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Composer of the Week: Piotr llyich Tchaikovsky

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1840-93)
Tchaikovsky is one of the most popular, yet also one of the least known of the great composers. In the week of the centenary of his death, John Warrack presents a chronological survey.
The Early Years
Dances (The Oprichnik) Royal Opera House
Orchestra/Colin Davis
Souvenir de Hapsal, Op 2 Viktoria Postnikova (piano) To sleep
USSR Chorus/Sveshnikov Scherzo a la Russe, Op 1 Nol
Michael Ponti (piano) My angel
Robert Tear (tenor) Philip Ledger (piano)
Do not believe; None but the lonely heart
Joan Rodgers (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano)
Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet (1869 version) LSO/Geoffrey Simon. Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
John Warrack
Piano:
Michael Ponti
Piano:
Philip Ledger
Soprano:
Joan Rodgers
Piano:
Roger Vignoles
Source: Radio Times

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