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From the Archives - Tchaikovsky for three

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, oil on canvas by Nikolai Kuznetsov, 1893.
Nikolai Kuznetsov
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, oil on canvas by Nikolai Kuznetsov, 1893.

Although Tchaikovsky's output was prolific, he wrote little chamber music. Enjoy his only piano trio: the masterful Piano Trio in A minor which he wrote in memory of his friend and mentor Nikolai Rubenstein. We’ll also hear his very first composition for violin and orchestra played by a student of the man to whom Tchaikovsky dedicated it.

Compositions and Recordings

Piano Trio in A minor
by Peter Tchaikovsky
Yefim Bronfman, Gil Shaham, Truls Mork

Serenade Melancolique Op. 26
by Peter Tchaikovsky
Alfred Wallenstein with the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Jascha Heifetz

Frank Byrne is the host of From the Archives on 91.9 Classical KC.
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