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𝗣𝗬𝗢𝗧𝗥 𝗜𝗟𝗬𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗨𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗔 𝗔 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲 The marriage of 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 and 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗜𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘂𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗮 is one of the most painful episodes in the composer’s life.…

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆, 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆. Photographed in Nice, 23 January/4 February 1878.

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 — 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴, 𝟭𝟳/𝟮𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟰 This remarkable photograph shows 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 in 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟰, seated among three men connected with his personal and family circle. The photograph…

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟰 — 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝟰𝟰

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟳𝟭 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Ernest Ansermet, conductor - Recorded: 1958 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkakxPyKjCw 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟴 — 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝟰𝟴

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗸𝗼𝘃 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝟲/𝟭𝟴 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟴 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗸𝗼𝘃 — 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟮𝟱 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟴 / 𝟲 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟵, 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟲 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆…

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 — 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟱 𝗶𝗻 𝗘 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟲𝟰 - 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟳𝟰 “𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵é𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲”- Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor - Philharmonia Orchestra https://www.patreon.com/posts/tchaikovsky-no-6-144137043?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link (6) https://www.patreon.com/posts/tchaikovsky-no-5-144136939?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link (5)

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 — 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝘀 - Viktoria Postnikova, piano - Wiener Symphoniker - Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor https://www.patreon.com/posts/tchaikovsky-144877372?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 — 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗕-𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟮𝟯 - Clifford Curzon, piano - Vienna Philharmonic - Georg Solti, conductor https://www.patreon.com/posts/tchaikovsky-no-1-145351481?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 — 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘀. 𝟰, 𝟱 & 𝟲 - Philharmonia Orchestra - Vladimir Ashkenazy - Recorded: 1978–1981 - Decca https://www.patreon.com/posts/tchaikovsky-nos-147184066?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcO59LGEb80 The recording of 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆’𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭 in B-flat minor, Op. 23, with 𝗦𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻, and…

𝗞𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻, 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ak5l3y0Bzc&t=1108s (VIDEO) Probably the greatest version that we will ever hear of this magnificent work Sadly this would be Karajan's final performance…

𝗣𝗼𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵, 𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗼, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰 https://www.patreon.com/posts/tchaikovsky-no-1-139314379?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link The recording of 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆’𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭 by 𝗜𝘃𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗼, and the 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮…

𝗣𝗬𝗢𝗧𝗥 𝗜𝗟𝗬𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬’𝗦 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟭 𝗜𝗡 𝗚 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟭𝟯, “𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗦”: 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗟𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗠, 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (Audio…

Photograph of the premiere of Tchaikovsky's ballet, The Sleeping Beauty (1890).

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…

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)…

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.…

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