Tchaikovsky himself said his overture glorying Napoleon's retreat from Moscow had 'no artistic merit', so why is it so popular? Alasdair Malloy investigates. From May 2006.
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Tchaikovsky himself said his overture glorying Napoleon's retreat from Moscow had 'no artistic merit', so why is it so popular? Alasdair Malloy investigates. From May 2006.