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Why Is the 1812 So Popular?

Tchaikovsky himself said his overture glorying Napoleon's retreat from Moscow had 'no artistic merit', so why is it so popular? Alasdair Malloy investigates. From May 2006.

30 minutes

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Sat 1 Nov 201402:30
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