Boris Tchaikovsky (1925-1996)

[MusicTurner]

He somehow hasn't really grabbed my attention that much, but maybe it's time for some more listening.
It's nice if Naxos is doing a chamber music series.

EDIT: Am giving the piano concerto a try, from the Brilliant box of Russian Piano Concertos.

I've got these, includes some old LP material ...


CD "1.Symfoni" (1947)/E.Serov,VolgogradPO/naxos 07 8.570195
LP  "3.Symfoni, Sevastopol" B-Dur (1980)/Fedoseev,USSRRSO/mel 84 c10 20245 002

LP  "Cellokoncert" (1964)/Feighin,Serov,SO/mel 33c10 10919-20
cd   "Klaverkoncert" ()/Solovieva,Mynbaev,RusAcMusCO/brill 15cd 95520   

CD   "After the Ball: Suite" (1952)/E.Serov,VolgogradPO/naxos 07 8.570195
lp     "Sinfonietta f.Strygere" (1953)/Gauk,USSRRSO/liberty mono swl15001
CD   "The Murmuring Forest: Suite" (1953)/E.Serov,VolgogradPO/naxos 07 8.570195

LP   "Klavertrio" (1953)/Soli/mel 33c10 06097-98
CD  "1.Strygekvartet" (1954)/solister/northern flowers 2cd 08 nf 9964-65
LP   "Cellosonate" (1957)/Soli/mel 33c10 06097-98
CD   "2.Strygekvartet" (1962)/solister/northern flowers 2cd 08 nf 9964-65
LP    "Klaverkvintet" (1962)/Tschaikowsky,Borodin4/mel c10 07567-68
CD   "3.Strygekvartet" (1967)/solister/northern flowers 2cd 08 nf 9964-65
CD   "4.Strygekvartet" (1972)/solister/northern flowers 2cd 08 nf 9964-65
lp     "4.Strygekvartet" (1972)/Suk4/panton 75 11 0527f   (Cover:Z.Prokop)
CD   "5.Strygekvartet" (1974)/solister/northern flowers 2cd 08 nf 9964-65
LP    "5.Strygekvartet" (1974)/Prokofief4/mel 33c10 10919-20
CD   "6.Strygekvartet" (1976)/solister/northern flowers 2cd 08 nf 9964-65
lp     "6.Strygekvartet" (1976)/Suk4/panton 2lp 77 11 0665-66

DWL   "2.Klaversonate" (1952)/Solovieva/

[MusicTurner]

The Piano Concerto receives a good performance in the Brilliant Russian Piano Concertos box. It can also be found on a Naxos single CD, together with the Clarinet Concerto etc.
But it's a grim work, often reaching a late-Ustvolskayan, hammering and sparse musical language, with a bit of softening up melodically at times. But generally, the martial, also Shosty-inspired, idiom is quite typical of a lot of similar composers from the USSR-generations. Perhaps he has a bit of personal traits in that martial sparseness though, I seem to remember that one finds it in quite a few works of his.

[Mirror Image]

The Piano Concerto receives a good performance in the Brilliant Russian Piano Concertos box. It can also be found on a Naxos single CD, together with the Clarinet Concerto etc.
But it's a grim work, often reaching a late-Ustvolskayan, hammering and sparse musical language, with a bit of softening up melodically at times. But generally, the martial, also Shosty-inspired, idiom is quite typical of a lot of similar composers from the USSR-generations. Perhaps he has a bit of personal traits in that martial sparseness though, I seem to remember that one finds it in quite a few works of his.

There's only a vagueness to Shostakovich, but that's about it. I find him to be bit more daring in his approach to harmony compared to Shostakovich. You can hear it in works like Music for Orchestra from that fantastic Chandos recording. I liked the Piano Concerto but I prefer the performance with the composer himself playing the piano and Fedoseyev conducting.

[Roy Bland]

Concerto devoted

[Roy Bland]

[vandermolen]

The Sevastopol Symphony (No.3) is a fine work and I totally agree with John (Mirror Image) about this.

[Symphonic Addict]

The last work I heard by him was the symphonic poem Juvenile (from a Melodiya recording) and it became an immediate favorite. An incredible piece full of humanity that is nothing but sincere soulfulness. It really touched a fiber on this listener.

Here is a live performance with the composer playing the piano part:

[Roy Bland]

Centenary concertos


Moscow will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Boris Tchaikovsky's birth with a series of concerts.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN
A total of seven concerts at different venues in Moscow. Each concert will reveal different aspects of the composer's work. Boris Tchaikovsky's music of various genres will be performed - symphonic, chamber, vocal and music for radio productions. They will also perform works by the composer's close contemporaries - Nikolai Myaskovsky, Dmitry Shostakovich, Vissarion Shebalin, Galina Ustvolskaya, Mechislav Weinberg.

PROGRAM
SEPTEMBER 10 "Boris Tchaikovsky - 100!"
P.I. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. Symphonic works: poems "The Teenager" and "Wind of Siberia", suite "After the Ball", "Theme and Eight Variations", cantata "Signs of the Zodiac".

SEPTEMBER 15 "Diary of an Era"
Rachmaninoff Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Vocal cycles by B. Tchaikovsky, D. Shostakovich and A. Tchaikovsky.

SEPTEMBER 20 "Discovery and Revelation"
Rachmaninoff Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. World premiere of the youth quartet (1943-1945) and quintet (1962) by Boris Tchaikovsky.

SEPTEMBER 28 "Family Concert"
Cathedral Chamber. Music for fairy tales by G. C. Andersen and radio plays.

OCTOBER 5 "Dedicated to the teachers of Boris Tchaikovsky..."
Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Sonatas by V. Shebalin, N. Myaskovsky, D. Shostakovich and trio by B. Tchaikovsky.

OCTOBER 10 "On the Edge of Melting and Ice"
Small Hall. Chamber orchestral music by N. Myaskovsky, B. Tchaikovsky, M. Weinberg, G. Ustvolskaya, Yu. Abdokov and artistic words.

OCTOBER 14 "Premonition of Victory. Over Time"
Great Hall of the Conservatory. "Sevastopol Symphony" by B. Tchaikovsky.

BOOK AND EXHIBITION
There will also be a presentation of the book by Moscow Conservatory professor Yuri Abdokov, a student and follower of the composer. An exhibition with rare photographs, documents and archival materials will be held in the foyer of the Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.

[Roy Bland]

poster

[Roy Bland]

First recordings

Boris Tchaikovsky
1 The Procession for grand symphony orchestra (1946) 6.09
2 The Wind of Siberia, a poem for orchestra (1984) 14.51
Symphony with Harp for grand symphony orchestra (1993)
3    I. Two Preludes 2.09
4    II. Poem 7.44
5    III. Three Preludes 2.44
6    IV.Autumn 3.43
7    Afterword 2.31
8    Overture to the opera The Star (1949)

[Symphonic Addict]

The Wind of Siberia should be better known. It's like the Russian counterpart to Sibelius's Tapiola. A very atmospheric symphonic poem.

First recordings

Boris Tchaikovsky
1 The Procession for grand symphony orchestra (1946) 6.09
2 The Wind of Siberia, a poem for orchestra (1984) 14.51
Symphony with Harp for grand symphony orchestra (1993)
3 I. Two Preludes 2.09
4 II. Poem 7.44
5 III. Three Preludes 2.44
6 IV.Autumn 3.43
7 Afterword 2.31
8 Overture to the opera The Star (1949)

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