Tchaikovsky s the seasons contains some of his loveliest and most accessible melodies. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live fashion learning. May 26, 2017 s elections from tchaikovskys the seasons crop up regularly in recitals, but performances of the whole set, one for each month of the year, are much rarer. The piano score of this piece was first published in 1876 and is part of the seasons by tchaikovsky. Tchaikovskys the seasons contains some of his loveliest and most accessible melodies. Piano sheet music book by peter ilyich tchaikovsky 18401893. Tchaikovsky the best of by various artists on amazon. Each piece is the characteristic of a different month of the year in russia. Cw 124, was written between december 1875 and may 1876, and was first published in monthly instalments in the saint petersburg journal nuvellist. Tchaikovsky the seasons by peter ilyich tchaikovsky.
The suffix bis at the end of an opus number often means the piece is an arrangement or adaptation of another work. Tchaikovskys piano cycle the seasons, subtitled 12 characteristic scenes, op. Nevertheless, the composers reverence for rococo and late 18th century music can be detected in passages such as the overture, the entree des parents, and tempo di grossvater in act i. Tchaikovsky the seasons october by careless music free. Ashkenazy plays the entire series commonly mistranslated as the seasons it should be the months, of course, pieces tchaikovsky ground out under pressure for a monthly magazine. Mikhail pletnevs reference virgin classics recording is an exception, and so is the present recording by vassily primakov. The changing seasons deserve better than to be represented musically in just four tableaux, surely.
Pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky wiki pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky. Personally i believe he was destined to compose orchestral music with wonderful imagination, and much of the nonorchestral works tend to struggle on their. Concert recorded at the hall of mirrors, palace of. Much of tchaikovskys piano music is trivia written for the salon, so a pianist must select carefully to hold our interest. This isnt the first complete arrangement made of tchaikovskys pianoonly originals of the seasons, but it is the first, as far as i know, for piano trio, and as such, an arrangement that retains the fundamental drawingroom intimacy and gentle virtues of the originals unlike alexander gauks for orchestra. Richter plays tchaikovsky the seasons, may by xper2xper.
In this case it was appended by tchaikovskys publisher, linking it to the thenrecently published grand sonata in g major for piano, op. Tchaikovsky suffered from depression and was a notorious hypochondriac. Tchaikovsky events carolina theatre downtown durham. Here are a few pretty dark facts we learned about the man who gave us the nutcracker and swan lake 1. I seasons the piano sonata in csharp minor rachkovsky tchaikovskys the seasons is a collection of twelve piano pieces, each one representing a month of the year, from the melancholy fireside in january, through carnival, the song of the lark, april snowdrops and the nights of may, to the wistful barcarolle of june, the cutter of hay, harvest, hunting, october autumn. In this case it was appended by tchaikovsky s publisher, linking it to the thenrecently published grand sonata in g major for piano, op. Piotr ilich tchaikovsky waltz of the flowers from the nutcracker by facundojg. Tchaikovsky did not set out to put this matter right, but luckily for us he accepted a commission from a musical monthly publication to contribute a new piano piece for amateur performers in twelve successive issues, each piece having a vague specific relevance to each month in question. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page.
S elections from tchaikovskys the seasons crop up regularly in recitals, but performances of the whole set, one for each month of the year, are much rarer. Presented by piano classics, a label of brilliant classics. The pressure seems to have inspired him, as these are lovely miniatures. Todays deals your gift cards help whole foods registry sell disability customer support. The composer was to provide an appropriate piece for each of the 12 issues of the magazine. Jun 30, 2008 although tchaikovsky is not known for his solo piano music, several of his seasons became popular, especially the gently rocking barcarolle he wrote for the month of june. Tchaikovsky the seasons october by careless music published on 201019t09. Live from the royal academy of fine arts in stockholm, sweden.
He displays keyboard command of tchaikovsky s charming vignettes of the months, much as he did in his traversal of the first six of the set when coupled with his recording of the tchaikovsky fifth. Mikhail pletnevs reference virgin classics recording is an exception, and. Pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky was born in votkinsk, a small town in vyatka governorate presentday udmurtia in the russian empire, into a family with a long line of military service. Live performance by vadim chaimovich at the richard.
Tchaikovsky piano concerto 1 best piano transcription i have ever heard by citronicus. By the hearth moderato semplice, ma espressivo a major, 103 bars february. Richter plays tchaikovsky the seasons, june youtube. Stream tchaikovsky the seasons october by careless music from desktop or your mobile device. Many pianists handle the 12 pieces of tchaikovsky s the seasons with kid gloves, playing too gently and lyrically for the musics diverse characterizations and strong dance roots to fully register. His father, ilya petrovich tchaikovsky, had served as a lieutenant colonel and engineer in the department of mines, 3 and would manage the kamskovotkinsk ironworks. This album contains the seasons by piotr ilyich tchaikovsky. He wrote some of the worlds most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets swan lake and the nutcracker, the. Tchaikovsky june from the seasons, sauter delta youtube. Most pianists who play the seasons do them a pretty big disfavour you get the sense that they dont take the pieces seriously, and so the.
The resulting work became immensely popular, and was later published in its entirety together with the great g major sonata, op. Pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky 1840 1893, the seasons, op. Tchaikovsky october autumn song from the seasons sheet. While tchaikovsky did write some decent solo piano works, it appears to me that the shorter works, as in the seasons mentioned by others here, tend to be more rewarding on all grounds. Tchaikovsky swan lake dance of the goblets by thewickednorth.
Richter plays tchaikovsky the seasons, november by xper2xper. The orchard music on behalf of bridge records, inc. One novelty in tchaikovskys original score was the use of the celesta, a new instrument tchaikovsky had discovered in paris. Debussy sarabande from pour le piano, yamaha n3x avantgrand duration. The piano score of this piece was first published in 1876 and is. Much of tchaikovsky s piano music is trivia written for the salon, so a pianist must select carefully to hold our interest. Downloadable piano sheet music from the seasons by peter ilyitch tchaikovsky to print. Tchaikovsky june from the seasons, yamaha n3x avantgrand duration. The seasons are perhaps the most immediately attractive of tchaikovskys piano works. There has always been a mystery surrounding tchaikovskys last days before his premature death at the age of 52. Tchaikovsky, pyotr ilich 184093 album for the young op. Old style 25th april 184025th october 1893 was a russian composer.
Debussy sarabande from pour le piano, yamaha n3x avantgrand. Sep 24, 2009 mix richter plays tchaikovsky the seasons, june youtube. Galop and dance of the parents by pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky wrote these 12 pieces at the request of the publisher of a monthly music magazine, novelliste. Tchaikovsky the seasons is a collection of twelve piano pieces, each one representing a month of the year, from the melancholy fireside in january, through carnival, the song of the lark, april snowdrops and the nights of may, to the wistful barcarolle. May 17, 2020 tchaikovsky june from the seasons, yamaha n3x avantgrand duration. Here, tchaikovsky wrote 12 separate pieces as part of a commission from. Tchaikovsky the seasons alfred masterwork edition tchaikovsky, peter ilyich, hinson, maurice on. Tchaikovsky the seasons alfred masterwork edition paperback july 1, 1991 by peter ilyich tchaikovsky composer, maurice hinson composer 4.
His father, ilya petrovich tchaikovsky, had served as a lieutenant colonel and engineer in the department of mines, and would manage the kamskovotkinsk ironworks. Many pianists handle the 12 pieces of tchaikovskys the seasons with kid gloves, playing too gently and lyrically for the musics diverse characterizations and strong dance roots to fully register. This set of miniatures was originally composed for piano and subsequently arranged for orchestra by a number of composers, notably, alexander gauk and morton gould. I found peter breiners arrangement for violin and orchestra both masterful and charming. Although tchaikovsky is not known for his solo piano music, several of his seasons became popular, especially the gently rocking barcarolle. Selections of them regularly appear in recitals and on disc, but for his first release on hyperion pavel kolesnikov has opted to play all 12, alongside the six morceaux op 19, which was composed three years earlier. Oct 22, 2019 this album contains the seasons by piotr ilyich tchaikovsky.
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