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Composer of the Week: Tchaikovsky: 5: The Show Must Go On

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Donald Macleod explores Tchaikovsky's compulsion to write for the stage, despite achieving only infrequent success.
Natalya's Arioso (Oprichnik, Act 1)
Inessa Galante (soprano), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conductor Neeme Jarvi
Lensky's Aria (Eugene Onegin, Act 2)
Neil Shicoff (tenor), Orchestre de Paris, conductor Semyon Bychkov
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom (Kyrie Eleison, Hymn of the Cherubim, Credo, Our Father, Blessed Is He Who Comes) Leningrad Glinka Academy Choir, director Vladislav Tchernouchenko
Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty, Act 2 (excerpts) Kirov Orchestra, conductor Valeri Gergiev

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Soprano:
Inessa Galante
Conductor:
Neeme Jarvi
Unknown:
Eugene Onegin
Tenor:
Neil Shicoff
Conductor:
Semyon Bychkov
Unknown:
John Chrysostom
Director:
Vladislav Tchernouchenko
Conductor:
Valeri Gergiev
Source: Radio Times

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