BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Alpesh Chauhan – Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works Vol. 2 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:07 minutes | 1,26 GB | Genre: Classical
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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. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Alpesh Chauhan – Tchaikovsky: Fatum, Op. posth. 77 (16:21)
02. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Alpesh Chauhan – Tchaikovsky: Dances from The Oprichnik, TH 3 (06:18)
03. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Alpesh Chauhan – Tchaikovsky: Hamlet, Op. 67 (18:57)
04. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Alpesh Chauhan – Tchaikovsky: Introduction to The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 (04:20)
05. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Alpesh Chauhan – Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien, Op. 45 (14:40)
06. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Alpesh Chauhan – Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, Prologue: No. 1, Introduction (Moderato assai) (05:44)
07. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Alpesh Chauhan – Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, Act II: No. 10, Melodrama (Andantino, quasi Allegretto) (05:11)
08. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Alpesh Chauhan – Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, Act III: No. 13, Dance of the Tumblers (Allegro vivace) (04:33)
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