Tchaikovsky Plus One, Vol. 1 / Douglas

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
November 16, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MODEST PETROVICH MUSSORGSKY P
    • PERFORMER
      Barry Douglas
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 16, 2018
    • UPC
      095115199121
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 10991
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. January: By the Fireside

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    2. II. February: Carnival

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    3. III. March: Song of the Lark

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    4. IV. April: Snowdrop

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    5. V. May: May Nights

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    6. VI. June: Barcarolle

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    7. VII. July: Song of the Reaper

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    8. VIII. August: The Harvest

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    9. IX. September: The Hunt

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    10. X. October: Autumn Song

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    11. XI. November: Troika

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    12. XII. December: Christmas

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    13. Promenade

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    14. I. Gnomus

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    15. Promenade

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    16. II. Old Castle

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    17. Promenade

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    18. III. Tuileries

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    19. IV. Bydlo

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    20. Promenade

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    21. V. Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    22. VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    23. Promenade

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    24. VII. The Market-Place at Limoges

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    25. VIII. Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum) -

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    26. VIII. Con mortuis in lingua mortua

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    27. IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas

    28. X. The Great Gate at Kiev

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Barry Douglas


Two of the most popular romantic Russian piano works from the mid-1870s are heard on this new album from the celebrated Barry Douglas. Lyricism lies at the heart of the twelve movements of Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Seasons’ (1875-76), commissioned by the periodical Nouvelliste to appear monthly, accompanied by poetic epigraphs. Tchaikovsky got his servant to remind him of his duty on a certain day in the month, and composed each piece in a single sitting. Each reflects characteristics of a different month, the style is simple, the mood introspective. While the poetic aspect of The Seasons was prompted by the individual musical contributions, ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ (1874) was provoked by a visit which Mussorgsky made to an exhibition of sketches and paintings by his late friend Viktor Hartmann. The technically demanding memorial, a popular genre in Russian romanticism, is here played thoughtfully and sympathetically by Barry Douglas.

REVIEWS:

Musorgsky’s magnum opus requires pianism of dazzling virtuoso panache, and here Douglas is really in his element. His supreme technical ease and tonal control when the notes start flying – as in the ‘Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells’, ‘Limoges’, and (especially) ‘Baba Yaga’ – brings a special sense of frisson.

– BBC Music Magazine

I don’t know how long he has had these works in his repertoire but they sound like old friends, well played-in. Few performances of Pictures have been imbued with such musical and textual integrity; each section is deftly characterised; the full tonal and dynamic range of the piano brought appropriately to bear.

– Gramophone