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𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟱 By 1864, Tchaikovsky was fully immersed in his studies at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 under Anton Rubinstein. Unlike many…

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𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 - 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗢𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗽. 𝟭 — Scherzo à la russe (1867) and Impromptu (1863/64) 𝗢𝗽. 𝟮 — Souvenir de Hapsal (1867) 𝗢𝗽. 𝟯 — The Voyevoda — opera (1867–68)…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟱: 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣, 𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗥𝗬, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗨𝗘𝗟 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗢𝗡 (𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟰) Among the decisive encounters of Handel’s youth, few were as fruitful, as tense, or as revealing as his relationship…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗖 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟱𝟲 - 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗢𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗵 / 𝗠𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 / 𝗦𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 / 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt4EvVbzIXg 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 – 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗢 𝗜𝗡 𝗖 𝗠𝗔𝗝𝗢𝗥, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟱𝟲…

Ferruccio Busoni, the young prodigy, photographed in Vienna in 1877, age 11

Ferruccio Busoni in 1890, age 24

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𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶: 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼, 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗜𝗜𝗜: 𝗟𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗲̀ 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 · 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶 · 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 · 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗻𝗴𝗲 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohiPXBihlFg A young Luciano Pavarotti

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟰: 𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗚 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 (𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟯–𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟰) When Handel left Halle in the spring of 1703, he was not simply changing cities. He was crossing a…

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆’𝘀 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 — 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟵, 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟯 — 𝗦𝘁. 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴, 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮 "After Dostoevsky's funeral, I don't remember St. Petersburg being so excited as it was today ," wrote a contemporary. " Literally all of St.…

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗵𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆, inside the 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 in 𝗦𝘁. 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴, 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮. This cemetery later became famous as the 𝗡𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗿𝘁, because many major Russian composers, writers,…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆: 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵, 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱𝘆.…

𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻: 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿 — 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻: 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗢𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗵 — 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 — 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱: 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟯, 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟱. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRjzGVcbv08 𝗞𝗛𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡’𝗦 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗢 𝗜𝗡 𝗗 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱…

𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 - 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 - 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗢𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗵 Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française Otto Klemperer Studio recording, Paris, 17-19.VI.1960 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkfgFuCUe8w