Money and Marriage
Donald Macleod on two women who influenced Tchaikovsky's life: Nadezhda von Meck, an important patron, and Antonina Ivanovna Milyukov, to whom he had a disastrous marriage.
Two women enter Tchaikovsky's sphere, both of whom would have a profound impact on the direction of his life. The wealthy Nadezhda von Meck became the composer's most important patron, meanwhile Tchaikovsky's disastrous marriage to Antonina Ivanovna Milyukova nearly destroyed him. Presented by Donald Macleod.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin - Act 1 sc.2, no.9; Puskay pogibnu ya (Letter scene)
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. Performer: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Singer: Nuccia Focile.- PHILIPS : 438 236-2-.
- PHILIPS.
- 11.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Op.41 for chorus [with piano ad lib]
Director: Vladislav Chernushenko. Choir: Glinka Academy Choir of Leningrad.- russian disc rdcd 11040.
- russian disc.
- 15.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Act 1, no.8; Dance des coupes [goblets] [Tempo di polacca]
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Ida Haendel. Conductor: André Previn.- EMI CLASSICS : 0946-39324323.
- EMI CLASSICS.
- 17.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a rococo theme Op.33 for cello and orchestra vers. standard [7 va
Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Performer: BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOP : 447-413-2.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOP.
- 4.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir d'un lieu cher - 3 pieces Op.42 for violin and piano
Performer: Sasha Rozhdestvensky. Performer: Josiane Marfurt.- Delos: DE3413.
- Delos.
- 5.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dance of the Goblets, from Act I of Swan Lake Op.20
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
- EMI: 9676842.
- 17.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme Op.33
Performer: Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
- Deutsche Grammophon: 4474132.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Letter Scene from Act I of Eugene Onegin Op.24
Singer: Nuccia Focile. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
- Philips: 4382352.
- 11.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Melodie, from Souvenir d'un lieu cher Op.42
Performer: Josiane Marfurt. Performer: Sasha Rozhdestvensky
- Delos: DE3413.
- 5.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord, from Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Op.
Choir: Glinka Choir of Leningrad. Conductor: Vladislav Chernushenko
- Russian: RDCD11040.
- 15.
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