Composer(s): Tchaikovsky, Boris
Conductor(s): Ershov, Kirill
Label: Naxos
Genre: Orchestral
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.572400
Barcode: 747313240074
Release Date: 03/2010

TCHAIKOVSKY, B.: Andersen Fairy Tales Suites / 4 Preludes for Chamber Orchestra (Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Ershov)

Boris Tchaikovsky, a pupil of Shostakovich, enjoyed a long and illustrious career. Rostropovich once remarked: ‘I consider him to be a genius…one day people will come to know that two great Russian composers bore the same name’. Four Preludes for Chamber Orchestra, originally conceived as a song cycle, which was promptly banned by the authorities, was reworked while maintaining the trenchant contradictions, beguiling wit and fleeting moods of the original. The three delightful Andersen suites derive from music composed for radio plays between 1954 and 1958 but only recovered in 2003. Tchaikovsky himself considered the music for the Andersen Fairy Tales to be one of his best incidental scores.

Tracklist

Tchaikovsky, Boris
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
1No. 1. Agitato04:07
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
2No. 2. Con moto02:45
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
3No. 3. Adagio03:20
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
4No. 4. Semplice02:25
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
5I. Introduction00:54
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
6II. In the Garden01:32
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
7III. Minuet00:56
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
8IV. The Rose00:55
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
9V. The Nightingale00:59
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
10VI. Jingles00:32
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
11VII. The Magic Kettle01:27
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
12VIII. Waltz01:02
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
13IX. Polka01:03
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
14X. The Ratchet00:54
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
15I. The Rose-Tree01:34
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
16II. The Clock01:08
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
17III. The Soldier's Sailing02:29
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
18IV. The Weavers01:00
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
19V. The Darning-Needle's Journey00:25
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
20VI. The Darning-Needle00:37
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
21VII. Fanfare00:51
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
22VIII. The Emperor's March02:39
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
23IX. The Little Lady Dancer00:40
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
24X. The Toy Ball00:53
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
Russkaya Konservatoriya Chamber Choir Soloists (Choir)
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
25I. Introduction01:11
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
26II. 2 Fairies00:53
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
27III. Interlude00:34
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
28IV. Night01:22
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
29V. Revelers' Song01:24
Russkaya Konservatoriya Chamber Choir Soloists (Choir)
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
30VI. The Night Watchman01:03
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
31VII. Voyage to the Moon00:56
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
32VIII. The Moon01:10
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
33IX. The Dash Back to Earth00:23
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
34X. The Medical Intern02:03
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
35XI. The Theatre01:32
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
36XII. A Wealthy Man and His Wife01:13
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
37XIII. A Lady00:44
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
38XIV. A Selfish Man00:31
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
39XV. An Officer00:44
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
40XVI. The Bird01:30
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
41XVII. The Journey01:35
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
42XVIII. Tarantella00:49
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)
43XIX. Mourning Music02:05
Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ershov, Kirill (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 56:49