Tchaikovsky's heartfelt piece is among the best he ever wrote. At the very time that Tchaikovsky was composing his nationalistic, powerful and undeniably noisy 1812 Overture, he was also writing this: ...

This weekend at the Wortham Center, Mercury-the Orchestra Redefined offers an evening of music for strings featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Mendelssohn. Artistic Director Antoine Plante ...

This is Leopold Stokowski’s third, and last, recording of Tchaikovsky’s tone poem on Dante’s doomed lovers and his first complete recording of the “Serenade,” both made in 1974 when he was age 92.

Majestic and nation-defying music is no small feat, demanding spirit, nationalism and honour. However, music coming from one’s innermost feelings asks something special too as in George Walker’s ...

Antonin Dvorak helped revive string-orchestra music with a famous serenade in 1875. A few years later, Tchaikovsky followed in his footsteps with his own Serenade for Strings, which we feature, ...

The Australian Chamber Orchestra opens its 2018 season with "Tognetti Tchaikovsky Brahms". Tchaikovsky and Brahms receive performances of, respectively, the soothing Serenade for Strings, and the ...

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