Tchaikovsky Edition (60 CD)

Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra, Tchaikovsky Symphony
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 60
Label: Brilliant Classics
Size: 15 GB
Recovery: +3%

A comprehensive survey of Tchaikovsky’s output, spanning 60 CDs with a CD-ROM containing comprehensive booklet notes and sung texts.

This set also contains historical recordings from great interpreters including Ernest Ansermet in performances of the 6th Symphony and the three great ballets. Byron Janis plays the 1st Piano Concerto, Shura Cherkassky in the 2nd, and Michael Ponti in the Taneyev reconstruction of the 3rd concerto. The Oistrakh Trio perform the Piano Trio, The 1st concerto again in performances by Lev Oborin and Emil Gilels, Sviatoslav Richter and Yevgeny Kissin. Leonid Kogan and David Oistrakh can be heard in the Violin Concerto.

In addition to these fascinating documents, the 6 symphonies, all the chamber music, songs and piano works can be heard in modern recordings.The operas are presented in historical Russian recordings from the Bolshoi with some great Russian voices of the 20th century.

• A high voltage set capturing the inner passion of the Russian soul, from the light-footed ballets to the tormented Pathetique, from a delicate song to the explosions of Overture 1812, including: the complete symphonies, complete concertos, complete ballets, complete suites, complete piano works, complete string quartets, complete songs, 8 operas (sung in Russian, by Russian singers).

• Includes performances of legendary Russian artists, such as Sviatoslav Richter, Emil Gilels, David Oistrakh, Leonid Kogan, Evgeny Kissin, and conductors Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Evgeny Mravinsky, Yuri Simonov, Vladimir Fedoseyev.

• Includes rare historical recordings of great collector’s value.
• Complete Symphonies
• Complete Concertos
• Complete Ballets
• Complete Suites
• Complete Piano Works
• Complete String Quartets
• Complete Songs
• 8 Operas (sung in Russian, by Russian singers)

You think you ‘know’ a composer’s music. You have it all pinned down and nicely organised. You know that Tchaikovsky wrote other operas apart from Onegin but have you heard them? Then along comes a set like this – not that there are any sets like this – and you are forced to re-boot with the harvest of a composer’s lifetime – one that encompassed only 53 years.

Tchaikovsky’s music is held in affection and more by a large number of people. This remarkably generously priced set will have wide appeal. As a present – even to yourself – it will educate, surprise and delight time after time. Why wait?

— Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International

01. Symphony no 1 in G minor, Op. 13 “Winter daydreams” by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev
Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866/1874; Russia

02. Nutcracker, Op. 71 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
Orchestra/Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia

03. Swan Lake, Op. 20 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
Orchestra/Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876; Russia

04. Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
Orchestra/Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888-1889; Russia

05. Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathétique” by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
Orchestra/Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Russia

06. Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Maurice Gendron (Cello)
Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
Orchestra/Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Russia

07. Suite for Orchestra no 3 in G major, Op. 55 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
Orchestra/Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884; Russia

08. Suite for Orchestra no 4 in G major, Op. 61 “Mozartiana” by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
Orchestra/Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Russia

09. Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Alexander Rudin (Cello)
Conductor: Nikolai Alexeev
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Viva Instrumental Ensemble
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Russia

10. Pezzo capriccioso for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 62 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Alexander Rudin (Cello)
Conductor: Nikolai Alexeev
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Viva Instrumental Ensemble
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Russia

11. Morceaux (6) for Piano, Op. 19: no 4, Nocturne in C sharp minor by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Alexander Rudin (Cello)
Conductor: Nikolai Alexeev
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Viva Instrumental Ensemble
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873; Russia

12. Andante cantabile for Cello and Strings, Op. 11 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Alexander Rudin (Cello)
Conductor: Nikolai Alexeev
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Viva Instrumental Ensemble
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1886-88; Russia

13. Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Nikolai Alexeev
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Viva Instrumental Ensemble
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Russia

14. Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Yuri Simonov
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Russia

15. 1812 Overture, Op. 49 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Sir Alexander Gibson
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Russia

16. The Storm, Op. 76 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1864; Russia

17. Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathétique” by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Russia
Date of Recording: 1987
Length: 45 Minutes 28 Secs.

18. Capriccio italien, Op. 45 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Russia

19. Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888; Russia

20. Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877-1878; Russia

21. Marche slave, Op. 31 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Russia

22. Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Rod Elms (Organ)
Conductor: Yuri Simonov
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885
Length: 59 Minutes 13 Secs.

23. Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 29 “Polish” by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev
Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Radio Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875; Russia
Date of Recording: 02/1999

24. Hamlet Overture, Op. 67 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev
Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Radio Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888; Russia
Date of Recording: 06/1999

25. Symphony no 2 in C minor, Op. 17 “Little Russian” by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Yuri Simonov
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia

26. Snow Maiden, Op. 12 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Natalia Erasova (Soprano), Alexander Arkhipov (Tenor), Nikolai Vassiliev (Baritone)
Conductor: Andrey Chistiakov
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra, Russian State Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873; Russia
Date of Recording: 12/1993
Venue: Mosfilm Studios, Moscow, Russia
Length: 72 Minutes 40 Secs.
Language: Russian

27. Suite for Orchestra no 1 in D major, Op. 43 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878-1879; Russia

28. Suite for Orchestra no 2 in C major, Op. 53 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1883; Russia

29. Suite for Orchestra no 3 in G major, Op. 55 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884; Russia

30. Suite for Orchestra no 4 in G major, Op. 61 “Mozartiana” by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Russia

31. Concerto for Piano no 2 in G major, Op. 44 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Shura Cherkassky (Piano)
Conductor: Walter Susskind
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879-1880; Russia

32. Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Byron Janis (Piano)
Conductor: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Orchestra/Ensemble: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia

33. Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Lev Oborin (Piano)
Conductor: Alexander Gauk
Orchestra/Ensemble: USSR State Radio/TV Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
Date of Recording: C1991
Length: 32 Minutes 9 Secs.

34. Concert Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra in G major, Op. 56 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Michael Ponti (Piano)
Conductor: Richard Kapp
Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884; Russia
Date of Recording: C1991
Length: 27 Minutes 59 Secs.

35. Concerto for Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 75 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Michael Ponti (Piano)
Conductor: Louis de Froment
Orchestra/Ensemble: Luxembourg Radio/Television Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Russia
Date of Recording: C1991
Length: 31 Minutes 34 Secs.

36. Hamlet, Op. 67a by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Alexander Gauk
Orchestra/Ensemble: USSR State Radio/TV Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891; Russia

37. Fatum, Op. 77 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Alexander Gauk
Orchestra/Ensemble: Grand Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Russia

38. Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Evgeny Kissin (Piano)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia

39. Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
Conductor: Kiril Kondrashin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia

40. Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Emil Gilels (Piano)
Conductor: Kiril Kondrashin
Orchestra/Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia

41. Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Leonid Kogan (Violin)
Conductor: Vasily Nebolsin
Orchestra/Ensemble: USSR State Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878; Russia

42. Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Russia

43. Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888; Russia

44. Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Russia

45. Capriccio italien, Op. 45 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Russia

46. Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: no 28, Act 3 – Pas de deux by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888-1889; Russia

47. Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: no 7, Dance of the Reeds by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Russia

48. Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: no 6, Chinese Dance by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Russia

49. Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: no 5, Arabian Dance “Coffee” by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Russia

50. Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878; Russia

51. The sorceress by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Levon Khachaturov (Baritone), Alexei Koroliov (Bass), Natalia Sokolova (Soprano),
Mikhail Kiselev (Baritone), Georgi Nelepp (Tenor), Mikhail Skazin (Bass),
Piotr Pontryagin (Tenor), Anna Matushina (Mezzo Soprano), Pavel Korbkov (Baritone),
Varvara Gradova (Soprano), Alexander Tikhonov (Baritone), Veronika Borisenko (Mezzo Soprano),
Alexei Usmanov (Tenor), Gennadiy Troirsky (Bass), Serafim Sladkopevtzev (Tenor)
Conductor: Samuel Samosud
Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Radio Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885-1887; Russia
Length: 225 Minutes 42 Secs.
Language: Russian

52. Queen of Spades, Op. 68 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Alexei Ivanov (Baritone), Georgi Nelepp (Tenor), Eugenia Verbitskaya (Mezzo Soprano),
Elena Smolenskaya (Soprano), Elena Korneyeva (Mezzo Soprano), Veronika Borisenko (Mezzo Soprano),
Pavel Lisitsian (Baritone)
Conductor: Alexander Melik-Pashayev
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Bolshoi Theatre Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1890; Russia
Venue: Russia

53. Mazeppa by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Alexei Ivanov (Baritone), Nina Pokrovskaya (Soprano), Vsevolod Tyutyunik (Bass),
Feodor Godovkin (Tenor), V. Davidova (Mezzo Soprano), G. Bolshakov (Tenor),
T. Chermiakov (Tenor), Ivan Petrov (Bass)
Conductor: Vassily Nebolssin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Bolshoi Theatre Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881-1883; Russia
Date of Recording: 1952

54. Maid of Orleans by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: L. Solomiak (), Sofya P. Preobrajenskaya (Mezzo Soprano), N. Konstantinov (),
Vladimir Ulianov (Tenor), I. Yashugin (), V. Runovsky (),
Ivan Shashkov (Baritone), A. Marin (), V. Kilchevsky (),
S. Vodsinsky (), M. Merzhevskaya (), N. Grishanov (),
O. Kashevarova ()
Conductor: Boris Khaikin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra, Kirov Theater Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878-1879; Russia
Date of Recording: 1946
Venue: Live Leningrad, USSR
Length: 215 Minutes 57 Secs.
Language: Russian

55. Sextet for Strings in D major, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence” by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1890/1892; Russia

56. Trio for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 50 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881-1882; Russia

57. Quartet for Strings no 3 in E flat minor, Op. 30 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Russia

58. Quartet for Strings no 2 in F major, Op. 22 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Russia

59. Quartet for Strings no 1 in D major, Op. 11 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1871; Russia

60. Valse caprice for Piano in D major, Op. 4 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Russia

61. Sonata for Piano in G major, Op. 37 “Grande Sonate” by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878; Russia

62. Sonata for Piano in C sharp minor, Op. 80 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; Russia

63. Morceaux (6) for Piano, Op. 21 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873; Russia

64. Morceaux (18) for Piano, Op. 72 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Russia

65. Les saisons, Op. 37b by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia

66. Album pour enfants, Op. 39 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878; Russia