. Conducting tours and domestic bliss

00:07:28

 

14. Music: Fifth Symphony

00:05:33

 

15. More conducting tours, and a working holiday in Italy

00:01:46

 

16. Music: Souvenir de Florence

00:02:06

CD - 4

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky : Life and Works (2002)

 

1. The rift with Mme von Meck

00:08:20

 

2. Music: Sixth Symphony (second movement)

00:02:41

 

3. His obsession with 'Bob' Davydov; adventures in America

00:04:29

 

4. Music: Fifth Symphony

00:02:40

 

5. Further America adventures

00:09:07

 

6. A trip to Niagara

00:05:14

 

7. Music: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)

00:02:10

 

8. A darker episode

00:01:11

 

9. Music: Voyevode

00:02:34

 

10. Portrait of a conductor

00:04:25

 

11. A hero's return

00:03:50

 

12. Music: Sixth Symphony

00:05:24

 

13. The mystery surrounding his death

00:05:30

 

14. Music: First Piano Concerto

00:05:10