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| ARTIST: | Maria Kliegel, Tchaikovsky', Adrian Leaper, Andrew Mogrelia, Anthony Bramall, Antoni Wit, Gerhard Markson, Kenneth Jean, Michael Halasz, Ondrej Lenard |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Naxos |
| FEATURES: | Box set |
| TYPE: | Ballet, Books on Tape/CD, Cello Concerto, Chamber, Chamber Music & Recitals, Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous Work for Keyboard, Classical, Classical Music, Coll. of Character/Single-Movement/Misc. Works for Keyb., Concerto, Instructional / Educational, Keyboard, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Opera, Orchestral, Piano Concerto, Romantic Ballet, Romantic Orchestral Music, Romantic Overture for Orchestra |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Tchaikovsky In Early Childhood, Music: Glinka: Overature To A Life For The Tsar, Enforced Separation From His Mother, Music: Tchaikovsky: Dumka, Op. 59, Death Of His Mother, Music: Reverie Du Soir, Early Manhood: The Spendthrift Civil Servant, Music: Minuet From Mozartina, Dismissive Opinions Of Other Composers, Music: The Storm, Journey To A Breakdown, Music: First Symphony, Abortive Engagement, The Advent Of Balakirev, Music: Romeo And Juliet, Travels And A Wounded Friendship, Music: First Piano Concerto, Reforming The Ballet, Music: The Rose Adagio From The Sleeping Beauty, Bizet's Carmen Has A Major Effect On Tchaikovsky's Music, Music: Francesca Da Rimini, A Compositional Paradox, Music: Rococo Variations, The Struggle Of Despair And Hope: He Decides To Marry, Music: The Tempest, The Advent Of Nadezhda Von Meck, Music: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz, The Disastrous Road To Matrimony, Music: Romeo And Juliet, Marriage, Trauma, And A Fairy Tale Annuity, Letter To Mme Von Meck, Music: Romeo And Juliet, Recorvery And Creativity, Music: Fourth Symphony, The Creation Of His Favorite Opera, Music: Lensky's Aria From Eugene Onegin, The Return To Compositional Health, Music: Violin Concerto In D, He Experiences Distressing Relapses, Music: Capriccio Italien, Psychological Disturbances And A Long Fallow Period, Music: Piano Trio In A Minor, Sufferings For Mme Von Meck; He Decides To Settle Down, Music: Manfred Symphony, Conducting Tours And Domestic Bliss, Music: Fifth Symphony, More Conducting Tours, And A Working Holiday In Italy, Music: Souvenir De Florence, The Rift With Mme Von Meck, Music: Sixth Symphony (Second Movement), His Obsession With 'Bob' Davydov; Adventures In America, Music: Fifth Symphony, Further American Adventures, A Trip To Niagara, Music: Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker), A Darker Episode, Music: Voyevode, Portrait Of A Conductor, A Hero's Return, Music: Sixth Symphony, The Mystery Surrounding His Death, Music: First Piano Concerto |
| # OF MEDIA: | 4 |
| UPC: | 636943803622 |
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Customer Reviews of The Life and Works of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
A fascinating look at a tortured genius Naxos continues to do a wonderful job with its "Life and Works" series. Quite some time ago, we had a Life/Works of Mozart, one of Chopin and then two more, Liszt and Beethoven. he latter are even better packaged than are the earlier sets, with a thick booklet that offers us essays on the historical background, the position of the composer in his time, a look at the major works, a listening plan, recommended readings, personalities, a calendar of the artist's life, a glossary, and a discography. This booklet is worth the price of the set alone.
Now we have two more entries in this amazing series, again written and narrated by Jeremy Siepmann: "Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky" (8.558036-39) with a playing time of 4 hrs. 5 min. and "Johann Sebastian Bach" (8.558051-54) with a playing time of 4 hrs. 34 minutes. (Please see my comments on the Bach set on its webpage.)
Was there ever a sadder composer than Tchaikovsky? Siepmann practically introduces us to the child in his cradle and covers his 53 or so years of torment over his music, his sexuality, his impossibly hopeless marriage his strange relationship with Mme von Meck, and above all his music.
To make the recording more vivid, the producers have assigned professional actors the roles of the composer himself (Malcolm Sinclair), the women in his life (Karen Archer and Teresa Gallagher) and the men (Stephen Thorne and David Timson). There are many music examples (drawn, of course, from Naxos recordings), some of them considerably longer than necessary. For example, the "Sugar Plum Fairy" is heard at length to represent all of the "Nutcracker" score when several shorter samplings would have served the purpose better. But this has been true for the entire series, and perhaps the producers will rethink this aspect.