Composer: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Jeremy Siepmann, Malcolm Sinclair
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8558036-39
Release: 2002
Size: 811 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
01. Tchaikovsky in early childhood
02. Music: Glinka: Overture to A Life for the Tsar
03. Enforced separation from his mother
04. Music: Tchaikovsky: Dumka, Op. 59
05. Death of his mother
06. Music: Rêverie du Soir
07. Early manhood: the spendthrift civil servant
08. Music: Minuet from Mozartiana
09. Dismissive opinions of other composers
10. Music: The Storm
11. Journey to a breakdown
12. Music: First Symphony
13. Abortive engagement
14. The advent of Balakirev
15. Music: Romeo and Juliet
16. Travels and a wounded friendship
17. Music: First Piano Concerto
CD 02
01. Reforming the Ballet
02. Music: the Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty
03. Bizet’s Carmen has A Major effect on Tchaikovsky’s music
04. Music: Francesca da Rimini
05. A compositional paradox
06. Music: Rococo Variations
07. The struggle of despair and hope; he decides to marry
08. Music: The Tempest
09. The advent of Nadezhda von Meck
10. Music: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz
11. The desastrous road to matrimony
12. Music: Romeo and Juliet
13. Marriage, trauma, and a fairy tale annuity
14. Letter to Mme von Meck
15. Music: Romeo and Juliet
CD 03
01. Recovery and creativity
02. Music: Fourth Symphony
03. The creation of his favourite opera
04. Music: Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin
05. The return to compositional health
06. Music: Violin Concerto in D
07. He experiences distressing relapses
08. Music: Capriccio Italien
09. Psychological disturbances and a long fallow period
10. Music: Piano Trio in A Minor
11. Sufferings for Mme von Meck; he decides to settle down
12. Music: Manfred Symphony
13. Conducting tours and domestic bliss
14. Music: Fifth Symphony
15. More conducting tours, and a working holiday in Italy
16. Music: Souvenir de Florence
CD 04
01. The rift with Mme von Meck
02. Music: Sixth Symphony (second movement)
03. His obsession with ‘Bob’ Davydov; adventures in America
04. Music: Fifth Symphony
05. Further America adventures
06. A trip to Niagara
07. Music: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)
08. A darker episode
09. Music: Voyevode
10. Portrait of a conductor
11. A hero’s return
12. Music: Sixth Symphony
13. The mystery surrounding his death
14. Music: First Piano Concerto
