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Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol 2 - Alpesh Chauhan
CHSA 5331 (Chandos Records, SACD)
Mulit-channel/Stereo
FIRST RELEASE (15 March 2024)
Playing time: 76'07"
Tracks: 8
Booklet pages: 32
℗ 2024 Chandos Records Ltd
© 2024 Chandos Records Ltd
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol 2 - Alpesh Chauhan published on 2 March 2024
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Laura Samuel, leader
Alpesh Chauhan, conductor
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
1 Fatum - symphonic poem for orchestra, Op posth 77 (1868), dedicated to Mily Balakirev
The Oprichnik (1870-72)
2 Dances, Act IV No 15
3 Hamlet - fantasy overture after Shakespeare in F minor, Op 67 (1888)
The Queen of Spades, Op 68 (1890)
4 Introduction
5 Capriccio italien, Op 45 (1880)
The Snow Maiden, Op 12 (1873)
6 Introduction, from Prologue
7 Melodrama, from Act II
8 Dance of the Tumblers from Act III
Alpesh Chauhan conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in this second album of Tchaikovsky. As with the first volume, he again mixes well-known with less-often-heard works.
Recorded 10-12 January 2023 at the Grand Hall, City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.