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Tchaikovsky: Album for the Young op. 39 & 12 Pieces for Piano op. 40 / Yuan Sheng
Piano Classics

Tchaikovsky: Album for the Young op. 39 & 12 Pieces for Piano op. 40 / Yuan Sheng

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Details

Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Artist
Yuan Sheng
Format
CD
Label
Piano Classics
Released
May 27, 2022
Catalog #
PCL10245
UPC
5029365102452

About

While we associate Tchaikovsky with music of virtuoso power and difficulty, sweeping up audiences with the fire of the Violin Concerto and First Piano Concerto, he also applied himself to music for the ever-growing market of amateur music-makers during his lifetime. Like many other great composers, he knew how to write for musicians of moderate ability without compromising or simplifying the individuality of his voice as a composer. Also like many great composers, regularly finding himself in grim financial prospects, he tapped into a reliable source of income by supplying publishers who had a seemingly limitless market for music composed with amateur musicians in mind, especially by the acknowledged masters of their day. Both of the cycles recorded here by Yuan Sheng were produced for this market, comprising short pieces, most of them quite simple on the page, but thoroughly imbued with quintessentially Tchaikovskian qualities.

As part of his Piano Classics discography, Yuan Sheng recorded The Seasons – Tchaikovsky’s best known solo piano cycle – in 2017. The album was widely welcomed for its serious approach to music which is too often treated trivially. Likewise, he invests these cycles with an authentic delicacy of touch and gravity of expression – in Tchaikovsky, tears are never very far away.

Tracklist 36 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Morning Prayer (Priere du matin) 01:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Morning Prayer (Priere du matin)
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  2. 2 No. 2. Winter Morning (Le matin en hiver) 01:09
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Winter Morning (Le matin en hiver)
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  3. 3 No. 4. Hobbyhorse (Le petit cavalier) 00:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 4. Hobbyhorse (Le petit cavalier)
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  4. 4 No. 3. Mamma (Maman) 01:04
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 3. Mamma (Maman)
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  5. 5 No. 5. The Toy Soldiers' March (Marche des soldats de bois) 00:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. The Toy Soldiers' March (Marche des soldats de bois)
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  6. 6 No. 7. Dolly Is Ill (La poupée malade) 01:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 7. Dolly Is Ill (La poupée malade)
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  7. 7 No. 8. Dolly's Funeral (Enterrement de la poupée) 01:55
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 8. Dolly's Funeral (Enterrement de la poupée)
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  8. 8 No. 9. Waltz (Valse) 01:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 9. Waltz (Valse)
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  9. 9 No. 6. My New Dolly (La nouvelle poupée) 00:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 6. My New Dolly (La nouvelle poupée)
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  10. 10 No. 13. Peasant Prelude (Le paysan prelude) 00:38
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 13. Peasant Prelude (Le paysan prelude)
    Duration
    00:38
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  11. 11 No. 11. Mazurka 01:06
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11. Mazurka
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  12. 12 No. 12. Russian Song (Chanson russe) 00:30
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12. Russian Song (Chanson russe)
    Duration
    00:30
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  13. 13 No. 14. Popular Song (Kamarinskaya, Chanson populaire) 00:36
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 14. Popular Song (Kamarinskaya, Chanson populaire)
    Duration
    00:36
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  14. 14 No. 10. Polka 00:48
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 10. Polka
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  15. 15 No. 15. Italian Song (Chanson italienne) 00:57
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 15. Italian Song (Chanson italienne)
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  16. 16 No. 16. Old French Song (Melodie antique francaise) 01:02
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 16. Old French Song (Melodie antique francaise)
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  17. 17 No. 17. German Song (Chanson allemande) 01:01
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 17. German Song (Chanson allemande)
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  18. 18 No. 18. Neapolitan Song (Chanson napolitaine) 01:03
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 18. Neapolitan Song (Chanson napolitaine)
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  19. 19 No. 19. A Nursery Tale (Conte de la vieille bonne) 00:43
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 19. A Nursery Tale (Conte de la vieille bonne)
    Duration
    00:43
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  20. 20 No. 20. The Witch Baba Yaga (La sorciere) 00:46
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 20. The Witch Baba Yaga (La sorciere)
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  21. 21 No. 21. Sweet Dreams (Douce rêverie) 01:46
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 21. Sweet Dreams (Douce rêverie)
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  22. 22 No. 22. The Lark (Chant de L'alouette) 01:13
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 22. The Lark (Chant de L'alouette)
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  23. 23 No. 24. The Organ-Grinder's Song (L'orgue de barbarie) 00:50
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 24. The Organ-Grinder's Song (L'orgue de barbarie)
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  24. 24 No. 23. At Church (A L'eglise) 02:22
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 23. At Church (A L'eglise)
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  25. 25 No. 1. Etude 01:42
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 1. Etude
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  26. 26 No. 2. Chanson triste 03:07
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 2. Chanson triste
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  27. 27 No. 3. Marche funèbre 08:31
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 3. Marche funèbre
    Duration
    08:31
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  28. 28 No. 4. Mazurka in C Major 03:33
    Track
    28
    Title
    No. 4. Mazurka in C Major
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  29. 29 No. 5. Mazurka in D Major 03:34
    Track
    29
    Title
    No. 5. Mazurka in D Major
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  30. 30 No. 6. Chant sans paroles 02:54
    Track
    30
    Title
    No. 6. Chant sans paroles
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  31. 31 No. 7. Au village 04:35
    Track
    31
    Title
    No. 7. Au village
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  32. 32 No. 8. Valse in A-Flat Major 03:38
    Track
    32
    Title
    No. 8. Valse in A-Flat Major
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  33. 33 No. 9. Valse in F-Sharp Minor 06:06
    Track
    33
    Title
    No. 9. Valse in F-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  34. 34 No. 10. Danse russe 02:26
    Track
    34
    Title
    No. 10. Danse russe
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  35. 35 No. 11. Scherzo 04:01
    Track
    35
    Title
    No. 11. Scherzo
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng
  36. 36 No. 12. Rêverie interrompue 04:23
    Track
    36
    Title
    No. 12. Rêverie interrompue
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Yuan Sheng