BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Alpesh Chauhan - Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 (2024) [Digital Download 24/96]

Alpesh Chauhan’s début recording for Chandos – Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (CHSA 5300) – met with widespread critical acclaim and awards, including recording of the week for both The Times and Presto Music, and the BBC Music magazine’s Orchestral Choice. This second volume – with the same forces – offers equally crisp and attentive playing from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, in another album that mixes well-known and less-heard Tchaikovsky. Three purely orchestral works form the core of the programme: Fatum (an early concert piece inspired by and dedicated to Balakirev), Hamlet (the last of his Shakespeare-inspired pieces), and Capriccio italien. These are interspersed with works conceived for the theatre: the Introduction to his opera The Queen of Spades and excerpts from The Oprichnik (an early opera) and The Snow Maiden (incidental music for a play by Ostrovsky).

Tracklist:
01. Tchaikovsky- Fatum, Op. posth. 77
02. Tchaikovsky- Dances from The Oprichnik, TH 3
03. Tchaikovsky- Hamlet, Op. 67
04. Tchaikovsky- Introduction to The Queen of Spades, Op. 68
05. Tchaikovsky- Capriccio italien, Op. 45
06. Tchaikovsky- The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, Prologue- No. 1, Introduction (Moderato assai)
07. Tchaikovsky- The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, Act II- No. 10, Melodrama (Andantino, quasi Allegretto)
08. Tchaikovsky- The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, Act III- No. 13, Dance of the Tumblers (Allegro vivace)


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