Your Favorite Tchaikovsky Pieces

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Brahmsian

#60
September 29, 2015, 07:59:31 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on September 29, 2015, 04:56:46 AM
In terms of which version of the ballets on cd, I'd go with:
Nutcracker: Mackerras or Ashkenazy
Swan Lake: Dutoit
Sleeping Beuaty: Gergiev or Rozhdestvensky

Those look good, Neal.   :)

My CD recommendations:

Nutcracker - Gergiev/Kirov
Swan Lake - Bonynge/National Philharmonic
Sleeping Beauty - Dorati/Royal Concertgebouw

kishnevi

#61
September 29, 2015, 12:06:57 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 29, 2015, 06:42:17 AM
Ah-HAH!

But I did go on to post this.

Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 28, 2015, 06:24:18 PM
I suppose I should say which ones I think are great.
The last three symphonies*, the violin concerto, Souvenir de Florence, the Mozartiana suite, Romeo and Juliet, Francesca da Rimini.

*in non sugary performances. My overall favorite recording is Solti's Fourth.

vandermolen

#62
September 30, 2015, 11:43:09 PM
Symphony 6 'Pathetique'
Serenade for Strings
Francesca da Rimini
Romeo and Juliet
Symphony 1 'Winter Daydreams'
Hamlet
Symphony 4
Symphony 5
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Christo

#63
October 01, 2015, 02:50:27 AM
Where did I see these titles (well, all except one) before?  ;)
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

Brahmsian

#64
October 01, 2015, 06:34:45 AM
I am the only one who has Symphony No. 3 "Polish" in their list of favorite Tchaikovsky pieces.  ;D  I am not shocked.  :)

Karl Henning

#65
October 01, 2015, 06:41:23 AM
Well, I do like it . . . so much Tchaikovsky to like . . . .

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Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
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[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

jochanaan

#66
October 01, 2015, 06:41:45 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 01, 2015, 06:41:23 AM
. . . so much Tchaikovsky to like . . . .

0:)
Indeed. ;D
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Maestro267

#67
October 07, 2015, 01:55:36 AM
My favourites:

Symphony No. 3
Manfred (I would actually put all seven of the symphonies here)
Francesca da Rimini
Romeo and Juliet
The Tempest
Swan Lake
Piano Concerto No. 1
Concert Fantasy

Brahmsian

#68
October 07, 2015, 04:51:48 AM
Quote from: Maestro267 on October 07, 2015, 01:55:36 AM
My favourites:

Symphony No. 3
Manfred (I would actually put all seven of the symphonies here)
Francesca da Rimini
Romeo and Juliet
The Tempest
Swan Lake
Piano Concerto No. 1
Concert Fantasy

Yay! Another fan of the No. 3 as one of their favourites to join me!  ;D

Cato

#69
October 07, 2015, 05:31:27 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 07, 2015, 04:51:48 AM
Yay! Another fan of the No. 3 as one of their favourites to join me!  ;D

And me!  It is a real roller coaster of a symphony: melancholy and joyful, serious to the point of bombast, and yet at times subtle.

The first three symphonies are unjustly ignored, as the cliche' goes.
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

Brahmsian

#70
October 07, 2015, 05:49:39 AM
Quote from: Cato on October 07, 2015, 05:31:27 AM
And me!  It is a real roller coaster of a symphony: melancholy and joyful, serious to the point of bombast, and yet at times subtle.

The first three symphonies are unjustly ignored, as the cliche' goes.

I particular adore the first and final movements!  :)

Florestan

#71
October 07, 2015, 07:25:37 AM
My favorite PC1 performance is Lev Oborin´s with the USSR State Radio SO conducted by Alexander Gauk. If you can stand the 1948 Soviet sound, you´re in for a real treat.

https://www.youtube.com/v/Yd7oSivpgx8
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

Dancing Divertimentian

#72
October 07, 2015, 08:13:32 AM
Quote from: Cato on October 07, 2015, 05:31:27 AM
The first three symphonies are unjustly ignored, as the cliche' goes.

Yes. Agree with this.


Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Cato

#73
October 07, 2015, 08:42:33 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 07, 2015, 05:49:39 AM
I particular adore the first and final movements!  :)

I am very partial toward the slow movement, but it is difficult to choose!

Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on October 07, 2015, 08:13:32 AM
Yes. Agree with this.

The First Symphony especially, and again I am partial to the slow movement in that one also, although the opening movement is so evocative of the "Winter Dreams" title.
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

Dee Sharp

#74
October 07, 2015, 06:52:36 PM
Piano Trio
String Sextet Op. 70
String Quartet No. 3
Symphonies 4,5,6
The Ballets
Piano Concerto No. 1, 2

Jaakko Keskinen

#75
October 28, 2015, 06:24:40 AM
Lots of cliché choices coming.

All 3 ballets
VC
PC 1
Souvenir d'un lieu cher
1812
Romeo and Juliet
Cherevichki
The Queen of Spades
String quartets 1 and 3
Souvenir de Florence
6 romances op. 57
Symphonies 1, 3 and 6.
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

Karl Henning

#76
October 28, 2015, 06:34:17 AM
Quote from: Alberich on October 28, 2015, 06:24:40 AM
Lots of cliché choices coming.

Well, to borrow a phrase from Jeeves:  I believe that Tchaikovsky has given satisfaction, sir.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

SymphonicAddict

#77
December 09, 2017, 03:42:53 PM
Surely, Tchaikovsky is an unbeatable favorite. Words that some people use for describing him such as 'sugary' or 'saccharine' don't have importance on me. Tchaikovsky composed some of the most indescribable-beautiful music, with an important dose of passion.

All the symphonies + Manfred
Piano trio
Souvenir de Florence
Francesca da Rimini
The Voyevode
Romeo and Juliet
The Tempest
Swan Lake
Violin concerto
The 3 piano concertos
Grand Piano sonata, op. 37
Orchestral suites 1, 3 and 4

amw

#78
December 09, 2017, 06:47:54 PM
Did I mention the String Quartet no.1? Or The Seasons? Or the Suite no.3? Those are all really great music with no reservations. Also the string sextet and string serenade. And probably all of Onegin & Queen of Spades. (Taruskin is an uneven musicologist but the chapters on Tchaikovsky in Defining Russia Musically very much helped me get into his operas.)

LKB

#79
December 09, 2017, 09:50:43 PM
An old thread, but since l never saw it before tonight and since Tchaikovsky jump-started my interest in serious music, why not!

Favorite symphony: No. 4. With an extended oboe solo ( probably the first one l ever paid attention to, which nudged me towards learning the instrument ) opening the second movement, an unusual scherzo and a roof-raising finale to balance the gravitas of Movement 1, l can honestly say that I've enjoyed every rendering of this work that I've heard.

Favorite ballet: Nutcracker. Makes me a little kid again.

Favorite concerto: Violin. First movement, a generous helping of simple good feeling. Second movement, an old man's tale. Finale, off to the races ( interrupted by reaction shots of certain characters in the crowd ).

Favorite chamber work: Piano Trio in A minor. Full-blooded passion, framed with the elegant nobility found in all of Tchaikovsky's best work.

That'll do,

LKB
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