Composer: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich
Orchestra: Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Oehms
Catalogue: OC1903
Release: 2021
Size: 571 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Pique Dame
01. Overture
02. Capriccio italien, Op. 45
The Snow Maiden, Op. 12
03. No. 1, Introduction
04. No. 10, Melodrama
05. No. 13, Dance of the Tumblers
Sleeping Beauty, Suite, Op. 66a
06. I. Introduction
07. II. Adagio – III. Pas de caractère
08. IV. Panorama
09. V. Waltz
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
10. Theme
11. Var. 1
12. Var. 2
13. Var. 3
14. Var. 4
15. Var. 5
16. Var. 6
17. Var. 7
CD 02
String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
01. II. Andante cantabile, TH 63 (Version for Cello & String Orchestra)
The Nutcracker, Op. 71
02. Overture
03. No. 1, Decoration of the Christmas Tree
04. No. 2, March
05. No. 3, Children’s Galop and Entry of the Parents
06. No. 9, Waltz of the Snowflakes
07. No. 12a, Divertissement. Chocolate [Spanish Dance]
08. No. 12b, Divertissement. Coffee [Arabian Dance]
09. No. 12c, Divertissement. Tea [Chinese Dance]
10. No. 12d, Divertissement. Trépak [Russian Dance]
11. No. 12e, Divertissement. Dance of the Reed Flutes
12. No. 12f, Divertissement. Mother Gigogne and the Clowns
13. No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers
14. No. 14a, Pas de deux. Andante maestoso
15. No. 14b, Pas de deux. Tarantella
16. No. 14c, Pas de deux. Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy
17. No. 14d, Pas de deux. Coda
18. No. 15, Final Waltz and Apotheosis
This compilation brings together popular orchestral works and ballet music by Tchaikovsky. Dmitrij Kitajenko and the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, of which he has been Honorary Conductor since 2009, have recorded the complete symphonies by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. These recordings have been awarded with numerous international prizes and are considered important reference recordings. Their recording of Tchaikovsky’s opera Iolanta in 2015 (with Olesya Golovneva, Alexander Vinogradov and Andrei Bondarenko in the lead roles) caused a sensation, and it received the “Opera of the Year” Award of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA).