The Simmering Civil Servant
Donald Macleod explores Tchaikovsky's early years as a bureaucrat in St Petersburg.
Donald Macleod explores Tchaikovsky's early years and the tension between his desire to compose music and his responsibilities as a clerk in the Ministry of Justice in St Petersburg.
Swan Lake (Act 2)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Eugene Onegin (Act 3, Scene 1)
Orchestre de Paris
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Song for the Golden Jubilee of the Imperial School of Jurisprudence
Leningrad Glinka Choir
USSR State Academic Russian Choir
Alexander Sveshnikov, conductor
Vladislav Chernushenko, conductor
Piano Concerto No. 1 (1st movement)
Stephen Hough (piano)
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Romeo and Juliet
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Producer: Martin Williams for BBC Wales
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Scene (Swan Lake, Act 2)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DECCA : 417-700-2.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Polonaise (Eugene Onegin, Act 3 Scene 1)
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.- PHILIPS : 438-235-2.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Song for the Golden Jubilee of the Imperial School of Jurisprudence
Choir: USSR State Academic Russian Choir. Conductor: Alexander Sveshnikov.- Consonance 81-5003.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No 1, 1st movement
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.- HYPERION: CDA677112.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- DECCA : 421-715 2.
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Leonard Bernstein
Turkey Trot (Divertimento for Orchestra)
Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.- Naxos.
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