

Beschreibung
Is there any music more instantly recognisable and beautifully scored than Tchaikovsky's wildly popular ballet Swan Lake? These and other works have become enduring classics, yet they were not uncontroversial in Tchaikovsky's day, and there are those that stil...| 1 | Einführung (Introduction) | 00:09 | |
| 2 | Der Schwanensee op. 20 (Ballett) (Auszug) | 00:09 | |
| 2 | Die Schwäme schwimmen auf dem See (2. Akt, Szene: An einem See) | 01:17 | |
| 3 | Can there be music more instantly recognisable, more wildly popular, more beautifully scored? Pyotr Il'yich.... | 06:43 | |
| 4 | Slawischer Marsch op. 31 (Marche slave) | 00:52 | |
| 5 | We heard an extract from Tchaikovky's 1876 orchestral piece Marche slave ('Slavonic March')... | 04:20 | |
| 6 | Don Giovanni KV 527 (Oper in 2 Akten) (Auszug) | 04:20 | |
| 6 | Vedrai, carino ("You will see, my dear") (2. Akt, 6. Szene) | 01:11 | |
| 7 | Tchaikovsky's arrival at the preparatory school in St Petersburg, some 1,000 miles from the family home in Alapayevsk... | 04:55 | |
| 8 | Mein Schutzgeist, mein Engel, mein Lieb ("Moy geniy, moy angel, moy drug") | 01:53 | |
| 9 | Tchaikovsky graduated rom the School of Jurisprudence on 25 May 1859... | 06:44 | |
| 10 | Der Sturm (L'Orage) ("Groza") E-Dur op. 76 (Ouvertüre) | 02:01 | |
| 11 | On graduation at the end of 1865, Tchaikovsky was offered the role of music theory teacher at the soon-to-open Moscow... | 05:40 | |
| 12 | Sinfonie Nr. 2 c-moll op. 17 "Kleinrussische" (Auszug) | 05:40 | |
| 12 | 1. Andante sostenuto | 01:34 | |
| 13 | Around this time, the early 1870s, Tchaikovsky enjoyed some success as an aspiring composer... | 04:27 | |
| 14 | Der Opritschnik (Der Leibwächter, Oper in 4 Akten) (Auszug) | 04:27 | |
| 14 | Pochudilis' mne budito golosa i shum shagov ("I thought I heard some voices") | 01:22 | |
| 15 | Towards the end of 1874, the same year in which The Oprichnik premiered, Tchaikovsky began to work on what would... | 02:52 | |
| 16 | Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 1 b-moll op. 23 (Auszug) | 02:52 | |
| 16 | 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso | 02:38 | |
| 17 | The mid-1870s witnessed the further devellopment of Tchaikovsky's career, and his increasing popularity with listeners.. | 05:02 | |
| 18 | Sinfonie Nr. 4 f-moll op. 36 (Auszug) | 05:02 | |
| 18 | 1. Andante sostenuto | 01:07 | |
| 19 | In the years that followed his ill-fated marriage, Tchaikowsky became reclusive... | 01:10 | |
| 20 | Ouvertüre 1812 op. 49 "Ouvertüre solennelle" (Auszug) | 01:30 | |
| 21 | In the mid-1880s, Tchaikovsky decided to return to Moscow region and settle down... | 02:55 | |
| 22 | Suite für Orchester Nr. 4 G-Dur op. 61 "Mozartiana" (Auszug) | 02:55 | |
| 22 | 3. Preghiera | 01:23 | |
| 23 | In the final years of Tchaikovsky's life, his compositional pace seemd to increase... | 01:37 | |
| 24 | Dornröschen op. 66 (Ballett) (Auszug) | 01:37 | |
| 24 | Valse (1. Akt) | 01:10 | |
| 25 | A second example from the ballet illustrates Tchaikovsky's | 00:42 | |
| 26 | Dornröschen op. 66 (Ballett) (Auszug) | 00:42 | |
| 26 | Panorama (2. Akt) | 01:24 | |
| 27 | Tchaikovsky's third and final ballet, The Nutcracker, was premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre on 18 December 1892... | 01:20 | |
| 28 | Der Nussknacker op. 71 (Ballett) (Auszug) | 01:20 | |
| 28 | Coda (2. Akt, 3. Szene) | 01:18 | |
| 29 | Although the Tsar, present at the final dress rehearsal, as complimentary towards Tchaikovsky and enthusiastic about... | 04:18 | |
| 30 | Sinfonie Nr. 6 h-moll op. 74 "Pathétique" (Auszug) | 04:18 | |
| 30 | 4. Finale: Adagio lamentoso | 01:54 |