Tchaikovsky: Overtures, Vol. 2 / Chauhan, BBC Scottish Symphony
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). The album was recorded in Glasgow City Halls in SURROUND-SOUND and is available as a hybrid SACD.
Product Description:
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Release Date: March 15, 2024
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UPC: 095115533123
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Catalog Number: CHSA 5331
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Label: Chandos
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Number of Discs: 1
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Period: Romantic
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Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan
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Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
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Performer: BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Works:
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Fatum, Op. posth. 77
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan
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Dances from ‘The Oprichnik’
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan
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Hamlet, Op. 67
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan
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The Queen of Spades, Op. 68: Introduction
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan
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Capriccio italien, Op. 45
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan
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The Snow Maiden, Op. 12 (excerpts)
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan