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Out of the hundreds and thousands of different classical recordings I have heard in my lifetime, I can safely say this is one of my favorites. Heifetz is the greatest violinist the world has ever known and this is one of his best recordings (if you don't believe me, just listen to variation #4). Part 1: First Movement Author: aimson Keywords: Classical music heifetz rubinstein piatigorsky tchaikovsky trio violin piano cello greatest Added: September 2, 2008

Out of the hundreds and thousands of different classical recordings I have heard in my lifetime, I can safely say this is one of my favorites. Heifetz is the greatest violinist the world has ever known and this is one of his best recordings. First movement (cont.) Variation Theme (7:55) Variation 1 (8:57) Author: aimson Keywords: Classical music heifetz rubinstein piatigorsky tchaikovsky trio violin piano cello greatest Added: September 2, 2008

Out of the hundreds and thousands of different classical recordings I have heard in my lifetime, I can safely say this is one of my favorites. Heifetz is the greatest violinist the world has ever known and this is one of his best recordings. Listen to variation #4, my favorite. Variation 2 Variation 3 (0:37) Variation 4 (1:34) Variation 5 (2:48) Variation 6 (3:12) Variation 7 (5:45) Variation 8 (7:00) Author: aimson Keywords: Classical music heifetz rubinstein piatigorsky tchaikovsky trio violin piano cello greatest Added: September 2, 2008

Out of the hundreds and thousands of different classical recordings I have heard in my lifetime, I can safely say this is one of my favorites. Heifetz is the greatest violinist the world has ever known and this is one of his best recordings. Variation 9 Variation 10 (2:30) Variation 11 (4:16) Author: aimson Keywords: Classical music heifetz rubinstein piatiagorsky tchaikovsky trio violin piano cello greatest Added: September 2, 2008

Out of the hundreds and thousands of different classical recordings I have heard in my lifetime, I can safely say this is one of my favorites. Heifetz is the greatest violinist the world has ever known and this is one of his best recordings. Part 5: Variation Finalé and Coda Author: aimson Keywords: Classical music heifetz rubinstein piatiagorsky tchaikovsky trio violin piano cello greatest Added: September 2, 2008

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La Belle au Bois Dormant (Musique : Tchaikovsky)Author: poesiemusique Tags: La belle au bois dormant Tchaikovsky art musique femmes Posted: 07 August 2008 Rating: 5.0 Votes: 18

Author: pablo Added: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:50:00 -0800 Duration: 141music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - from "Romeo and Juliette", Overture - performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra

Author: pablo Added: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:50:00 -0800 Duration: 141music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - from "Romeo and Juliette", Overture - performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra

Author: pablo Added: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:46:23 -0800 Duration: 123music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - from 1812 overture

music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky -from 1812 Overture -

================================ Pytor llyich Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35 Part1-4&Part2-4 I.Allegro moderato Part3-4 II.Canzonetta: Andante Part4-4 IV.Finale:Allegro vivacissimo Vienna Festival Orchestra/Jean-Marie Auberson. Tibor Varga, Violin. ================================ related information: Russia During that time he held the position of first violinist to the orchestra of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres. This included the principal venue of the Imperial Ballet and Opera, the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre (until 1886), and later the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, as well as the Imperial Theatres of Peterhof and the Hermitage. For nearly 50 years, Auer performed almost all of the violin solos in the ballets performed by the Imperial Ballet, the majority of which were the work of the choreographer Marius Petipa. Many of the noted ballet composers of the day, such as Cesare Pugni, Ludwig Minkus, Riccardo Drigo, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, and Alexander Glazunov, wrote the violin solos of their scores especially for his talents. Until 1906 he was also leader of the string quartet for the Russian Musical Society (RMS). This quartet's concerts were as integral a part of the St. Petersburg musical scene as their counterparts led by Joachim in Berlin. Criticism arose in later years of less-than-perfect ensemble and insufficient attention to contemporary Russian music. Nevertheless, Auer's group performed quartets by Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Glazunov and Rimsky-Korsakov. The group also played music by Brahms and Schumann, along with Spohr, Raff and other secondary German composers. Auer also continued performing sonatas with many great pianists. His favorite recital partner was Annette Essipova, with whom he appeared until her death in 1913. Other partners included Anton Rubinstein, Theodor Leschetitzky, Raoul Pugno, Sergei Taneyev and Eugen d'Albert. In the 1890's, he performed cycles of all 10 Beethoven violin sonatas. He also introduced the violin and piano sonatas of Brahms. [edit] America In 1918 he moved to the United States. He played at Carnegie Hall on March 23, 1918 and also performed in Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. He taught some private students at his home on Manhattan's West Side. In 1926 he joined the Institute of Musical Art (later to become the Juilliard School). In 1928 he joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He died in Loschwitz, a suburb of Dresden, Germany and was interred in the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. [edit] Playing Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was especially taken with Auer's playing. Reviewing a 1874 appearance in Moscow, Tchaikovsky praised Auer's "great expressivity, the thoughtful finesse and poetry of the interpretation." [2] This finesse and poetry came at a tremedous price. Auer suffered as a performer from poorly built hands. He had to work incessantly, with an iron determination, just to keep his technique in shape. He wrote, "My hands are so weak and their conformation is so poor that when I have not played the violin for several successive days, and then take up the instrument, I feel as if I had altogether lost the facility of playing." [3] Despite this handicap, Auer achieved much through constant work. His tone was small but ingratiating, his technique polished and elegant. His playing lacked fire, but he made up for it with a classic nobility. After he arrived in the United States, he made some recordings which bear this out. They show the violinist in excellent shape technically, with impeccable intonation, incisive rhythm and tasteful playing aside from some now unfashionable use of portamenti. His musical tastes were conservative and refined. He liked virtuoso works by Henri Vieuxtemps and Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst and used those works in his teaching. Once a student objected to playing Ernst's Othello Fantasy because it was bad music. Auer did not back down. "You'll play it until it sounds like goood music," he thundered at the student, "and you'll play nothing else." [4] He played little Bach. Neither did he ever assign any of Bach's solo concertos to a student. The Double Concerto, however, was one of his favorites. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Auer ================================ *Note:Support the artist, their families and their legacy by purchasing their music. Author: tHEnOOSEsWINGS Keywords: Tibor Varga Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Added: June 14, 2008

Author: pablo Added: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:07:36 -0800 Duration: 95music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - from "Marche Slave" -

http://www.encognitive.com The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик, Shchelkunchik) Op. 71, is a fairy tale-ballet in two acts, three scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1891--92. Alexandre Dumas père's adaptation of the story by E. T. A. Hoffmann was set to music by Tchaikovsky (written by Marius Petipa and commissioned by the director of the Imperial Theatres Ivan Vsevolozhsky in 1891). In Western countries, this ballet has become perhaps the most popular ballet performed, primarily around Christmas time. The composer made a selection of eight of the more popular numbers from the ballet before the ballet's December 1892 premiere, forming The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, intended for concert performance. The suite was first performed, under the composer's direction, on 19 March 1892 at an assembly of the St. Petersburg branch of the Musical Society[1]. The suite became instantly popular; the complete ballet did not achieve its great popularity until around the mid-1960s. Among other things, the score of The Nutcracker is noted for its use of the celesta, an instrument that the composer had already employed in his much lesser known symphonic poem The Voyevoda (premiered 1891).^ Although well-known in The Nutcracker as the featured solo instrument in the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from Act II, it is employed elsewhere in the same act. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker Author: prokopton Keywords: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Russian classical music Added: June 11, 2008

music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky -from "Marche Slave" -

II. Andantino in modo di canzona Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, was written in 1877--1878. It is in four movements: I. Andante Sostenuto—Moderato con anima (F minor) II. Andantino in modo di canzona (B-flat minor) III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato (F major) IV. Allegro con fuoco (F major) During the composition of the symphony, Tchaikovsky wrote to his patron, Madame Nadezhda von Meck, that he wanted "very much" to dedicate it to her, and that he would write on it "Dedicated to My Best Friend". The symphony's first performance was at a Russian Musical Society concert in St. Petersburg on February 10 (Old Style)/February 22 (New Style) 1878, with Nikolai Rubinstein as conductor. It is scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, triangle, cymbals, bass drum, and strings. The second movement is tinged with melancholy and regret. Initial critical reaction to the work was unfavorable, and reaction to the premiere in the United States was similar. In 1890 a reviewer for the New York Post wrote, "The Fourth Tchaikovsky Symphony proved to be one of the most thoroughly Russian, i.e. semi-barbaric, compositions ever heard in the city. ... If Tchaikovsky had called his symphony 'A Sleigh Ride Through Siberia' no one would have found this title inappropriate." A reviewer in Germany in 1897 wrote "The composer's twaddle disturbed my mood. The confusion in brass and the abuse of the kettledrums drove me away!" In spite of its early critical reviews, the symphony has become a staple of the orchestral repertoire, and remains one of the most frequently performed symphonies of the late 19th century. Conducted by: Leonard Bernstein (We appreciate Wikipaedia's contributions in the descriptions here) Author: andrewgrummanJC Keywords: TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No._4 Op. 36 BERNSTEIN Added: May 25, 2008

================================ Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op. 64 Hamburg Pro Musica/George Hurst Parts1&2-7 I.Andante - Allegro con anima 14:54 Parts3&4-7 II.Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza 15:08 Part5-7 III.Valse, Allegro moderato 06:03 Parts6&7-7 IV.Finale, Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace 12:43 ================================ Beginning with his Fourth Symphony, Tchaikovsky's music became an intense psychic outlet, allowing him to voice frustrations and emotions previously kept bottled up. The importance of Tchaikovsky's homosexuality and its consequences on the personal expression in his compositions cannot be underestimated. Tchaikovsky's gayness in itself has been known to the West for at least 75 years, gathered from the composer's own writings as well as those of his brother Modest, who was also gay.[26][27] More debatable is how well he accepted his sexuality or was comfortable with it. [28] Pivotal in letting loose his psychic cataract was Tchaikovsky's ill-starred marriage to one of his former composition students, Antonina Miliukova. Tchaikovsky had decided to "marry whoever will have me" just before Antonina appeared on the scene. His favorite pupil Vladimir Shilovsky had married suddenly in late April 1877.[29] Shilovsky, like Tchaikovsky, was gay.[30] They had shared a mutual bond of affection for just over a decade.[31][32] Shilovsky's wedding may, in turn, have spurred Tchaikovsky to consider such a step himself.[33] He may have hoped in marrying Antonina that marriage would lend him public respectability while he continued having sex privately with other men.[34] The brief time with his wife drove him to the brink of emotional ruin.[35]. Paradoxically, the marriage's strain on Tchaikovsky may have actually enhanced his creativity.[36] The Fourth Symphony and the opera Eugene Onegin could be considered proof of this. He finished both these works in the six months from his engagement to his "rest cure" in Clarens, Switzerland following his marriage. They are arguably two of his finest compositions.[37] The intensity of personal emotion now flowing through Tchaikovsky's works was entirely new to Russian music. [38] It prompted Russians to place his name alongside that of novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky.[38] Like Dostoyevsky's characters, they felt the musical hero in Tchaikovsky's music persisted in exploring the meaning of life while trapped in a fatal love-death-faith triangle.[38] A typical passage about the two reads, "With a hidden passion they both stop at moments of horror, total spiritual collapse, and finding acute sweetness in the cold trepidation of the heart before the abyss, they both force the reader to experience those feelings, too."[39] Timely benefactress See also: Nadezhda von Meck Four months prior to Antonina's first letter came another at least as significant. Nadezhda von Meck, wealthy widow of a Russian railway tycoon and an influential patron of the arts, wanted to commission some chamber pieces. She eventually paid Tchaikovsky an annual subsidy of 6,000 rubles. This would also allow him to resign from the Moscow Conservatory in October 1878 and concentrate primarily on composition.[40] With von Meck's patronage came a relationship that, at her insistence, was mainly epistolary. They exchanged over 1,200 letters, some of them quite lengthy, between 1877 and 1890. For both of them, these letters would become a solace and a safety valve, filled with details extraordinary for two people who would never meet. Tchaikovsky was more open to von Meck about much of his life and his creative processes than to any other person. Some could claim legitimately that Tchaikovsky and von Meck's friendship rose to a level similar to that of his future attachment to his nephew, Vladimir "Bob" Davydov.[41] This arrangement can often take place between a woman and a gay man who is spiritually and artistically oriented.[41] A parallel relationship would be the platonic affair between Michelangelo and Vittoria Colonna, marchioness of Pescara. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky ================================ *Note:Support the artist, their families and their legacy by purchasing their music. Author: tHEnOOSEsWINGS Keywords: George Hurst Tchaikovsky Symphony Added: May 17, 2008

Author: pablo Added: Tue, 06 May 2008 17:19:33 -0800 Duration: 141music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliette - Overture - performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra.

Author: pablo Added: Tue, 06 May 2008 17:19:33 -0800 Duration: 141music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliette - Overture - performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra.

Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.public domain, performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra.

Author: pablo Added: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:19:35 -0800 Duration: 151music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliette - Overture public domain. performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra. source: Musopen.com

Author: pablo Added: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:19:35 -0800 Duration: 151music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliette - Overture public domain. performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra. source: Musopen.com

Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliette - Overture.Public domain - performed by Skidmore College Orchestra.source: Musopen.com

*Season Three Premiere* Experiment #45: 12 Eggs, Soap, 2007.

This is an arrangement by the great American pianist Earl Wild of Tchaikovsky's Pas de Quatre from Swan Lake.

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Young People's Concert Author: xingquan Keywords: Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Tchaikovsky Symphony No. Young People's Concerts Added: March 16, 2008

Louis Lortie plays Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1

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Cyd Charisse (born 1921) is probably best known for her dancing performances. So I was really surprised to see her in two non dancing parts. In both she comes through as a type of women which is not very often seen in movies: elegant but probably with a modest social background, lovely, aloof, almost self-effacing and yet determined - and with hints of a high moral integrity. A kind of a Mildred Pierce with a good heart. Her performance are quite minimalistic but it becomes her fabulously. These scenes are lifted from the movie East Side West Side (1949) dir. Mervyn Le Roy and edited to the tunes of the Sérénade melancolique, op. 26 by Pyotr Il'ych Tchaikovsky. Author: manupeSUI Keywords: Cyd Carisse East Side West Mervyn Le Roy Jameds Mason Barbara Stanwyck Tchaikovsky Added: February 20, 2008