Tchaikovsky: Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra;
Sinaisky, Vassily;
Grubert, Ilya

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One of the most widely performed works in the violinist’s oeuvre, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto has been the subject of many a release over the years. Here, rather refreshingly, it is joined by a host of other orchestral works written for the instrument: the quiet Sérénade mélancolique, created for the esteemed Hungarian violinist Leopold Auer and composed soon after the Piano Concerto No.1 in B minor; the Valse-scherzo, a charming divertissement with a gypsy flavour and strong rhythmic pulse – not to be confused with the much more famous version for solo piano; and finally Souvenir d’un lieu cher, whose middle movement was originally intended as the slow movement of the Concerto and which was later re-orchestrated by Glazunov out of the lesser known version for violin and piano.

Works:
• Tchaikovsky: Sérénade Mélancolique in B minor, Op. 26
• Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42
• Tchaikovsky: Valse-scherzo in C major for violin & orchestra (or violin & piano), Op. 34
• Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

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Muzyka klasyczna

Brilliant Classics

13-11-2019

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