Life And Works: Tchaikovsky

Malcolm Sinclair

2002-07-18 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Tchaikovsky In Early Childhood
  8:11
• 2
  Music: Glinka: Overature To A Life For The Tsar
  1:26
• 3
  Enforced Separation From His Mother
  2:56
• 4
  Music: Tchaikovsky: Dumka, Op. 59
  2:06
• 5
  Death Of His Mother
  1:27
• 6
  Music: Reverie Du Soir
  0:45
• 7
  Early Manhood: The Spendthrift Civil Servant
  4:46
• 8
  Music: Minuet From Mozartina
  4:09
• 9
  Dismissive Opinions Of Other Composers
  2:14
• 10
  Music: The Storm
  3:52
• 11
  Journey To A Breakdown
  2:50
• 12
  Music: First Symphony
  4:18
• 13
  Abortive Engagement
  4:29
• 14
  The Advent Of Balakirev
  6:06
• 15
  Music: Romeo And Juliet
  2:01
• 16
  Travels And A Wounded Friendship
  2:49
• 17
  Music: First Piano Concerto
  6:00
• 1
  Reforming The Ballet
  2:22
• 2
  Music: The Rose Adagio From The Sleeping Beauty
  5:30
• 3
  Bizet's Carmen Has A Major Effect On Tchaikovsky's Music
  1:24
• 4
  Music: Francesca Da Rimini
  2:51
• 5
  A Compositional Paradox
  0:35
• 6
  Music: Rococo Variations
  2:06
• 7
  The Struggle Of Despair And Hope: He Decides To Marry
  8:35
• 8
  Music: The Tempest
  1:17
• 9
  The Advent Of Nadezhda Von Meck
  6:32
• 10
  Music: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz
  4:03
• 11
  The Disastrous Road To Matrimony
  7:35
• 12
  Music: Romeo And Juliet
  4:17
• 13
  Marriage, Trauma, And A Fairy Tale Annuity
  7:28
• 14
  Letter To Mme Von Meck
  4:03
• 15
  Music: Romeo And Juliet
  4:01
• 1
  Recorvery And Creativity
  1:37
• 2
  Music: Fourth Symphony
  3:23
• 3
  The Creation Of His Favorite Opera
  3:12
• 4
  Music: Lensky's Aria From Eugene Onegin
  6:10
• 5
  The Return To Compositional Health
  0:43
• 6
  Music: Violin Concerto In D
  5:43
• 7
  He Experiences Distressing Relapses
  2:42
• 8
  Music: Capriccio Italien
  2:19
• 9
  Psychological Disturbances And A Long Fallow Period
  9:26
• 10
  Music: Piano Trio In A Minor
  1:60
• 11
  Sufferings For Mme Von Meck; He Decides To Settle Down
  8:20
• 12
  Music: Manfred Symphony
  1:29
• 13
  Conducting Tours And Domestic Bliss
  7:29
• 14
  Music: Fifth Symphony
  5:33
• 15
  More Conducting Tours, And A Working Holiday In Italy
  1:47
• 16
  Music: Souvenir De Florence
  2:06
• 1
  The Rift With Mme Von Meck
  8:21
• 2
  Music: Sixth Symphony (Second Movement)
  2:42
• 3
  His Obsession With 'Bob' Davydov; Adventures In America
  4:29
• 4
  Music: Fifth Symphony
  2:41
• 5
  Further American Adventures
  9:07
• 6
  A Trip To Niagara
  5:15
• 7
  Music: Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)
  2:11
• 8
  A Darker Episode
  1:12
• 9
  Music: Voyevode
  2:34
• 10
  Portrait Of A Conductor
  4:25
• 11
  A Hero's Return
  3:50
• 12
  Music: Sixth Symphony
  5:25
• 13
  The Mystery Surrounding His Death
  5:30
• 14
  Music: First Piano Concerto
  5:11