Yeah time for another one of my all time favorites, this time Tchaikovsky is on the menu. He was beset with personal drama for most of his life, sounds like a familiar refrain along with many other of his contemporaries. Being in the music business has always been tough, and Pyotr's journey was no different. He studied at a Western Conservatory rather than a traditional school like many of the other Russian composer's of his era, so he kind of stood apart from any of them when it came to his musical compositions. I love his music, and I don't care that many critics musicians and other composers have felt the urge to denigrate his legacy over the years, he wrote some of the most heart wrenching music I have ever listened to, his ability to get the strings to produce what I call the "Tchaikovsky Mood", is amazing to me, a kind of signature of his works.
I won't go into all the details here, but he is in my top 5 composer's of all time easily, one of the best Russia ever produced.
Seeing it's the festive season here's an excerpt from the Nutcracker, but it should Always be played in it's entirety in my opinion.
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.
I am posting the covers from my copy of "The Nutcracker", this version is stunning, recorded on one of the best classical music labels in history, "Living Presence" and the name is fitting to the musical experience.
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