Tchaikovsky (The Very Best Of)

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Romeo and Juliet (more info)
Performed by: National Philharmonic Orchestra Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Russian National Orchestra Queensland Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Pierre Rameau Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Ulster Orchestra Oregon Symphony
Composed by: Neville Marriner Igor Markevitch Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar James DePreist Daniele Gatti Pierre Rameau Yakov Kreizberg Vladimir Jurowski Charles Gerhardt Geoffrey Simon Adrian Leaper Johannes Wildner Vernon Handley Christoph Eschenbach Muhai Tang


1.   Love Theme - 10:59


Serenade in C major, Op. 48 (more info)
Performed by: Bjelorussisches Chamber Orchestra Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Vienna Chamber Orchestra Ukranian Chamber Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar Willem Mengelberg Marco Boni Philippe Entremont Gilbert Varga Alain Lombard Valery Polyansky Constantine Orbelian Christoph Eschenbach Achim Fiedler


2.   Serenade in C major, Op. 48: I. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina - 9:34


The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (more info)
Performed by: Fairfax Choral Society Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Berlin Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra New Symphony Orchestra of London London Festival Orchestra South German Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Douglas Mears Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Adrian Boult Klaus-Peter Hahn Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Andrew Mogrelia Roger Norrington Alberto Lizzio Alfred Scholz Peter Wohlert Don Jackson
Josef Bogacz, violin
Recording date: 17-20 August 1990


3.   VIII. Waltz of the Flowers (Valse des fleurs) - 6:45


Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41 (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Brian Jones Mykola Hobdych Miroslav Popsavov
Pavlo Mezhulin, bass
Viktor Ovdiy, tenor
Lev Kontorovich,


4.   Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41: The Cherubic Hymn - 5:58


Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (more info)
Performed by: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Colorado Symphony Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Toulouse Capitol Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle German Radio Saarbrucken-Kaiserslautern Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Tugan Sokhiev Mariss Jansons Marin Alsop Franz Konwitschny Adrian Leaper Ondrej Lenard Christoph Eschenbach
Christoph Poppen, violin


5.   Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36: IV. Allegro con fuoco - 9:18


Swan Lake, Op. 20 (more info)
Performed by: Russian National Orchestra Munich Symphony Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Nicolae Moldoveanu Nicolae Moldoveanu Dmitry Yablonsky Yuri Ahronovitch Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Neeme Jarvi Alexander Vedernikov Clio Gould Boris Spassov Henry Adolph
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Josef Bogacz, violin


6.   Scene, "Swan Theme" - 2:20


String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 (more info)
Performed by: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Constantine Orbelian


7.   String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile - 6:34


Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (more info)
Performed by: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra New Philharmonia Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Leopold Stokowski Mariss Jansons Jascha Horenstein Stephen Gunzenhauser Eugene Ormandy Johannes Wildner Roger Norrington Antoni Wit Christoph Eschenbach


8.   Waltz: Allegro moderato - 5:41


The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (more info)
Performed by: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Russian Philharmonia
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Klaus-Peter Hahn Ondrej Lenard Andrew Mogrelia Constantine Orbelian Andrew Litton Don Jackson
Recording date: 18-23 March (CD 1) and 13-25 May (CDs 2-3)


9.   Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act I No. 8: Pas d'action: Adagio - 5:25


12 Morceaux, Op. 40 (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Peter Nagy, piano
Ilona Prunyi, piano
Recording date: 18-26 March March 1988


10.   Chanson triste in G minor, Op. 40, No. 2 - 3:19


Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (more info)
Performed by: Russian National Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Singapore Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Staatskapelle Boston Symphony Orchestra Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Charles Munch Franz Konwitschny Dmitry Yablonsky John Barbirolli Yakov Kreizberg Kent Nagano Lan Shui Hans Muller-Kray Keith Clark Kenneth Jean Ondrej Lenard William Steinberg Alfred Wallenstein Lior Shambadal Frederick Stock Hanns-Martin Schneidt
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
David Oistrakh, violin
Mischa Elman, violin
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Mariko Honda, violin
Bronislaw Huberman, violin
Ilya Kaler, violin
Nathan Milstein, violin
Joseph Banowetz, piano
Gil Shaham, violin
Ida Haendel, violin
Julia Fischer, violin
Viviane Hagner,
Latica Honda-Rosenberg, violin
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Recording date: 19th and 20th December 1929


11.   Allegro vivacissimo (Exposed) - 11:31

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 (more info)
Performed by: Russian National Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice London Symphony Orchestra Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bilkent Symphony Orchestra Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Halle Orchestra Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Emil Tabakov Neville Marriner Dimitri Mitropoulos Hamilton Harty Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: George Weldon Dmitry Yablonsky John Barbirolli Kent Nagano Ondrej Lenard Reinhard Seifried Alexander Lazarev Neeme Jarvi Antoni Wit Anatole Fistoulari
Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Nikolai Lugansky, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Solomon, piano
Ethella Chuprik, piano
Bernd Glemser, piano
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Constantine Orbelian, piano
Terence Judd, piano
Earl Wild, piano
Joseph Banowetz, piano
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Konstantin Scherbakov, piano
Recording date: 14-17 March 2003


1.   I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito - 19:44


The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (more info)
Performed by: Fairfax Choral Society Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Berlin Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra New Symphony Orchestra of London London Festival Orchestra South German Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Douglas Mears Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Adrian Boult Klaus-Peter Hahn Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Andrew Mogrelia Roger Norrington Alberto Lizzio Alfred Scholz Peter Wohlert Don Jackson
Josef Bogacz, violin
Recording date: 17-20 August 1990


2.   III. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (Danse de la fee) - 1:50
3.   VII. Dance of the Reeds (Danse des mirlitons) - 2:25


6 Romances, Op. 6 (arr. P. Breiner) (more info)
Performed by: Queensland Orchestra
Composed by: Peter Breiner Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Peter Nagy, piano
Takako Nishizaki, violin


4.   None but the lonely heart, Op. 6, No. 6 - 4:44


Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathetique" (more info)
Performed by: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Russian National Orchestra Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia London Philharmonic Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Julio Martini Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Mariss Jansons Willem Mengelberg Jose Serebrier Julio Martini Vladimir Jurowski Ondrej Lenard Eugene Ormandy Bystrik Rezucha Johannes Wildner Roger Norrington Antoni Wit Wilhelm Furtwangler Christoph Eschenbach Vladimir Spikakov
Joseph Banowetz, piano


5.   II. Allegro con grazia - 8:40


6 Morceaux, Op. 19 (version for cello and strings) (more info)
Performed by: Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Ireland National Symphony Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Geoffrey Simon Gerhard Markson David Geringas Terje Mikkelsen
Wen-Sinn Yang,
Maria Kliegel, cello
Raphael Wallfisch, cello
Vytautas Sondeckis, cello


6.   Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. 19, No. 4 - 4:51


Swan Lake, Op. 20 (more info)
Performed by: Russian National Orchestra Munich Symphony Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Nicolae Moldoveanu Nicolae Moldoveanu Dmitry Yablonsky Yuri Ahronovitch Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Neeme Jarvi Alexander Vedernikov Clio Gould Boris Spassov Henry Adolph
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Josef Bogacz, violin


7.   Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act I No. 2: Waltz in A flat (Corps de Ballet) - 6:44


Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Ukraine State Radio Symphony Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Sofia Symphony Orchestra Tolima Conservatory Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Eri Klas Alexander Orlov Mario Bernardi Frieder Weissmann Michael Halasz Vladimir Sirenko Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Alexander Vedernikov Constantine Orbelian Mikko Franck Michail Angelov Luis Salbide
Andrei Baturkin, baritone
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, soprano
Randall Jakobsh, bass
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Vladimir Grishko, tenor
Elena Kruglikova, soprano
Ivan Kozlovsky, tenor
Panteleimon Nortsov, baritone
Maxim Mikhailov, bass
Elizaveta Antonova, alto
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Marina Mescheriakova, soprano
Daniil Shtoda,
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Marina Domashenko, mezzo-soprano
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Elena Tsvetkova, mezzo-soprano
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Andrey Dunaev, tenor
Austin Miskell, tenor
Joanne Kolomyjec, soprano
Annamaria Popescu, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 13 June 1932


8.   Where, o where have you gone?, "Lensky's Aria" - 6:14


Les saisons (The Seasons), Op. 37b (more info)
Performed by: Philadelphia Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Olli Mustonen
Conducted by: Christoph Eschenbach
Olga Tverskaya, fortepiano
Antonin Kubalek, piano
Shura Cherkassky, piano
Dmitry Paperno, piano
Eteri Andjaparidze, piano
Eva Sukova, piano
Mischa Levitzki, piano
Lydia Artymiw, piano
Luba Edlina, piano
Terence Judd, piano
Peter Nagy, piano
Ilona Prunyi, piano
Andre Laplante, piano
Ilya Rachkovsky, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Mark Ehrenfried, piano
Benjamin Moser, piano
Recording date: 9-11 September, 1987


9.   The Seasons, Op. 37b: VI. June: Barcarolle - 4:51


1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49 (more info)
Performed by: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Queensland Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Oregon Symphony German Radio Saarbrucken-Kaiserslautern Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar James DePreist Stephen Gunzenhauser Adrian Leaper Johannes Wildner Andrew Litton Muhai Tang
David Christensen, carillons
Christoph Poppen, violin


10.   1812 Overture, Op. 49 - 15:36

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