BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan – Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Francesca da Rimini, The Voyevoda, Overture and Polonaise from ‘Cherevichki’ (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan – Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Francesca da Rimini, The Voyevoda, Overture and Polonaise from ‘Cherevichki’ (2023)
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Born in Birmingham, Alpesh Chauhan studied cello under Eduardo Vassallo at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester before continuing at the RNCM to pursue the prestigious Masters Conducting Course. Alpesh has studied with Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, participated in masterclasses with Juanjo Mena, Vasily Petrenko and Jac van Steen, and was mentored by Andris Nelsons and Edward Gardner in his post as Assistant Conductor of the CBSO 2014-16. Newly appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Dusseldorfer Symphoniker from the 21/22 season, he is also Associate Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of Birmingham Opera Company. He frequently appears as guest conductor with acclaimed international orchestras including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National d?Ile de France, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale RAI, Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. For this his debut recording for Chandos, he has chosen a collection of Tchaikovsky?s symphonic fantasias, alongside the Overture and Polonaise from the comic opera ?Cherevichki?. The Tempest, from 1873 is based on the Shakespeare play, and shows that Tchaikovsky?s unique voice and style were already fully developed. Francesca da Rimini (based on the tale in Dante?s Inferno) was written only a few years later, but after Tchaikovsky had attended the premier of Wagner?s Ring cycle in Bayreuth ? an influence discernible particularly in the brass chords. Cherevichki (the Slippers) is a revision of his earlier opera Vakula the Smith, based on Gogol?s Christmas Eve. Tchaikovsky?s Symphonic Ballad The Voyevoda is based on Adam Mickiewicz?s poem ?The Ambush?, and is the first orchestral work to include the (newly invented) Celeste.

Tracklist:
1-01. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – The Voyevoda, Op. 78 (12:37)
1-02. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – The Tempest, Op. 18: I. Andante con moto (03:43)
1-03. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – The Tempest, Op. 18: II. Allegro moderato (01:48)
1-04. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – The Tempest, Op. 18: III. Allegro vivace (03:05)
1-05. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – The Tempest, Op. 18: IV. Andante con moto (03:47)
1-06. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – The Tempest, Op. 18: V. Allegro animato (02:45)
1-07. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – The Tempest, Op. 18: VI. Andante non tanto (07:49)
1-08. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – Cherevichki: I. Overture (11:03)
1-09. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – Cherevichki: II. Polonaise (06:24)
1-10. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32: I. Andante lugubre (03:38)
1-11. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32: II. Allegro vivo (05:30)
1-12. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32: III. Andante cantabile non troppo (12:32)
1-13. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32: IV. Allegro vivo (03:26)

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