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THE TCHAIKOVSKY EXPERIENCE

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The Tchaikovsky Experience is now over, but you can still listen to broadcasts for up to seven days via the Radio 3 web-site. The full schedule is given below:

Saturday 10 February Monday 12 February Thursday 15 February
Sunday 11 February Tuesday 13 February Friday 16 February
Wednesday 14 February

The season included many rarities, a number of which were recorded or broadcast for the first time. Of particular note for Tchaikovsky enthusiasts are:

... as well as some smaller pieces and album-leaves recorded specially by the BBC. This was the most comprehensive broadcast of Tchaikovsky's works ever undertaken. We will still do our best to answer any questions abroad the broadcasts that we receive at info@tchaikovsky-research.net

COMPLETE SCHEDULE
(as notified to 16 February 2007)

Saturday 10 February

Time (GMT) Composer

Work

Genre

Performers

09.00–13.00

Early works, symphonic works, and symphonic poems.

Tchaikovsky Swan Lake
Ballet in 4 acts, Op. 20 (1875–76)
Waltz (Act I, No. 2)
Ballet Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Decca 436 212–2
Tchaikovsky Scherzo α la russe
Op. 1, No. 1 (1867)
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292–45966–2
Stravinsky Scherzo α la russe
Version for jazz band (1944)
Orchestral City of Birmingham Symphoy Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 5 85538–2
Stravinsky Mavra
Opera in 1 act (1922)
Prasha's Song
Opera Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano)
Ensemble InterContemporain
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 431 751–2
Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Revised version (1947)
Orchestral Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 9488
Tchaikovsky Night
Quartet based on Mozart's Fantasia in C minor (1893)
Vocal BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Tchaikovsky Suite No. 4
in G major, Mozartiana, Op. 61 (1887)
Orchestral Philharmonia Orchestra
Neeme Jδrvi (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 8777
Stravinsky Pulcinella
Suite for chamber orchestra (1947)
Ballet Yvonne Kelly (soprano)
Robert Tear (tenor)
Robert Lloyd (bass)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
EMI 5 74305–2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
in B minor, "Pathιtique", Op. 74 (1893)
Allegro molto vivace (movt. III)
Orchestral Santa Cecilia Orchestra
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
EMI 3 53258–2
Tchaikovsky Six Romances
Op. 73 (1893)
Night (No. 2)
Vocal Ekaterina Sementchuk (mezzo-soprano)
Larissa Gergieva (piano)
Harmonia Mundi 911881
Stravinsky Recollections of My Childhood
Three little songs
Version for voice and chamber orchestra (1930)
Vocal Cathy Berberian (mezzo-soprano)
Columbia Chamber Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46 298
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker
Suite from the ballet, Op. 71a (1892)
Ballet Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Decca 417 700–2
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Ballet (1947)
Ballet Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM3K 46 291
Tchaikovsky Nine Church Pieces
For unaccompanied voices (1884–85)
Let My Prayer Ascend (No. 8)
Choral Boys' and Men's Choir of the Moscow Choral Academy
Viktor Popov (conductor)
Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 728
Stravinsky The Dove Descending Breaks the Air
Anthem (1962)
Choral BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Tchaikovsky Serenade for String Orchestra
in C major, Op. 48 (1880)
Orchestral USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgenii Svetlanov (conductor)
Melodiya 74321 17101–2

13.00–17.00

Chamber Music and Opera

Tchaikovsky String Quartet
in B-flat major
(1865)
Chamber Saint Petersburg Quartet
Sony SM2K 57 654
Stravinsky Concertino
Version for string quartet (1920)
Chamber Alban Berg Quartet
EMI CDC 7 54347–2
Stravinsky Concertino
Version for 12 instruments (1920)
Chamber Columbia Chamber Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46297
Tchaikovsky Allegretto moderato
in D major, for string trio (1863/64)
Chamber Shostakovich Quartet
Olympia OCD 521
Tchaikovsky Allegretto
in E major, for string quartet (1863/64)
Chamber Saint Petersburg Quartet
Sony SM2K 654
Tchaikovsky Allegro vivace
in B-flat major, for string quartet (1863/64)
Chamber Saint Petersburg Quartet
Sony SM2K 654
Tchaikovsky Andante molto
in G major, for string quartet (1863/64)
Chamber Saint Petersburg Quartet
Sony SM2K 654
Stravinsky Suite for Violin and Piano
after themse, fragments and pieces by Giambatttista Pergolesi (1925)
Chamber Eudice Shapiro (violin)
Ralph Berkowitz (piano)
Crystal Records CD302
Tchaikovsky The Barber of Seville
C
ouplets for Beaumarchais' play (1872)
Stage Evgenii Raikov (tenor)
Moscwo Radio Orchestra Soloists (violins)
Evgenii Akulov (conductor)
Melodiya (LP) C10 18169–70
Tchaikovsky Vakula the Smith
Opera in 3 acts, Op. 14 (1874)
Opera Patricia Routledge (Narrator)
David Bender (Vakula)
Anne Collins (Solokha)
Donald Maxwell (Devil)
Clive Bayley (bass)
Susan Roberts (Oksana)
Nicholas Folwell (Mayor/His Excellency)
Neil Jenkins (Panas/Schoolmaster)
Chorus of Opera North
BBC Philharmonic
Edward Downes (conductor)
BBC Recording from 1989

17.00–19.30

Live and specially recorded performances and interviews

Stravinsky Divertimento
For violin with piano
Chamber Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Bruno Canino (piano)
EMI CDC7 49322–2
Tchaikovsky Suite No. 3
in G major, Op. 55 (1884)
Orchestral Russian National Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)
Pentatone 5186 061
Tchaikovsky Slavonic March
Op. 31 (1876)
Orchestral BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Tchaikovsky The Oprichnik
Opera in 4 acts (1870–72)

Additional aris for Prince Viazminskii (Act II, No. 9a)
Opera David Wilson Johnson (bass-baritone)
David Owen Norris (piano)
World premiere recording by the BBC
Stravinsky Symphony in E-flat major
Op. 1 (1907)
Orchestral Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
DG 453 434–2
Tchaikovsky Allegro ma non tanto
in G major, for string orchestra (1863/64)
Chamber Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gennadi Cherkasov (conductor)
Melodiya (LP) C10 14685–6
Stravinsky Concertino
Arrangement for piano duet (1920)
Piano Richard Rodney Bennett (pjano)
Susan Bradshaw (piano)
Specially recorded by the BBC
19.30–21.45

Live concert

Stravinsky Divertimento
Concert suite from The Fairy's Kiss (1934)
Ballet BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Live concert
Stravinsky Concerto
For Piano and Wind Instruments (1924)
Concertante BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Live concert
Stravinsky Petrushka Suite
Three movements for piano (1921)
Ballet Simon Trpceski (piano)
[concert interval]
Tchaikovsky Manfred
Symphony in 4 tableaux, Op. 58 (1885)
Orchestral BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Live concert
21.45–01.00

Sacred and Secular Choral Music, Symphonies and Late Works

Stravinsky Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD annum Orchestral Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SMK 46 300
Stravinsky Tres Sacrae Cantiones
(1957–59)
Choral New London Chamber Choir
James Wood (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 66410
Stravinsky Three Songs from Shakespeare
(1953)
Vocal Cathy Berberian (mezzo-soprano)
Columbia Chamber Ensemble
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46298
Tchaikovsky Ode to Joy
Cantata (1865)
Choral Alla Ardakov (soprano)
Ludmila Shemchuk (contralto)
Alexander Naoumenko (tenor)
Dmitry Kharitov (bass)
London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Derek Gleeson (conductor)
Carlton Classics 30366 0122
Stravinsky Orpheus
Ballet (1947)
Ballet Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
Sony SK 53274
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
in B minor, "Pathιtique", Op. 74 (1893)
Orchestral New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
DG 419 604–2
Stravinsky 2 Poems of Paul Verlaine
For baritone and orchestra, Op. 9 (1951)
Vocal Donald Gramm (baritone)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46298
Stravinsky The Firebird
Ballet Suite (1945)
Ballet Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SMK 46 293

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Sunday 11 February

Time (GMT) Composer

Work

Genre

Performers

01.00–07.00

Tchaikovsky complete songs, short piano pieces and repeats; Stravinsky repeats

Tchaikovsky Fifty Russian Folk-Songs
Arranged for piano duet (1868–69) — Nos. 1–10
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (piano)
Erato 2292 45968–2
Tchaikovsky Six Romances
Op. 6 (1869)
Vocal Galina Vishnevskaia (soprano)
Mstislav Rostropovich (piano)
Philips 446 212–2 (Nos. 1, 2, 6)

Ljuba Kazarnovskaia (soprano)
Ljuba Orfenova (piano)
Naxos 8.555371 (Nos. 3, 5)

Nadezhda Krasnaya (soprano)
Vadim Fedorovtsev (piano)
Russian Disc RDCD 11078 (No. 4)

Stravinsky Ebony Concerto
For solo clarinet and jazz ensemble (1945)
Concertante Michael Collins (clarinet)
London Sinfonietta
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 5 72837–2
Tchaikovsky Fifty Russian Folk-Songs
Arranged for piano duet (1868–69) — Nos. 11–20
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (piano)
Erato 2292 45968–2
Tchaikovsky Cherevichki
Opera in 4 acts (1885)
Opera Ekaterina Morosova (Oksana)
Valerii Popov (Vakula)
Albert Shchagidullin (Devil)
Ludmila Semchiuk (Solokha)
Vladimir Ognovenko (Chub)
Valentin Prolat (Panas)
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Lirico di Cagliari
Gennadii Rozhdesvtensky (conductor)
Dynamic 287
Tchaikovsky Fifty Russian Folk-Songs
Arranged for piano duet (1868–69) — Nos. 21–30
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (piano)
Erato 2292 45968–2
Tchaikovsky Grand Sonata
in G major, Op. 37 (1878)
Piano Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Regis RRC 1143
Stravinsky Sonata
in F-sharp minor
Concertante Martin Jones (piano)
Nimbus NI 5519
Tchaikovsky Six Romances
Op. 16 (1872–73)
Vocal Nadezhda Krasnaia (soprano)
Vadim Fedorovtsev (piano)
Russian Disc RDCD 11078
Stravinsky Violin Concerto
in D major (1931)
Concertante Isaac Stern (violin)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SMK 46 295
Tchaikovsky Fifty Russian Folk-Songs
Arranged for piano duet (1868–69) — Nos. 31–40
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (piano)
Erato 2292 45968–2
Tchaikovsky Italian Capriccio
Op. 45 (1880)
Orchestral Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 8460
Tchaikovsky Fifty Russian Folk-Songs
Arranged for piano duet (1868–69) — Nos. 41–50
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (piano)
Erato 2292 45968–2
07.00–09.00

Early Works, Symphonic Works and Symphonic Poems

Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile
Version for cello with string orchestra (–1888)
Concertante Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
English Chamber Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 8347
Tchaikovsky The Seasons
Op. 37a (1875–76) — Nos. 1–2
Piano Yefim Bronfman (piano)
Sony Classical SK 60689
Stravinsky Fireworks
Op. 4 (1908)
Orchestral London Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
EMI CDEMX 9517
Stravinsky Scherzo
For violin and piano (1933)
Chamber Isabelle van Keulen (violin)
Olli Mustonen (piano)
Philips 520 953–2
Tchaikovsky Potpourri
On themes from the opera The Voevoda (1867/68)
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292 45968–2
Tchaikovsky Anastasie-Valse
in F major (1854)
Piano Cιdric Tiberghien (piano)
World premiere recording by the BBC
Tchaikovsky My Genius, My Angel, My Friend
Song (1850s)
Vocal Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 51266–2
Stravinsky Four Studies
For piano, Op. 7 (1908)
Piano Martin Jones (piano)
Nimbus NI 5519/20
Tchaikovsky Zemfira's Song
Song (1860s)
Vocal Nadezhda Krasnaya (soprano)
Vadim Fedorovtsev (piano)
Russian Disc RDCD 11078
Sibelius, arr.
Stravinsky
Canzonetta
Op. 62a
Orchestral BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Stravinsky Four Norwegian Moods
(1942)
Orchestral Cleveland Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Decca 417 325–2
Tchaikovsky The Storm
Op. 76 (1864)
Orchestral Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
Philips 442 061–2
Tchaikovsky Military March
in B-flat major (1893)
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292 45967–2
Stravinsky Souvenir d'un marche boche
For two pianos (1915)
Piano Thomas Ades (piano)
EMI CDC5 57051–2
Stravinsky Scθnes de ballet
(1944)
Orchestral London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
RCA 0902 668865–2
Tchaikovsky The Golden Cloud Did Sleep
(1887)
Choral Moscow Academy of Choral Singing
Viktor Popov (conductor)
Le Chant du Monde RUS 288156

09.00–13.00

Cowan's classics: Great interpretations

Stravinsky Pribaoutki
Version for mezzo-soprano (1914)
Vocal Cathy Berberian (mezzo-soprano)
Columbia Symphonyy Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony Classical SM2K 46 298
Tchaikovsky Piano Sonata
in C-sharp minor, Op. 80 (1865)
Piano Emil Gilels (piano)
Russian Disc RDCD 11 170
Stravinsky Prιlude et Ronde des princesses
For violin and piano (1926)
Chamber Isabelle van Keulen (violin)
Olli Mustonen (piano)
Philips 420 953–2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1
in G minor, "Winter Daydreams", Op. 13 (1874)
Orchestral Prague Symphony Orchestra
Vaclav Smetacek (conductor)
Supraphon SU 3895–2
Stravinsky Valse and Polka
(1915)
Piano Aladar Racz (cimbalom)
Yvonne Racz-Brblan (piano)
Hungaroton HRC 098
Stravinsky Renard
Burleseue (1916)
Chamber Jean Gradeua (tenor)
Louis Devos (tenor)
Louis-Jacques Rondeleux (bass)
Xavier Depraz (bass)
Elemer Kiss (cimbalom)
Domain Musical Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
Accord 476 886–2
Tchaikovsky Allegro
in C minor, for piano and strings (1863/64)
Concertante Igor Zhukov (piano)
USSR RTV Large Symphony Orchestra
Mikhail Iurovskii (conductor)
Melodiya 74321 49612–2
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
in B-flat minor, Op. 23 (1874–75)
Concertante Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)
Stravinsky Movements
For piano and orchestra (1959)
Concertante Olli Mustonen (piano)
Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
Decca 440 229–2
Tchaikovsky, arr. Jenkins None but the Lonely Heart
Op. 6, No. 6 (1869)
Vocal Frank Sinatra (singer)
Orchestra
Gordon Jenkins (conductor)
Capitol CDP7 94519–2
Musorgsky &
Beethoven
arr. Stravinsky
Songs of the Flea
For bass and orchestra (1909)
Vocal Matthew Rose (bass)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Stravinsky Khovanshchina
Final Chorus and Aria (1913)
Opera Vladimir Atlantov (Andrey Khovansky)
Paata Burchuladze (Dosifei)
Marjana Lipovsek (Marfa)
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 429 758–2
Tchaikovsky Suite No. 2
in C major, Op. 53 (1883)
Orchestral USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgenii Svetlanov (conductor)
Melodiya 74321 59054–2
Tchaikovsky Evgenii Onegin (Eugene Onegin)
Lyrical scens in 3 acts, Op. 24 (1877–78)
Act III, Scene 1
Opera Mark Reizen (Prince Gremin),
Andrei Ivanov (Onegin)
Elena Kruglikova (Tatiana)
Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra
Alexander Orlov (conductor)
Lyrica 01100–2
Tchaikovsky Do Not Leave Me
Op. 27, No. 3 (1875)
Vocal Zara Dolukhanova (soprano)
Alexander Pavlovich Dolukhanian (piano)
Guild GHCD 2281/54
Tchaikovsky Dusk Fell on the Earth
Op. 47, No. 3 (1880)
Vocal Zara Dolukhanova (soprano)
Alexander Pavlovich Dolukhanian (piano)
Guild GHCD 2281/54
Tchaikovsky Serenade
Op. 63, No. 3 (1887)
Vocal Zara Dolukhanova (soprano)
Alexander Pavlovich Dolukhanian (piano)
Guild GHCD 2281/54
13.00–17.00

Chamber music and opera

Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1
in D major, Op. 11 (1871)
Chamber Talich Quartet
Calliope CAL 9202
Stravinsky Three Pieces
For string quartet (1914)
Chamber Alban Berg Quartet
EMI CD 754 347–2
Stravinsky Study
For pianola (1917)
Piano Rex Lawson (pianola)
MusicMasters 01612 67138–2
Stravinsky Four Studies
For orchestra (1928)
Piano Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 437 850–2
Tchaikovsky Andante ma non troppo
in E minor, for string quintet (1863/64)
Chamber Saint Petersburg Quartet
Sony SM2K 57654
Tchaikovsky Adagio molto
in E-flat major, for string quartet and harp (1863/64)
Chamber Shostakovich Quartet
Olympia OCD 522
Stravinsky The Storm Cloud
Romance (1902)
Vocal Olga Romanko (soprano)
Victor Somilenko (piano)
MK 417126
Tchaikovsky Evgenii Onegin (Eugene Onegin)
Lyrical scens in 3 acts, Op. 24 (1877–78)
Opera Sarah Walker (Larina)
Nuccia Focile (Tatiana)
Olga Borodina (Olga)
Irina Arkhipova (Fillipevna)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Onegin)
Neil Shicoff (Lenskii)
Alexander Ansimov (Gremin)
Saint Petersburg Chamber Choir
Paris Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
Philips 438 235–2
Tchaikovsky All-Night Vigil
Vesper Service, Op. 52 (1881–82) — Nos. 12, 6 & 13
Choral BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
17.00–19.30

Live and specially recorded performances and interviews

Tchaikovsky Eighteen Pieces
Op. 72 (1893) — Nos. 1 to 3
Piano Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
DG 289 477 5378
Stravinsky Three Pieces
For clarinet solo (1919)
Chamber Alain Damiens (clarinet)
Adda 581066
Stravinsky Petrushka Suite
Three movements for piano (1921)
Ballet Michel Bιroff (piano)
EMI 7243 5 86073–2
Tchaikovsky Evening
For men's chorus (–1871)
Choral Moscow Academy of Choral Singing
Victor Popov (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi RUS 288 156
Stravinsky Berceuse
For voice and piano (1917)
Vocal Isabelle van Keulen (violin)
Ollie Mustonen (piano)
Philips 420 953–2
Tchaikovsky Impromptu
in E-flat minor, Op. 1, No. 2 (1863/64)
Piano Valery Boyev (piano)
Etcetera KTC 1164
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1
in G minor, "Winter Daydreams", Op. 13 (1874)
Orchestral BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Tchaikovsky Nocturne
Op. 10, No. 1 (1871–72)
Piano Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Regis RRC 1093
Stravinsky Elιgie
For violin or viola (1944)
Chamber Nobuka Imai (piano)
BIS-CD 358
Tchaikovsky Sιrιnade mιlancolique
For violin with orchestra, Op. 26 (1875)
Concertante Maxim Vengerov (violin)
London Smphony Orchestra
Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)
EMI Classics 7243 5 56966–2
Stravinsky Sonata
For two pianos (1944)
Piano Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Andrei Gavrilov (piano)
Decca 433 829–2
19.30–22.30

The major ballets

Stravinsky Greeting Prelude
For orchestra (1955)
Orchestral Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SMK 46296
Tchaikovsky Fifty Russian Folk-Songs
Arranged for piano duet (1868–69) — No. 12
Piano Duo Crommelynck
BIS 50–8805
Stravinsky Canon
For orchestra (1965)
Orchestral London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
RCA 09026 68865–2
Stravinsky The Firebird
Ballet (1909–10)
Ballet San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
RCA 09026 68898–2
Tchaikovsky The Voevoda
Melodrama for the Domovoi's monologue (1886)
Stage USSR Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
Viacheslav Ovchinnikov (conductor)
Melodiya (LP) C10 18169–70
Tchaikovsky The Snow Maiden
Music for the fairy tale, Op. 12 (1873)
Stage Natalia Erassova (mezzosoprano)
Alexander Arkhopov (tenor)
Nikolai Vassilev (bass)
Russian State Choir and Orchestra
Andrei Chistiakov (conductor)
Le Chant due Monde LDC 288 090
Tchaikovsky Capriccio
in G-flat major, Op. 8 (1870)
Piano Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
BMG 74321 66975–2
Stravinsky Apollo
Ballet for string orchestra (1928)
Ballet Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Decca 458 142–2
22.30–01.00

Sacred and Secular Choral Music, Symphonies and Late Works

Tchaikovsky Spring
Chorus (–1871)
Choral BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
World premiere recording by the BBC
Stravinsky Babel
Cantata (1944)
Choral John Calicos (narrator)
Festival Singers of Toronto
CBC Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony Classical SM2K 46301
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
For choir and orchestra (1948)
Choral Festival Singers of Toronto
CBC Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony Classical SM2K 46294
Stravinsky Abraham and Isaac
Biblical cantata (1963)
Vocal David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone)
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen (conductor)
DG 447 068–2
Tchaikovsky All-Night Vigil
Vesper Service, Op. 52 (1881–82) — extracts
Choral BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
in E minor Op. 64 (1888)
Orchestral Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Valerii Gergiev (conductor)
Philips 462 905–2
Stravinsky Threni
Cantata (1958)
Choral Bethany Beardslee (soprano)
Beatrice Krebbs (contralto)
William Lewis (tenor)
James Wainner (tenor)
Mac Morgan (baritone)
Robert Oliver (bass)
Schola Cantorum
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 4630
Tchaikovsky Cantata
For the Jubilee of O. A. Petrov
(1875)
Vocal Nina Postavnicheva (soprano)
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Aleksei Kovalev (conductor)
Melodiya (LP) C10 15995–96
Tchaikovsky Nocturne
Op. 19, No. 4
Arranged for cello with small orchestra (–1888)
Concertante Mischa Maisky (cello)
Orchestre de Paris
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
DG 435 781–2

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Monday 12 February

Time (GMT) Composer

Work

Genre

Performers

01.00–07.00

Tchaikovsky complete songs, short piano pieces and repeats; Stravinsky repeats

Tchaikovsky Six Romances
Op. 25 (1875)
Vocal Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 512662 (No. 1)
Conifer 75606 512693 (Nos. 5–6)

Nina Rautio (soprano)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 512693 (Nos. 2–3)

Joan Rodgers (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA 66617 (No. 4)

Tchaikovsky The Voevoda
Op. 3 (1867–68)
Opera Vladimir Matorin (Shalygin)
Leonid Zimenko (Vlas Diuzhoi)
Aleksandra Fat'kina (Nastas'ia)
Galina Kuznetsova (Mar'ia)
Liudmila Bondarnenko (Praskov'ia)
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Kozhuchar (conductor)
Stravinsky Agon
For piano duet (1957)
Ballet Susan Bradshaw (piano)
Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
BBC archive recording
J. S. Bach, arr. Stravinsky The Well Tempered Clavier
4 arrangements by Stravinsky (1969)
Orchestral Basle Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
BBC archive recording
Tchaikovsky Six Pieces
For piano, Op. 19 (1873)
Piano Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Victor VCD 1068 (Nos. 1, 5)

Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292 45966 (Nos. 2–4)

Andrei Gavrilov (piano)
EMI CDM 7 69125–2 (No. 6)

Tchaikovsky Six Romances and Songs
Op. 27 (1875)
Vocal Nina Rautio (soprano)
Semen Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 51267–2 (Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5)
Conifer 75605 51269–2 (No. 2)

Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Semen Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 51269–2 (No. 6)

Stravinsky Basler Concerto
in D major, for string orchestra (1946)
Orchestral Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Iona Brown (conductor)
Virgin Classics 45224
Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty
Suite from the ballet, Op. 66a
Ballet Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Telarc CD 80151
Stravinsky The Firebird
Concert Suite No. 1 (1911)
Ballet Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
Decca 448 812–2
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
in B-flat minor, Op. 23 (1874–75)
Concertante Martha Argerich (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 559 816–2

07.00–10.00

Early works, shorter symphonic works and symphonic poems

Tchaikovsky The Seasons
Op. 37a (1875–76) — Nos. 3–4
Piano Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Mezhdunarodnaia Kniga MK 418008
Tchaikovsky Overture in F major
For full orchestra (1866 version)
Orchestral Tchaikovsky Large Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Fedoseev (conductor)
Aristotipa AN 123
Tchaikovsky A Greeting to A. G. Rubinstein
For his golden jubilee as an artist (1889)
Choral BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Tchaikovsky Impromptu
in A-flat major (1889)
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292 459672–2
Tchaikovsky Serenade
For N. G. Rubinstein's Name-Day
(1872)
Orchestral London Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 8310/11
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
For choir and orchestra (1948)
Choral English Bach Festival Choir
London Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
Sony 88697 00819–2
Tchaikovsky Humoresque
For violin with piano (1876)
Chamber Oleg Kagan (violin)
Vassily Lobanov (piano)
Ondine ODE 733–2
Tchaikovsky The Nightingale
Op. 60, No. 4 (1886)
Vocal Elisabeth Soderstrom (mezzo)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Decca 436 204–2
Tchaikovsky Jurisprudence March
in D major (1885)
Orchestral USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgenii Svetlanov (conductor)
Melodiya (LP) C10 11525–6
Tchaikovsky Jurists' Song
In honour of the 50th year of the Imperial School of Jurisprudence (1885)
Choral USSR State Academic Chorus
Aleksandr Sveshnikov (conductor)
Consonance 81–5003
Stravinsky Song of the Nightingale
and Chinese March
For violin and piano (1932)
Chamber Isabelle van Keulen (violin)
Olli Mustonen (piano)
Philips 420 953–2
Tchaikovsky Military March
in B-flat major (1893)
Arranged for wind band
Orchestral USSR Ministry of Defence Symphonic Band
Nikolai Sergeev (conductor)
Melodiya (LP) ASD 3107 0D
Tchaikovsky Theme with Variations
in A minor (1863/64)
Piano Valery Boyev (piano)
Etcetera KTC 1164
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
For cello with orchestra, Op. 33 (1876)
[revised by W. Fitzenhagen]
Concertante Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 413 819–2
Stravinsky Hommage ΰ Nadia Boulanger
Petit canon
Vocal BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks
Concerto for chamber orchestra (1938)
Chamber Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SMK 46296
Tchaikovsky Hamlet
Overture-fantasia, Op. 67 (1888)
Orchestral Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Josι Serebrier (conductor)
BIS CD 1073
Tchaikovsky Aveu passionnι
in E minor (–1891)
Piano Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Decca 466 562–2
Tchaikovsky The Voevoda
Symphonic ballad, Op. 78 (1890–91)
Orchestral USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgenii Svetlanov (conductor)
Melodiya 74321 40066–2
Tchaikovsky Do Not Leave Me
Op. 27, No. 3 (1875)
Vocal Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 51269–2

10.00–13.00

Cowan's classics: Great interpretations

Stravinsky Saucers
Four Russian peasant songs (1917)
Choral New London Chamber Choir
Voronezh Chamber Choir
James Wood (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 66410
Stravinsky Les Noces
(1919 version) — Scenes I and II
Stage Alison Wells (soprano)
Mary King (mezzo-soprano)
Nigel Rogers (tenor)
Richard Stuart (bass)
Flemish Radio Choir
New London Radio Choir
Rex Lawson (pianola)
Ictus Ensemble
James Wood (conductor)
Belgian Radio Recording
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2
in C minor ("Little Russian"), Op. 17
(1879 version)
Orchestral Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
DG 453 446–2
Tchaikovsky Dumka
Op. 59 (1886)
Piano Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
RCA GD 60526
Stravinsky Les Noces
(1923 version)
Stage Libuse Domaninska (soprano)
Marie Mrazova (contralto)
Ivo Zidek (tenor)
Dalibor Jedlicka (bass)
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Ancerl (conductor)
Supraphon SU 3692–2211
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
in G major, Op. 44 (1879–80)
Concerante Elisabeth Leonskaya (piano)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Kurt Masur (conductor)
Warner 2564 63781–2
Tchaikovsky Iolanta
Opera, Op. 69 (1891) — excerpts
Opera Walton Groenroos (Robert)
Nikolai Gedda (Vaudemot)
Orchestre de Paris
Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)
Stravinsky Capriccio
For piano and orchestra (1929)
Concertante Paul Crossley (piano)
London Sinfonietta
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
Sony SK 45797
13.00–17.00

Chamber music and opera

Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 2
in F major, Op. 22 (1873–74)
Chamber Borodin Quartet
Teldec 4509 90422–2
Tchaikovsky If Only I Had Known
Op. 47, No. 1 (1880)
Vocal Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA 66617
Stravinsky The Nightingale
Opera (1914)
Opera Ren Grist (Nightingale)
Marina Picassi (Cook)
Loren Driscoll (Fisherman)
Donald Gramm (Emperor of China)
Kenneth Smith (Chamberlain)
Herbert Beatie (Bonze)
Elaine Bonazzi (Death)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Opera Society of Washington D.C.
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46298
Tchaikovsky The Nightingale
Chorus (1889)
Choral Moscow Academy of Choral Singing
Viktor Popov (conductor)
Chant du Monde RUS 288156
Tchaikovsky Iolanta
Opera in 1 act, Op. 69 (1891)
Opera Galina Gorchakova (Iolanta)
Sergei Aleksashkin (King Renι)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Robert)
Gegan Grigorian (Vaudemont)
Nikolai Putilin (Ibn-Hakia)
Kirov Theatre Orchestra & Chorus
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
Philips 442 796–2
Stravinsky Song of The Nightingale
Symphonic Poem (1917)
Orchestral Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA 09026 68168–2
Tchaikovsky It Was in the Early Spring
Op. 38, No. 2 (1878)
Vocal Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA 66617
Tchaikovsky Elegy for String Orchestra
in memory of Ivan Samarin (1884)
Orchestral Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
Decca 421 715–2
17.00–19.30

Live and specially-recorded performances and interviews

Tchaikovsky Overture in C minor
(1865–66)
Orchestral USSR Symphony Orchestra
Aleksandr Lazarev (conductor)
Melodiya (LP) C10–11525/26
Stravinsky Sonata
For piano (1924)
Piano Peter Donohoe (piano)
Live studio broadcast
Stravinsky Piano Rag Music
(1922)
Piano Peter Donohoe (piano)
Live studio broadcast
Stravinsky Serenade
in A major (1925)
Piano Peter Donohoe (piano)
Live studio broadcast
Tchaikovsky Polka de Salon
Musical joke (1893)
Piano Peter Donohoe (piano)
World premiere studio broadcast
Tchaikovsky It's Not the Wind that Bends the Branch
Arrangement of a Russian folk-song (1893)
Piano Peter Donohoe (piano)
World premiere studio broadcast
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2
in C minor ("Little Russian"), Op. 17
(1879 version)
Orchestral BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Tchaikovsky The Underdog
Album leaf (1876)
Vocal David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
David Owen Norris (piano)
World Premiere recording
Tchaikovsky Eighteen Pieces
For piano, Op. 72 (1893) — Nos. 4–6
Piano Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
DG 477 537–8
Tchaikovsky Polka de Salon
Musical joke (1893)
Vocal David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
David Owen Norris (piano)
World Premiere recording
Tchaikovsky The Siskin
Album leaf (1876)
Vocal David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
David Owen Norris (piano)
World Premiere recording
Stravinsky Ballad
For violin and piano (1947)
Chamber Eudice Shapiro (violin)
Ralph Berkowitz (piano)
Cyrstal Records CD302
Stravinsky 2 Poems of Paul Verlaine
Version for baritone and piano, Op. 9 (1910)
Vocal David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone)
David Owen Norris (piano)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Stravinsky Jeu de cartes
For two pianos (1944)
Ballet Cleveand Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony Classical SM3K 46292
19.30–22.30

The major ballets

Tchaikovsky Various pieces later orchestrated
by Stravinsky in for The Fairy's Kiss
Tchaikovsky, arr. Stravinsky The Fairy's Kiss
Ballet after music by Tchaikovsky (1928)
Ballet Cleveland Orchestra
Oliver Knussen (conductor)
DG 449 205–2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1
n G minor, "Winter Daydreams", Op. 13
Original version (1868)
Orchestral BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)
World Premiere recording
Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Original version (1920)
Chamber Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 457 616–2
Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Revised version (1947)
Chamber North West German Radio Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46297
22.30–01.00

Sacred and Secular Choral Music, Symphonies and Late Works

Tchaikovsky At Bedtime
Version for unaccompanied chorus (1863/64)
Choral Moscow Academy of Choral Singing
Viktor Popov (conductor)
Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 728
Stravinsky Saucers
Four Russian peasant songs (1917)
Choral New London Chamber Choir
Voronezh Chamber Choir
Brendan Thomas (horn)
Joanna Hensel (horn)
Robert Stroh (horn)
Lynn Jarman (horn)
James Wood (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 66410
Stravinsky Epitaphium
For flute, clarinet and harp (1959)
Chamber Arthur Gleghorn (flute)
Kalman Bloch (clarinet)
Dorothy Remson (harp)
Sony SMK 46302
Stravinsky Double Canon
For string quartet (1959)
Chamber Chilingirian Quartet
Catalyst 82876 64283–2
Stravinsky The Dove Descending
Anthem (1962)
Choral New London Chamber Choir & Ensemble
James Wood (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 66410
Stravinsky T. S. Eliot in Memoriam
Introitus
Choral New London Chamber Choir & Ensemble
James Wood (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 66410
Stravinsky Aldous Huxley In Memoriam
Variations (1964)
Orchestral London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen (conductor)
DG 447 068–2
Tchaikovsky Nine Church Pieces
For chorus (1884–85) — Cherubic Hymn (No. 1)
Choral Moscow Chamber Choir
Youri Oukhov (conductor)
Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 728
Stravinsky Vom Himmel Hoch
Chorale variations after J. S. Bach (1956)
Choral Choeur Pro Arte de Lausanne
Choeur de Chambre Romande
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Neeme Jδrvi (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 9408
Stravinsky Canticum Sacrum
Cantata (1955)
Choral John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Stephen Roberts (baritone)
Westminster Cathedral Choir
City of London SInfonia
James O'Donnell (conductor)
Hyperion CD 66437
Tchaikovsky Nine Church Pieces
For chorus (1884–85) — Cherubic Hymn (No. 2)
Choral Moscow Chamber Choir
Youri Oukhov (conductor)
Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 728
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
in F minor, Op. 36 (1877)
Orchestral Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 8361
Tchaikovsky At Bedtime
Version for chorus with orchestra (1863/64)
Choral All-Union Radio Chorus & Orchestra
Evgenii Akulov (conductor)
Melodiya (LP) 33D 021477/78
Tchaikovsky Nine Church Pieces
For chorus (1884–85) — Cherubic Hymn (No. 3)
Choral Moscow Chamber Choir
Youri Oukhov (conductor)
Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 728
Tchaikovsky Mezza notte
Song (–1860–61)
Vocal Zara Dolukhanova (mezzo-soprano)
Alexander Dolukhanian (piano)
Russian Disc RDCD 11342
Tchaikovsky, arr. Heiki Jokiaho Andante Cantabile
Arrangement for 3 accordions (–1888)
Concertante Trio Fratres
Alba ABCD 188

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Tuesday 13 February

Time (GMT) Composer

Work

Genre

Performers

01.00–07.00

Tchaikovsky complete songs, short piano pieces and repeats; Stravinsky repeats

Stravinsky Scherzo α la russe
Version for orchestra (1944)
Orchestral London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
EMI 68665–2
Tchaikovsky Six Romances
Op. 28 (1875)
Vocal Ilya Levinsky (tenor)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 52170–2 (Nos. 1, 2)

Joan Rodgers (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA 66617 (Nos. 3, 6)

Nina Rautio (soprano)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75606 51267–2 (No. 4)

Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75606 52166–2 (No. 5)

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2
in C minor ("Little Russian"), Op. 17
(1872 version)
Orchestral London Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 9190
Tchaikovsky Six Romances
Op. 38 (1878)
Vocal Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75606 61266–2 (No. 1)
Conifer 75606 61269–2 (Nos. 4, 5)

Joan Rodgers (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA 66617 (Nos. 2, 3)

Nina Rautio (soprano)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75606 51269–2 (No. 6)

Tchaikovsky Swan Lake
Ballet in 4 acts, Op. 20 (1875–76)
Act II — excerpts
Ballet Russian State Sympony Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonski (conductor)
Naxos 8.555873
Tchaikovsky The Oprichnik
Opera in 4 acts (1870–72)
Opera Vassily Savenko (Prince Zhenchuzhni)
Elena Lassokaya (Natalia)
Dmitri Ulianov (Moltan Mitkov)
Irina Doljenko (Boiarina Morozova)
Aleksandra Durseneva (Basmanov)
Cinzia De Mola (Zakarevna)
Cagliari Teatro Lirico Orchestra & Chorus
Gennadi Rozhdestvenskii (conductor)
Dynamic 4301/1–3
Tchaikovsky Hamlet
Incidental music to the play, Op. 67a (1891)
Stage Janis Kelly (soprano)
Derek Hammond-Stroud (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 8311
Stravinsky Petrushka
Concert suite from the ballet (1947)
Ballet Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
EMI 5 85974–2

07.00–10.00

Early works, shorter symphonic works and symphonic poems

Tchaikovsky Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem
Op. 15 (1866)
Orchestral Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jδrvi (conductor)
BIS CD1418
Tchaikovsky The Seasons
Op. 37a (1875–76) — Nos. 5–6
Piano Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Regis RRC 1093
Stravinsky Pastorale
Vocalise for soprano and piano (1907)
Vocal Lydia Dawydowa (soprano)
Alexei Ljubimow (piano)
Eurodisc (LP) 200 095
Stravinsky Pastorale
Arranged for soprano and wind quartet (1923)
Vocal Wilma Bierens (soprano)
Stravinsky Ensemble
Walter Althammer (conductor)
Ottavo OTR C50074
Tchaikovsky Allegro
in F minor (1863/64)
Piano Leslie Howard (piano)
Hyperion CDA 66939
Tchaikovsky Valse-scherzo
For violin with orchestra, Op. 34 (1877)
Concertante Pierre Amoyal (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Erato 2292 45971–2
Tchaikovsky Two Songs
(1873)
Take My Heart Away (No. 1)
Blue Eyes of Spring (No. 2)
Vocal Nina Rautio (soprano)
Semion Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 51267–2 (No. 1)
Conifer 75605 51269–2 (No. 2)
Tchaikovsky I Did Not Love You at First
Op. 63, No. 1 (1887)
Vocal Nina Rautio (soprano)
Semion Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 51270–2
Stravinsky Scherzo
For piano (1902)
Piano Martin Jones (piano)
Nimnbus NI 5519
Tchaikovsky Chorus of Flowers and Insects
For a projected opera Mandragora (1869–70)
Choral Boys' Choir of the Moscow State Choral Academy
USSR Central TV and Radio Chorus and Orchestra
Evgenii Akulov (conductor)
Melodiya (LP) C10 18169/70
Stravinsky Scherzo fantastique
For orchestra, Op. 3 (1908)
Orchestral Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 471 197–2
Stravinsky Two Melodies
For mezzo-soprano and piano, Op. 6 (1902) — No. 1
Vocal Zara Dolukhanova (mezzo soprano)
Nina Svetlanova (piano)
Russian Disc RDCD 11341
Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Hapsal
3 pieces for piano, Op. 2 (1867)
Piano Valery Boyev (piano)
Etcetera KTC 1164
Stravinsky Preludium
For jazz ensemble (1937)
Orchestral Columbia Jazz Ensemble
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46 297
Stravinsky Ebony Concerto
For solo clarinet and jazz ensemble (1945)
Orchestral Benny Goodman (clarinet)
Columbia Jazz Ensemble
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46297
Tchaikovsky Andante funebre
For violin with piano (1876)
Chamber Oleg Kagan (violin)
Vassilli Lobanov (piano)
Ondine ODE 733–2
Tchaikovsky Andante ma non troppo
in A major (1863/64)
Orchestral Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gennadi Cherkasov (conductor)
Aquarius AQ 0010–2
Tchaikovsky The Tempest
Symphonic fantasia, Op. 18 (1873)
Orchestral Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 453 496–2
Stravinsky The Faun and the Shepherdess
Three songs, Op. 2 (1907)
Vocal Lucy Shelton (soprano)
Cleveland Orchestra
Oliver Knussen (conductor)
DG 449 205–2
Tchaikovsky Children's Album
24 easy pices for piano, Op. 39 (1878) — Waltz
Piano Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Melodiya 74321 66975–2
10.00–13.00

Cowan's classics: Great interpretations

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 3
in E-flat major, Op. 75 (1893)
Concertante Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
Decca 448 107–2
Tchaikovsky,
cptd. Taneyev
Andante & Finale
For piano with orchestra, Op. 79 (1893)
Concertante Konstantin Scherbakov (piano)
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor)
Naxos 8.557257
Tchaikovsky Mazeppa
Opera in 3 acts (1881–83) — extracts
Opera Sergei Leiferkus (Mazeppa)
Monte Pederson (Orlik)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jδrvi (conductor)
DG 439 906–2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 3
in D major, Op. 29 (1875)
Orchestral Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Decca 430 787–2
Stravinsky Petit Ramusianum Harmonique
For unison voices (1938)
Vocal Martin Bruns (baritone)
Koch 3–7438–2
Stravinsky A Soldier's Tale
English version (1918)
Stage John Gielgud (narrator)
Tom Courtenay (soldier)
Ron Moody (devil)
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
DG 253 060–9
13.00–17.00

Chamber music and opera

Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3
in E-flat minor, Op. 30 (1876)
Chamber Shostakovich Quartet
Regis RRC 1239
Tchaikovsky Three Pieces
Op. 9 (1870)
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292 45966–2
Tchaikovsky Dmitrii the Pretender and Vasilii Shuiskii
Introduction and Mazurka (–1866–67)
Stage Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Evgenii Akulov (conductor)
Westminster Gold WGS 8300
Tchaikovsky Mazeppa
Opera in 3 acts (1881–83)
Opera Nikolai Putlin (Mazeppa)
Sergei Aleksashkin (Kochubei)
Larissa Diadkova (Mariia)
Viktor Lutsiuk (Andrei)
Viacheslav Lukhanin (Orlik)
Kirov Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Valerii Gergiev (conductor)
Philips 462 206–2
17.00–19.30

Live and specially-recorded performances and interviews

Tchaikovsky Eighteen Pieces
For piano, Op. 72 (1893) — Nos. 7–9
Piano Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
DG 477 537–8
Tchaikovsky, arr. Stravinsky The Sleeping Beauty
Ballet in Prologue and 3 acts, Op. 66 (1888–89)
2 excerpts from Act II, arranged by Stravinsky
Ballet Philharmonia Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
Teldec 5409 98440 2
Stravinsky A Waltz for Children
For piano (1917)
Piano Steffen Shleiermacher (piano)
Josef Christoff (piano)
MDG 613 1333–2
Stravinsky Valse des Fleurs
For two pianos (1914)
Piano Steffen Shleiermacher (piano)
MDG 613 1333–2
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
For cello with small orchestra, Op. 33
[original version](1876)
Concerante Steven Isserlis
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Virgin VC7 91134–2
Stravinsky How the Mushrooms Went to War
Ballad for baritone and piano (1904)
Vocal David Wilson Johnson (baritone)
David Owen Norris (piano)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 3
in D major, Op. 29 (1875)
Orchestral BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
John Stafford Smith, arr. Stravinsky The Star-Spangled Banner
Version for chorus and orchestra (1941)
Choral CBC Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SX9K 64136
Tchaikovsky, arr. Stravinsky The Sleeping Beauty
Ballet in Prologue and 3 acts, Op. 66 (1888–89)
Blue Bird Pas de deux (Act III), arranged for small orchestra by Stravinsky
Ballet Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM3K 46292
Stravinsky Danses Concertantes
For chamber orchestra (1942)
Chamber Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
EMI 5 74305–2
Tchaikovsky Sιrιnade
Op. 65, No. 1 (1888)
Vocal Nina Rautio (mezzo-soprano)
Semuon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 51270–2
Tchaikovsky Serenade
Op. 63, No. 6 (1887)
Vocal Ilia Levinsku (tenor)
Semuon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 51270–2
19.30–22.30

The Major Ballets

Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty
Ballet in Prologue and 3 acts, Op. 66 (1888–89)
Ballet Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
DG 457 634–2
22.30–01.00

Sacred and Secular Choral Music, Symphonies and Late Works

Stravinsky The King of the Stars
For men's choir and orchestra (1912)
Choral Cleveland Chorus and Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
Stravinsky Mass
For choir and wind instruments (1948)
Choral Gregg Smith Singers
Columbia Symphony Winds and Brass
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Tchaikovsky Nine Church Pieces
For unaccompanied voices (1884–85)
Nos. 4 to 6
Choral Moscow Chamber Choir
Youri Oukhov (conductor)
Stravinsky Cantata
For voices and wind instruments (1951–52)
Choral Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Jan Kobow (tenor)
Berlin Radio Chamber Choir
MusikFabrik
Daniel Reuss (conductor)
Tchaikovsky Moscow
Coronation Cantata (1883)
Choral Solosits, Choir and Large Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio
Gennadi Cherksaov (conductor)
Tchaikovsky Scherzo-fantaisie
For piano, Op. 72, No. 10 (1893)
Piano Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Tchaikovsky, cptd. Bogatarev Symphony ["No. 7"]
in E-flat major
(1892)
Orchestral London Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jδrvi (conductor)

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Wednesday 14 February

Time (GMT) Composer

Work

Genre

Performers

01.00–07.00

Tchaikovsky complete songs, short piano pieces and repeats; Stravinsky repeats

Menter, orch. Tchaikovsky Ungarische Zigeunerweisen
Arranged for piano and orchestra (1892–93)
Concertante Leslie Howard (piano)
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Karl Anton Rickenbacher (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 67403/4
Tchaikovsky Sixteen Songs for Children
Op. 54 (1881–83)
Vocal Ilia Levinsky (tenor)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 51268–2
Tchaikovsky Children's Album
24 easy pices for piano, Op. 39 (1878)
Piano Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Regis RRC 1143
Tchaikovsky Six Pieces on a Single Theme
Op. 21 (1873)
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292 45967–2
Tchaikovsky Suite No. 1
in D minor, Op. 43 (1878–79)
Orchestral USSR State Academy Symphony Orchestra
Evgenii Svetlanov (conductor)
Olympia OCD 109
Tchaikovsky Six Duets
Op. 46 (1880)
Vocal Irina Arkhipova (mezzo)
Makvala Kasrashvili (soprano)
Vladislav Pashinskii (baritone)
N Rassudova (piano)
Melodiya (LP) 33-CM 01367–8
Stravinsky Les Noces
Pianola version (1923)
Vocal Rex Lawson (pianola)
Private recording
Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini
Fantasia after Dante, Op. 32 (1876)
Orchestral London Philharmonic Orchestra
Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)
EMI 5 67509–2
Tchaikovsky Seven Romances
Op. 47 (1880)
Vocal Nina Rautio (soprano)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 51267–2 (Nos. 1, 6)
Conifer 75605 51269–2 (No. 2)

Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 51266–2 (Nos. 3–5)

Joan Rodgers (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA 66617 (No. 7)

Tchaikovsky Concert Fantasia
For piano with orchestra, Op. 56 (1884)
Concertante Igor Zhukov (piano)
USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra
Dmitri Kitaenko (conductor)
Olympia OCD 229
Stravinsky Song of the Nightingale
Symphonic Poem (1917)
Orchestral Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 471 197–2
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake
Suite from the ballet, Op. 20a (1895)
Ballet Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti (conductor)
Decca 425 516–2
07.00–10.00

Early works, shorter symphonic works and symphonic poems

Tchaikovsky Overture in F major
For small orchestra (1866 version)
Orchestral Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jδrvi (conductor)
BIS CD 1418
Tchaikovsky The Seasons
Op. 37a (1875–76) — Nos. 7–8
Piano Lev Vinoour (piano)
MDG 904 1397–6
Stravinsky Lullaby
For two recorders (1951)
Chamber Amy Whittlesea (recorder)
Olwen Fisher (recorder)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Tchaikovsky Dawn
Duet, Op. 46, No. 6 (1880)
Vocal Moscow Academy of Choral Singing
Viktor Popov (conductor)
Saisone Russe RUS 288156
Stravinsky Danse russe
For violin and piano (1932)
Chamber Isabelle van Keulen (violin)
Olli Mustonen (piano)
Philips 420 953–2
Tchaikovsky Fatum (Fate)
Symphonic fantasia, Op. 77 (1868)
Orchestral Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Josι Serebrier (conductor)
BIS CD 1283
Tchaikovsky The Nightingale
Op. 60, No. 4 (1886)
Vocal Elizabeth Soderstrom (soprano)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Decca 436 204–2
Stravinsky Tango
For piano (1940)
Piano Peter Hill (piano)
Naxos 8.553871
Stravinsky Tango
For chamber ensemble (1953)
Chamber Columbia Jazz Ensemble
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46297
Tchaikovsky Slavonic March
in B-flat major, Op. 31 (1876)
Orchestral Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 453 496–2
Tchaikovsky None but the Lonely Heart
Op. 6, No. 6 (1869)
Vocal Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Semion Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 51266–2
Stravinsky Chanson Russe
For voice and piano (1919)
Vocal Isabelle van Keulen (violin)
Olli Mustonen (piano)
Philips 420 953–2
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet
Duet scene for a projected opera (1878/81)
Opera Suzanne Murphy (soprano)
Keith Lewis (tenor)
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 8476
Tchaikovsky Legend
Op. 54, No. 5 (1884)
Vocal Ilia Levinsky (tenor)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 51268–2
Tchaikovsky Legend
Arrangement for chorus, Op. 54, No. 5 (1889)
Vocal BBC SIngers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Stravinsky Basler Concerto
in D major, for string orchestra (1946)
Orchestral Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SMK 66296
Stravinsky Recollections of My Childhood
Version for piano (1917)
Vocal Lydia Dawydowa (soprano)
Alexej Ljubimov (piano)
Eurodisc 200 095 366
Tchaikovsky Romance
in F minor, Op. 5 (1868)
Piano Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Melodiya 66975–2
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet
Overture-fantasia after Shakespeare
Original version (1869)
Orchestral London Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon (conductor)
Chandos 8310/11
Stravinsky Les Noces
Original version (1917)
Stage Alla Ablaberdyeva (soprano)
Ludmilla Ivanova (mezzo)
Alexey Martinov (tenor)
Anatoly Saflulin (bass)
Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Savaria Symphony Orchestra
Peter Eotvos (conductor)
Hungaroton HCD 12989
10.00–13.00

Cowan's classics: Great interpretations

Tchaikovsky The Volunteer Fleet
March
(1876)
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292 45967–2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
in F minor, Op. 36 (1877)
Orchestral London Symphony Orchestra
Igor Markevitch (conductor)
Philips 438 335–2
Stravinsky Mavra
Opera in one act (1922)
Opera Susan Belinck (Parasha)
Mary Simmons (Mother)
Patricia Rideout (Neighbour)
Stanley Kolk (Cook)
CBC Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46298
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
in D major, Op. 35 (1878)
Orchestral David Oistrakh (violin)
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
Melodiya 74321 34178–2
Tchaikovsky The Enchantress
Opera in 4 acts (1885–87) — extract
Opera Pavel Lisitsian (baritone)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Nikolai Golovanov (conductor)
Preiser 89061
Tchaikovsky The Enchantress
Opera in 4 acts (1885–87) — extract
Opera Helge Rosvaenge (tenor) & Tiana Lemnitz (soprano)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Erwin Baltzer (conductor)
Preiser 89211
Stravinsky Violin Concerto
in D major (1931)
Concertante Hilary Hahn (violin)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
Sony SK 89649
13.00–17.00

Chamber Music and Opera

Tchaikovsky Souvenir d'un lieu cher
For violin with piano, Op. 42 (1878)
Chamber Igor Oistrakh (violin)
Natalia Zertsalova (piano)
Collins Classics 10452 COL (No. 1)

Lydia Mordkovich (violin)
Marina Gusak-Grin (piano)
Chandos CHAN 8500

Maksim Vengerov (violin)
Itamar Golan (piano)
Teldec 4509 98143–2

Tchaikovsky Six French Songs
Op. 65 (1888) — Nos 2, 4
Vocal Elisabeth Soderstrom (mezzo-soprano)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Decca 436 204–2
Stravinsky The Rake's Progress
Opera (1951)
Opera Alexander Young (Tom Rakewell)
John Reardon (Nick Shadow)
Judith Raskin (Anne)
Jean Manning (Mother Goose)
Regina Sarfaty (Baba the Turk)
Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46 299
Tchaikovsky Six Pieces
For piano, Op. 51 (1881) — No. 2
Piano Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Decca 466 562–2
Tchaikovsky All-Night Vigil
Vesper Service, Op. 52 (1881–82) — extracts
Choral BBC Singers
James Morgan (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Stravinsky Pater Noster
Motet ΰ cappella — Slavic version (1964)
Choral BBC Singers
James Morgan (conductor)

Specially recorded by the BBC
Stravinsky Credo
Motet ΰ cappella — Slavic version (1964)
Choral BBC Singers
James Morgan (conductor)

Specially recorded by the BBC
Stravinsky Ave Maria
Motet ΰ cappella — Slavic version (1964)
Choral BBC Singers
James Morgan (conductor)

Specially recorded by the BBC
17.00–19.30

Live and specially-recorded performances and interviews

Stravinsky Circus Polka
(1942)
Orchestral London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
RCA 09026 68865–2
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet
Overture-fantasia after Shakespeare
Second version (1870)
Orchestral BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Baldur Bronnimann (conductor)
World Premiere recording by the BBC
Tchaikovsky Nature and Love
Trio with chorus (1870)
Choral Moscow Academy of Choral Singing
Viktor Popov (conductor)

Harmonia Mundi RUS 288156
Tchaikovsky Eighteen Pieces
For piano, Op. 72 (1893) — Nos. 10–12
Piano Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
DG 477 5378
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
in F minor, Op. 36 (1877)
Orchestral BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Stravinsky Three Tales for Children
For voice and piano (1917)
Vocal Lydia Davydova (soprano)
Aleksei Liubimov (piano)
Specially recorded
Tchaikovsky The Terrible Moment
Op. 28, No. 6 (1875)
Vocal Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA 66617
Tchaikovsky Do Not Believe, My Friend
Op. 6, No. 1 (1869)
Vocal Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA 66617
Tchaikovsky The Cuckoo
Op. 54, No. 8 (1883)
Vocal Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA 66617
Tchaikovsky Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass?
Op. 47, No. 7 (1880)
Vocal Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA 66617
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet
Overture-fantasia after Shakespeare
Final version (1880)
Orchestral Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
19.30–22.30

The Major Ballets

Stravinsky Tilimbom
Song for voice and orchestra (1925)
Vocal Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano)
Ensemble InterContemporaine
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 431 751–2
Stravinsky Berceuse
For voice and piano (1917)
Vocal Lydia Davydova (soprano)
Aleksei Liubimov (piano)
Specially recorded
Stravinsky The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
For soprano and piano (1966)
Vocal Adrienne Albert (soprano)
Robert Craft (piano)
Sony SM2K 46298
Stravinsky Four Songs
(1953–54)
Vocal Adrienne Albert (soprano)
Louise de Tullio (flute)
Dorothy Remsen (harp)
Laurindo Almeida (guitar)
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46298
Tchaikovsky The Cuckoo
Op. 54, No. 8 (1881)
Vocal Ekaterina Sementchuk (mezzo-soprano)
Larissa Gergieva (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMN 911881
Stravinsky Recollections of My Childhood
Three small songs for voice and chamber ensemble (1930)
Vocal Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano)
Ensemble InterContemporain
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 431 751–2
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker
Fairy-ballet in 2 acts, Op. 71 (1891–92)
Ballet Philharmonia Orchestra
John Lanchbery (conductor)
EMI CDS7 49399–2
Stravinsky The Five Fingers
Eight pieces for piano (1921)
Piano Peter Hill (piano)
Naxos 8.553781
Stravinsky Eight Instrumental Miniatures
For 15 players (1961)
Orchestral CBC Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
SMK 46296
Stravinsky Cat's Cradle Songs
For alto and 3 clarinets (1916)
Vocal Ann Murray (mezzo)
Ensemble InterContemporain
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 431 751–2
Stravinsky Petrushka
Ballet (1910–11 version)
Ballet Boston Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux (conductor)
Stravinsky Two Poems of K. Balmont
Version for soprano and piano (1911)
Vocal Joan Carroll (soprano)
Aribert Reimann (piano)
Wergo (LP) WER 60056
22.30–01.00

Sacred and Secular Choral Music, Symphonies and Late Works

Stravinsky Two Poems of K. Balmont
Version for soprano and chamber ensemble (1954)
Vocal Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano)
Ensemble InterContemporain
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 431 751–2
Stravinsky Petrushka
Ballet (1947 version)
Ballet Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SMK 46293
Tchaikovsky Nine Church Pieces
For unaccompanied voices (1884–85) — Nos. 4 & 6
Choral Moscow Chamber Choir
Yuri Ukhov (conductor)
Chant du Monde LDC 278 728
Stravinsky Septet
Version for piano duet
Piano Greg Allen (piano)
Ezra Bartz (piano)
World premiere recording by the BBC
Stravinsky A Sermon, a Narrative and a Prayer
Biblical cantata (1961)
Choral Shirley Verrett (mezzo)
Loren Driscoll (tenor)
John Horton (narrator)
CBC Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46301
Tchaikovsky Gaudeamus Igitur
Arrangement of the student song for chours (1874)
Choral BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
World premiere recording by the BBC
Tchaikovsky Cantata for the Opening of the Polytechnic Exhibition
In commemoration of the bicentenary of the birth of Peter the Great (1872)
Choral Lev Kuznetsov (tenor)
Large Choir of Moscow Radio
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Kozhukhar (conductor)
Regis RRC 1182
Stravinsky The Flood
Biblical stage work (1962)
Stage Peter Hall (tenor)
David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone)
Stephen Richardson (bass)
New London Chamber Choir
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen (conductor)
Tchaikovsky Three Choruses
For unaccompanied voices (1891)
Choral BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC

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Thursday 15 February

Time (GMT) Composer

Work

Genre

Performers

01.00–07.00

Tchaikovsky complete songs, short piano pieces and repeats; Stravinsky repeats

Stravinsky How the Mushrooms Went to War
Ballad for bass and piano (1904)
Vocal

Mikhail Svetlov (bass)
Doris Stevenson (piano)
Koch 37438–2

Tchaikovsky The Enchantress
Opera in 4 acts (1885–87)
Opera Natalia Sokolova (Nastasia)
Mikhail Kiselev (Prince Kurliatov)
Veronika Borrisenko (Princess Romanova)
Georgii Nelepp (Prince Yurii)
Aleksei Korolev (Mamyrov)
Anna Matushina (Nenila)
Mikhail Skazan (Ivan Zhuran)
Pavel Pontriagin (Paisii)
Pavel Korovkov (Kudma)
Moscow Radio Chorus
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Samuel Samosud (conductor)
Presier 90503
Stravinsky Symphony
in 3 movements (1945)
Orchestral Cityof Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 5 85538
Tchaikovsky Twelve Pieces
Moderate difficulty, Op. 40 (1878)
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292 45995–2
Tchaikovsky Twelve Romances
Op. 60 (1886)
Vocal Joan Rodgers (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA 66617 (Nos. 1, 4, 10)

Ilia Levinsky (tenor)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 512682 (Nos. 2, 3, 5)
Conifer 75605 512702 (No. 9)

Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 51268–2 (No. 6)
Conifer 75605 51269–2 (No. 11)

Nina Rautio (soprano)
Conifer 75605 51272–2 (Nos. 7, 12)
Conifer 75605 51269–2 (No. 8)

Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence
For string sextet, Op. 70 (1890)
Chamber Leonid Kogan (violin)
Elizaveta Gilels (violin)
Rudolf Barshai (viola)
Genrikh Talalyan (viola)
Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (cello)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Multisonic 310182–2
Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks
Concerto for chamber orchestra (1938)
Chamber Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lilure
Josep Pons (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1709
07.00–10.00

Early Works, Symphonic Works and Symphonic Poems

Stravinsky Scherzo α la russe
Version for 2 pianos (1944)
Piano Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Andrei Gavrilov (piano)
Decca 433 829–2
Tchaikovsky The Seasons
Op. 37a (1875–76) — Nos. 9–10
Piano Barry Douglas (piano)
RCA Victor RD 87887
Tchaikovsky Allegro vivo
in C minor (1863/64)
Orchestral Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gennadi Cherkasov (conductor)
Aquarius AQ 0010–2
Tchaikovsky Pezzo capriccioso
For cello with orchestra, Op. 62 (1887)
Concertante Steven Isserlis (cello)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Virgin Classics VC 791134–2
Stravinsky Octet
For wind instruments (1952)
Vocal Columbia Chamber Ensemble
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46297
Tchaikovsky Hymn in Honour of St. Cyril and St. Methodius
(1885)
Choral BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Stravinsky Pater Noster
Motet ΰ cappella — Latin version (1949)
Choral BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Stravinsky Credo
Motet ΰ cappella — Latin version (1949)
Choral BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Stravinsky Ave Maria
Motet ΰ cappella — Latin version (1949)
Choral BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Specially recorded by the BBC
Tchaikovsky Impromptu-Caprice
in G major (1884)
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292 45967–2
Tchaikovsky Nathalie-valse
For piano (1878)
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292 45995–2
Stravinsky Piano Rag Music
(1922)
Piano Thomas Ades (piano)
EMI 5 57051–2
Stravinsky Four Russian Songs
For voice and piano (1919)
Vocal Lydia Davydowa (soprano)
Aleksei Liubimov (piano)
Eurodisc (LP) 200 095 366
Stravinsky Sektanskaya
Song for voice, flute, harp and guitar (1953–54)
Vocal Rosalind Rees (soprano)
Elizabeth Mann (flute)
James Barnes (cimbalom)
Robert Craft (conductor)
MusicMasters 67195
Stravinsky Pulcinella
Suite for chamber orchestra (1922)
Ballet Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
Decca 443 577–2
Stravinsky Ragtime
Version for piano (1918)
Piano Martin Jones (piano)
Nimbus NI 5519
Stravinsky Ragtime
Version for 11 players (1918)
Chamber Columbia Chamber Ensemble
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46297
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake
Ballet in 4 acts, Op. 20 (1875–76) — Dance of the Swans
Ballet Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Decca 436 212–2
Stravinsky Two Melodies
For mezzo-soprano and piano, Op. 6 (1902) — No. 2
Vocal Lydia Davydowa (soprano)
Aleksei Liubimov (piano)
Eurodisc (LP) 200 095 366
Tchaikovsky Capriccio
in G-flat major, Op. 8 (1870)
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292 45966–2
Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini
Fantasia after Dante, Op. 32 (1876)
Orchestral USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgenii Svetlanov (conductor)
Melodiya 74321 17092–2
Tchaikovsky Valse-Scherzo
Op. 7 (1870)
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292 45966–2
Tchaikovsky We Sat Together
Op. 73, No. 1 (1887)
Vocal

Julia Varady (soprano)
Aribert Reimann (piano)

Stravinsky The Firebird
Concert Suite No. 2 (1919)
Ballet New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
Sony SMK 60694
10.00–13.00

Cowan's classics: Great interpretations

Stravinsky The Star-Spangled Banner
Arranged for orchestra (1941)
Orchestral London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
RCA 09026 68865–2
Stravinsky Symphony
in 3 movements (1945)
Orchestral Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46294
Tchaikovsky The Maid of Orleans
Opera in 4 acts (1878–79) — extracts
Opera Irina Arkhipova (Joan)
Chorus and Orchestra of Moscow Radio
Gennadi Rozhdestvenskii (conductor)
Melodiya (LP) CP 41056
Stravinsky Concerto
For 2 pianos (1934)
Piano Alfons Kontarsky (piano)
Aloys Kontarsky (piano)
Wergo WER 6228–2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
in E minor Op. 64 (1888)
Orchestral Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)
Sony BMG 82876 78744–2
Stravinsky Oedipus Rex
Opera-Oratorium (1948)
Choral Renι Kollo (Oedipus)
Tatiana Troyanos (Jocasta)
Ezio Flagello (Tiresias)
Tom Krause (Creon)
David Evitts (Messenger)
Frank Hoffmeister (Shepherd)
Michael Wagner (Narrator)
Harvard Glee Club
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
Sony 88697 00819–2
Tchaikovsky The Maid of Orleans
Opera in 4 acts (1878–79) — Dances
Opera Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
Philips 422 845–2
13.00–17.00

Chamber Music and Opera

Weber, arr. Tchaikovsky Perpetuum mobile
Arranged for piano left hand (–1871)
Piano Lev Vinoccur (piano)
MDG 904 1397–6
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio
in A minor, Op. 50 (1881–82)
Chamber Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Lynn Harrell (cello)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
EMI CDC 7 47988–2
Tchaikovsky Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass?
Op. 47, No. 7 (1880)
Vocal Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA 66617
Tchaikovsky The Maid of Orleans
Opera in 4 acts (1878–79)
Opera Sofia Preobrazhenskaia (Joan)
Vitalii Kilchevskii (King Charles)
Olga Kashevarova (Agnes Sorel)
V. Runovskii (Dunois)
Lipa Solomiak (Lionel)
N. Konstantinov (Cardinal)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Kirov Theatre
Boris Khaikin (conductor)
Myto 992H.028
17.00–19.30

Live and specially-recorded performances and interviews

Tchaikovsky Eighteen Pieces
For piano, Op. 72 (1893) — Nos. 13–15
Piano Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
DG 477 537–8
Schumann, arr. Tchaikovsky Symphonic Studies
Variations 11 and 12 arranged for orchestra (1864)
Orchestral Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz (conductor)
Delos DE 3146
Stravinsky Duo Concertant
For violin and piano (1932)
Chamber Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Peter Nagy (piano)
ECM 1855
Stravinsky Pastoral
Version for violin and piano (1933)
Chamber Maya Koch (violin)
Julian Milford (piano)
Orchid Classics ORC 100003
Stravinsky Pastoral
Version for violin and choral ensemble (1933)
Chamber Gidon Kremer (violin)
Philharmonia
Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
Teldec 4509–98440–2
Tchaikovsky Valse-caprice
in D major, Op. 4 (1868)
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292 45966–2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
in E minor Op. 64 (1888)
Orchestral BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Specially recorded for the BBC
Tchaikovsky Agitato & Allegro
in E minor (1863/64)
Orchestral Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gennadi Cherkasov (conductor)
Aquarius AQ 0010–2
Chopin, arr. Stravinsky Nocturne
in A-flat major, Op. 32, No. 2
Arranged for orchestra (1909)
Chamber BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Speclially recorded by the BBC
Chopin, arr. Stravinsky Valse Brillante
in E-flat major, Op. 18
Arranged for orchestra (1909)
Chamber BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Speclially recorded by the BBC
Tchaikovsky Waltz
in F-sharp minor (1876)
Piano Cιdric Tiberghien (piano)
World premiere recording by the BBC
Stravinsky Ode
For orchestra
Orchestral Cleveland Orchestra
Oliver Knussen (conductor)
DG 449 205–2
19.30–22.30

The Major Ballets

Tchaikovsky Undina
Opera in 3 acts (1869) — surviving fragments
Opera Irinia Arkhipova (Undina)
Evgenii Raikov (Huldbrand)
Moscow Radio Orchestra and Chorus
Evgenii Akulov (conductor)
Melodiya (LP) C10 18169
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake
Ballet in 4 acts, Op. 20 (1875–76)
Ballet Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Decca 436 212–2
22.30–01.00

Sacred and Secular Choral Music, Symphonies and Late Works

Stravinsky Elegy for JFK
For voice and two clarinets (1964)
Vocal Cathy Berberian (mezzo-soprano)
Paul E Howland (clarinet)
Jack Kreiselman (clarinet)
Charles Russo (clarinet)
Sony SM2K 45298
Stravinsky In Memoriam Dylan Thomas
For tenor, string quartet and 4 trombones (1954)
Vocal Robert Tear (tenor)
Ensemble InterContemporain
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 431 751–2
Stravinsky Requiem Canticles
(1965–66)
Choral Susan Bickley (contralto)
David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone)
New London Chamber Choir
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen (conductor)
DG 447 068–2
H. Wolf, arr. Stravinsky Two Sacred Songs
For mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble(1968)
Vocal Anne Murray (mezzo-soprano)
Ensemble InterContemporain
Pierre Boulez (director)
DG 431 751–2
Tchaikovsky The Angel Cried Out
Chorus (1887)
Choral Moscow Chamber Choir
Yuri Oukhov (conductor)
Chant du Monde LDC 278 728
Stravinsky Fanfare for a New Theater
For two trumpets (1964)
Chamber James Watson (trumpet)
Paul Archibald (trumpet)
Decca 417 114–2
Stravinsky Agon
Ballet (1957)
Ballet Los Angeles Festival Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM3K 46292
Tchaikovsky Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Op. 41 (1878)
Choral Todor Grigorov-Teres (tenor)
Blagoy Spasov (baritone)
Alexander Manolov (bass)
Nikoli Nikolov (bass)
Bulgarian a Capella Choir
Georgi Robev (conductor)
EMI 5 68661–2

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Friday 16 February

Time (GMT) Composer

Work

Genre

Performers

01.00–07.00

Tchaikovsky complete songs, short piano pieces and repeats; Stravinsky repeats

Stravinsky Petrushka
Three movements for piano (1921)
Ballet

Maurizio Pollini (piano)
DG 419 202–2

Tchaikovsky Six Romances
Op. 57 (1884)
Vocal

Nina Rautio (soprano)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 512672 (No. 1)

Ljuba Kazarnovskaia (soprano)
Ljuba Orfeonova (piano)
Naxos 8.555371 (Nos. 2–6)

Stravinsky Danses Concertantes
For chamber orchestra (1942)
Orchestral

Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Robert Craft (conductor)
Sony SMK 46302

Tchaikovsky Six French Songs
Op. 65 (1888)
Vocal

Julia Varady (soprano)
Aribert Reimann (piano)
Orfeo C 054851A

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2
in C minor ("Little Russian"), Op. 17
(1879 version)
Orchestral

New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)

Tchaikovsky Six Romances
Op. 63 (1887)
Vocal

Nina Rautio (soprano) (nO. 1)
Ilia Levinskii (tenor) (Nos. 3, 6)
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone) (Nos. 2, 4, 5)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 51270–2

Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
For cello with orchestra, Op. 33 (1876)
[original version]
Concertante

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
English Chamber Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 8437

Stravinsky A Soldier's Tale
French version (1918)
Stage

Francois Simon (Devil)
Francois Berthet (Soldier)
Gerard Carrat (Narrator)
Nikolai Chumachenko (violin)
Ensemble Instrumental
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Erato 3984 24246–2

Tchaikovsky Six Pieces
For piano, Op. 51 (1881)
Piano

Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292 45995–2

Tchaikovsky Manfred
Symphony after Byron, Op. 58
(1885)
Orchestral

Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)
EMI CDC7 47412–2

Tchaikovsky Six Romances
Op. 73 (1887)
Vocal

Julia Varady (soprano)
Aribert Reimann (piano)
Orfeo C053851A

Stravinsky Symphony
in C major (1940)
Orchestral

London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
Sony SK 53275

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
in D major, Op. 35 (1878)
Orchestral

Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA 09026 61495–2

07.00–10.00

Early works, shorter symphonic works and symphonic poems

Tchaikovsky The Seasons
Op. 37a (1875–76) — Nos. 11–12
Piano

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Decca 46 562–2

Stravinsky Circus Polka
Version for wind band (1942)
Orchestral

Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
Clarke Rundell (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 10166

Tchaikovsky Moment lyrique (Momento lirico)
in A-flat major (1892)
Piano Cιdric Tiberghien (piano)
World premiere recording by the BBC
Tchaikovsky To Forget So Soon
Song (–1870)
Vocal Galina Vishnevskaia (soprano)
Mstislav Rostropovich (piano)
Erato 2292 456432–2
Tchaikovsky Coronation March
in D major (1883)
Orchestral USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
Erato 2292 45970–2
Stravinsky Sonata
For 2 pianos (1944)
Piano Alfons Kontarsky (piano)
Aloys Kontarsky (piano)
Wergo WER 6228–2
Stravinsky Lied ohne Namen Vocal Julian Roberts (bassoon)
Sarah Andrew (bassoon)
World premiere recording by the BBC
Tchaikovsky Adagio for Wind Octet
in F major (1863/64)
Chamber N. Lemberg (flute)
A. Fedoseeva (flute)
S. Burdukov (oboe)
S. Velikanov (oboe)
M. Kunts (English Horn)
V. Zhelvakov (clarinet)
E. Kamyshov (clarinet)
N. Rubinstein (bass clarinet)
Melodiya (LP) C10 14685–86
Tchaikovsky Adagio for 4 horns
in C major (1863/64)
Chamber Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra soloists
Melodiya (LP) C10 14685–86
Stravinsky Five Easy Pieces
For piano four hands (1917)
Piano Alfons Kontarsky (piano)
Aloys Kontarsky (piano)
Wergo WER 6228–2
Stravinsky Suite No. 1
For chamber orchestra (1925)
Chamber CBC Symphony Orchestra Soloists
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SMK 46296
Stravinsky Song of the Volga Boatmen
Arranged for wind and percussion (1917)
Chamber USSR Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Melodiya 33220–2
R. de Lisle, arr. Stravinsky La Marseillaise
Arranged for violin (1919)
Chamber Isabelle van Keulen (violin)
Philips 420 953–2
Stravinsky The Star-Spangled Banner
Version for male choir (1941)
Choral Gregg Smith Singers
Robert Craft (conductor)
MusicMasters 016 12–67113–2
Tchaikovsky Italian Capriccio
On themes from folk-songs, Op. 45 (1880)
Orchestral Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
Decca 421 715–2
Stravinsky Suite Italienne
Version for violin and piano (1933)
Chamber Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Peter Nagy (piano)
ECM 4727672
Tchaikovsky Largo & Allegro
in D major, for 2 flutes and strings (1863/64)
Orchestral Irina Lobzen (flute)
Alla Fedoseeva (flute)
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gennadi Cherkasov (conductor)
Aquarius AQ 0010–2
Stravinsky Three Japanese Lyrics
Version for soprano and piano (1913)
Vocal Joan Carroll (soprano)
Aribert Reimann (piano)
Weigo (LP) WER 60056
Tchaikovsky Sιrιnade mιlancolique
Version for violin with piano, Op. 26 (1875)
Chamber Oleg Kagan (violin)
Vasilii Lobanov (piano)
Ondine ODE 733–2
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Arranged for piano duet (1913)
Ballet Philip Moore (piano)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
Deux-Elles DXL 1081
Haydn, arr. Tchaikovsky Gott Erhalte Franz den Kaiser
Arrangement of the Austrian National Anthem (1875)
Orchestral BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Baldur Bronnimann (conductor)
World premiere recording by the BBC
Tchaikovsky The Year 1812
Festival overture, Op. 49 (1880)
Orchestral Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
University of Minnesota Brass Band
Cannon of U.S. Military Academy West Point
Bells of the Laura Spelman Rockerfeller Memorial Carillon The Riverside Church
Antal Dorati (conductor)
Mercury 434 360–2
10.00–13.00

Cowan's classics: Great interpretations

Stravinsky Symphony
in C major (1940)
Orchestral CBC Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46294
Tchaikovsky The Queen of Spades
Opera in 3 acts, Op. 68 (1890) — extracts
Opera Evgenya Smolenskaya (Liza)
Gergoy Nielepp (Herman)
Evgenya Verbitskaya (Countess)
Moscow Bolshoi Orchestra
Alexandre Melik-Pashaev (conductor)
LYS 459–461
Tchaikovsky Nine Church Pieces
For unaccompanied voices (1884–85)
Now the Heavenly Powers (No. 9)
Choral Moscow Choral Academy
Viktor Popov (conductor)
Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 728
Stravinsky Persιphone
Dance melodrama (1933)
Stage Claude Nollier (Persephone)
Nikolai Gedda (Eumolpe)
Paris University Choir
French National Radio Choir
Paris Conservatoire Concerts Society Orchestra
Andrι Cluytens (conductor)
Columbia FCX 412
Tchaikovsky Valse-scherzo
in A major (1889)
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292 45967–2
Tchaikovsky Impromptu
in A-flat major (1889)
Piano Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Erato 2292 45967–2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
in B minor, "Pathιtique", Op. 74 (1893)
Orchestral Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgenii Mravinskii (conductor)
Warner Elatus 0927 46733–2
13.00–17.00

Chamber Music and Opera

Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence
For string sextet, Op. 70 (1890)
Chamber Borodin String Quartet
Yuri Yurov (viola)
Misha Milman (cello)
Tchaikovsky The Queen of Spades
Opera in 3 acts, Op. 68 (1890)
Opera Vladimir Galouzine (Hermann)
Vassilii Gerello (Tomskii)
Gerald Finley (Eletskii)
Larissa Diadkova (Countess)
Mlada Khudoley (Liza)
Enkeleja Shkosa (Polina)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Senyon Bychkov (conductor)
Stravinsky Jeu de cartes
Ballet (1936)
Ballet London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 423 889–2
Stravinsky Saucers
Four Russian peasant songs (1954)
Choral New London Chamber Choir and Ensemble
James Wood (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 66410
17.00–19.30

Live and specially-recorded performances and interviews

Stravinsky Chanson Russe
For cello and piano (1919)
Chamber Pierre Fournier (cello)
Tasso Janopoulo (piano)
EMI 5 69708
Tchaikovsky Legend
Op. 54, No. 5
Version for tenor with orchestra (1884)
Vocal Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
Specialy recorded by the BBC
Tchaikovsky Eighteen Pieces
For piano, Op. 72 (1893) — Nos. 16–18
Piano Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
DG 477 537–8
Stravinsky Suite Italienne
For cello and piano (1933)
Chamber Danjulo Ishizaka (cello)
Jose Gallardo (piano)
Stravinsky Septet
For 3 winds, 3 strings and piano (1953)
Chamber European Soloists Ensemble
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
Decca 447 177
Tchaikovsky Two Songs
(1875)
I Should Like in a Single Word (No. 1)
We Have Not Far to Walk (No. 2)
Orchestral Sergei Leiferkus (baritone) (No. 1)
Nina Rautio (soprano) (No. 2)
Semyon Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 512662 (No. 1)
Conifer 75605 512692 (No. 2)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
in B minor, "Pathιtique", Op. 74 (1893)
Orchestral BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Specially recorded for the BBC
Stravinsky A Soldier's Tale
Suite for violin, clarinet and piano (1918)
Chamber Gidon Kremer (violin)
Eduard Brunner (clarinet)
Aloys Kontarsky (piano)
Decca 448 177–2
Tchaikovsky Mezza notte
Song (–1860–61)
Vocal Nina Rautio (soprano)
Semion Skigin (piano)
Conifer 75605 51269 2
Stravinsky Octet
For wind instruments (1952)
Vocal London Sinfonietta
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
Sony SK 45965
19.30–21.00

The Major Ballets

Tchaikovsky Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass?
Romance, Op. 47, No. 7 (1880)
Version for soprano and orchestra
Vocal BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
Specialy recorded by the BBC
Stravinsky Three Easy Pieces
For piano (1915)
Piano Alfons Kontarsky (piano)
Aloys Kontarsky (piano)
Wergo 62282
Stravinsky Suite No. 2
For orchestra (1921)
Orchestra Teatre Lilure Chamber Orchestra
Josep Pons (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901609
Stravinsky A Soldier's Tale
Concet suite (1918)
Stage Columbia Chamber Ensemble
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony Classical SM3K 46 291
Stravinsky Three Japanese Lyrics
Version for soprano and chamber ensmble (1913)
Vocal Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano)
Ensemble InterContemporain
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 431 751–2
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Ballet (1947)
Ballet Kirov Orchestra
Valerii Gergiev (conductor)
Philips 468 035–2
Tchaikovsky, arr. Buketoff The Year 1812
Festival overture, Op. 49 (1880)
[arrangement with chorus]
Orchestral Massed choirs and bands
BBC Concert Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood (conductor)
Live concert from the Imperial War Museum
21.30–01.00 Listeners' Requests Programme
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