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Composer of the Week: Tchaikovsky

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4: The Escapist. Donald Macleod investigates the role of fantasy and escape in Tchaikovsky's music.
March of the Wooden Soldiers; The Sick Doll; The Doll's Funeral; The New Doll (Album for the Young, Op 39) Luba Edlina (piano)
Ballet: The Nutcracker, Act2 Nos 14 andl5 Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin
Variations on a Rococo Theme in A
Paul Tortelier (cello), Northern Sinfonia, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathetique) (4th mvt) Philharmonia, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Piano:
Luba Edlina
Conductor:
Leonard Slatkin
Cello:
Paul Tortelier
Conductor:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Source: Radio Times

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