Best Tchaikovsky 100

This 6-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), performed by many of the world's leading instrumentalists, singers, orchestras and conductors. Tchaikovsky is one of the major composers of the 19th century Romantic era. His music is full of magnificent melodies and is noted for its passion and its sincerity. Many of Tchaikovsky's themes have been heard in major film soundtracks and TV adverts.

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Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 :: 1. Allegro non troppo (Excerpt)

Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
Conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev
Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1874

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 :: 2. Andante semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo 1

Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
Conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev
Running Time: 7 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1874

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 :: 3. Allegro con fuoco

Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
Conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev
Running Time: 6 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1874

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Violin in D, Op. 35 :: 1. Allegro moderato (Opening)

Performer: Vladimir Spivakov (Violin)
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Running Time: 6 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1878

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Violin in D, Op. 35 :: 3. Allegro vivacissimo

Performer: Vladimir Spivakov (Violin)
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Running Time: 9 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1878

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Piano no 2 in G, Op. 44 :: 3. Allegro con fuoco

Performer: Peter Donohoe (Piano)
Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
Running Time: 7 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1880

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33

Performer: Paul Tortelier (Cello)
Conductor: Yan Tortelier
Running Time: 17 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 75

Performer: Peter Donohoe (Piano)
Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
Running Time: 15 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1893

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 3 in D, Op. 29 'Polish' :: 2. Alla tedesca

Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Notes: Composition written: 1875.
Running Time: 6 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1875

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36 :: 1. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima (Opening)

Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 5 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1878

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36 :: 4. Finale. Allegro con fuoco

Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 8 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1878

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64 :: 1. Andante - Allegro con anima (Conclusion)

Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 6 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1888

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64 :: 2. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza (Excerpt)

Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 6 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1888

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64 :: 4. Finale. Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace

Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 12 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1888

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' :: 1. Adagio - Allegro non troppo (Opening)

Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
Running Time: 9 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1893

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' :: 3. Allegro molto vivace

Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
Running Time: 9 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1893

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' :: 4. Finale

Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
Running Time: 9 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1893

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a

Conductor: John Lanchbery
Running Time: 29 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a

Conductor: John Lanchbery
Running Time: 11 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1890

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a

Conductor: John Lanchbery
Running Time: 23 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1892

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Eugene Onegin :: Act 1. Tatiana's Letter Scene (Conclusion)

Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano)
Conductor: Stefan Soltesz
Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1877-1878

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Eugene Onegin :: Act 2. Waltz

Conductor: Thomas Beecham
Running Time: 6 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1877-1878

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Eugene Onegin :: Act 2. Lensky's Aria

Performer: Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Running Time: 6 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1877-1878

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Eugene Onegin :: Act 3. Polonaise

Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1877-1878

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Eugene Onegin :: Act 3. Prince Gremin's Aria

Performer: Jonathan Lemalu (Bass Baritone)
Conductor: James Judd
Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1877-1878

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Queen of Spades :: Act 3. It will soon be midnight

Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano)
Conductor: Stefan Soltesz
Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1890

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Snow Maiden :: Lel's Song

Performer: Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano)
Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
Running Time: 1 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Mazeppa :: Act 1. Gopak

Conductor: Adrian Boult
Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1881-1883

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : In this moonlight, song for voice & piano, Op. 73/3

Performers: Jan Eyron (Piano); Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1893

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : It Was in The Early Spring, Op. 38, no 2

Performers: Jan Eyron (Piano); Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1878

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Don Juan's Serenade, Op. 38, no 1

Performers: Jan Eyron (Piano); Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1878

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Songs (7), Op. 47

Performers: Mstislav Rostropovich (Piano); Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano)
Running Time: 6 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1880

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Lullaby, Op. 16/1

Performers: Mstislav Rostropovich (Piano); Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano)
Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1872

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Songs (6), Op. 6

Performers: Mstislav Rostropovich (Piano); Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano)
Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1869

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Songs (6), Op. 73

Performers: Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano); Mstislav Rostropovich (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1893

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, no 6

Performers: Gaston Marchesini (Cello); Boris Christoff (Bass); Alexandre Lobinsky (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1869

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Serenade (O Child, beneath thy window), Op. 63, no 6 :: "O child beneath my window", song for voice & piano, Op. 63/6

Performers: Daniil Shtoda (Tenor); Larissa Gergieva (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1887

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Solovey (The nightingale), Op. 60/4

Performers: Daniil Shtoda (Tenor); Larissa Gergieva (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1886

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : I Should Like in a Single Word

Performers: Daniil Shtoda (Tenor); Larissa Gergieva (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1875

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Does the Day Reign, Op. 47, no 6

Performers: Larissa Gergieva (Piano); Daniil Shtoda (Tenor)
Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1880

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Quartet for Strings no 1 in D, Op. 11 :: 2. Andante cantabile

Running Time: 7 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1871

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Seasons, Op. 37b :: 1. January (By the fireside)

Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
Running Time: 5 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Seasons, Op. 37b :: 2. February (Shrovetide Festival)

Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Seasons, Op. 37b :: 4. April (The snowdrop)

Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Seasons, Op. 37b :: 6. June (Barcarolle)

Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Seasons, Op. 37b :: 7. July (Song of the reapers)

Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Seasons, Op. 37b :: 10. October (Autumn's song)

Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Seasons, Op. 37b :: 11. November (On the troika)

Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Seasons, Op. 37b :: 12. December (Yuletide)

Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Trio for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 50 'Dedicated to the Memory of a Great Artist' :: 2. Tema con variazioni

Ensemble: Chung Trio
Running Time: 8 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Chamber Music
Written: 1882

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Op. 42 :: Mélodie

Performers: Vag Papian (Piano); Maxim Vengerov (Violin)
Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1878

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Sonata for Piano in G, Op. 37 :: 3. Scherzo

Performer: Ayako Uehara (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1878

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 :: 2. Adagio cantabile e con moto

Performers: Olaf Maninger (Cello); Bernhard Hartog (Violin); Wolfram Christ (Viola); Georg Gaust (Cello); Tanja Christ (Viola); Sarah Chang (Violin)
Notes: Composition written: 1887-92.
Running Time: 10 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Chamber Music
Written: 1887-1892

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Op. 40 :: 9. Valse

Performer: Ayako Uehara (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1878

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Morceaux (2) for Piano, Op. 10

Performer: Ayako Uehara (Piano)
Running Time: 7 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1871

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Valse-Scherzo for Violin and Orchestra in C major, Op. 34

Performers: Charles Abramovic (Piano); Sarah Chang (Violin)
Running Time: 5 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1877

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Marche slave, Op. 31

Conductor: Andre Previn
Running Time: 9 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: March
Written: 1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : String Serenade in C, Op. 48 :: 1. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina

Conductor: Richard Hickox
Running Time: 9 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1880

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : String Serenade in C, Op. 48 :: 2. Valse

Conductor: Richard Hickox
Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1880

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture :: Excerpt

Conductor: Mariss Jansons
Running Time: 5 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1880

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Suite no 3 in G, Op. 55 :: 4. Theme

Conductor: Lovro Matacic
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Suite no 3 in G, Op. 55 :: 4. Variation 1

Conductor: Lovro Matacic
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Suite no 3 in G, Op. 55 :: 4. Variation 2

Conductor: Lovro Matacic
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Suite no 3 in G, Op. 55 :: 4. Variation 3

Conductor: Lovro Matacic
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Suite no 3 in G, Op. 55 :: 4. Variation 4

Conductor: Lovro Matacic
Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Suite no 3 in G, Op. 55 :: 4. Variation 5

Conductor: Lovro Matacic
Running Time: 1 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Suite no 3 in G, Op. 55 :: 4. Variation 6

Conductor: Lovro Matacic
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Suite no 3 in G, Op. 55 :: 4. Variation 7

Conductor: Lovro Matacic
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Suite no 3 in G, Op. 55 :: 4. Variation 8

Conductor: Lovro Matacic
Running Time: 1 min. sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Suite no 3 in G, Op. 55 :: 4. Variation 9

Conductor: Lovro Matacic
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Suite no 3 in G, Op. 55 :: 4. Variation 10

Conductor: Lovro Matacic
Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Suite no 3 in G, Op. 55 :: 4. Variation 11

Conductor: Lovro Matacic
Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Suite no 3 in G, Op. 55 :: 4. Variation 12

Conductor: Lovro Matacic
Running Time: 6 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Capriccio italien, Op. 45 :: Conclusion

Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1880

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : 1812 Overture, Op. 49

Conductor: Mariss Jansons
Running Time: 14 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1880

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