Tchaikovsky: Overtures, Vol. 2 / Chauhan, BBC Scottish Symphony

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
March 15, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bbc Scottish Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 15, 2024
    • UPC
      095115533123
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHSA 5331
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Fatum (Fate), Op. 77

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan

    2. The Oprichnik, Act IV: Danses

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan

    3. Hamlet Fantasy Overture, Op. 67a

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan

    4. Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), Op. 68: Overture

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan

    5. Capriccio Italien, Op. 45

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan

    6. Prologue: Introduction

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan

    7. Act II: Melodrama

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan

    8. Act III: Dance of the Tumblers

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan


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.