Dvořák: Cello Concerto, Op. 104 & Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

Featuring

Marina Tarasova
Sergei Kondrashev
Симфонический Оркестр Радио «Орфей»
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Antonín Dvořák

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Composition History

Pyotr Tchaikovsky composed his Variations on a Rococo Theme in December 1876 as an antidote to depression, looking back to an idealized, less complicated 18th century.

Performer Biography

Marina Tarasova, a renowned Russian cellist, is a winner of International Competitions in Prague, Florence, and Paris, and a laureate of Moscow's Tchaikovsky International Competition.

Recording & Production

The 'Orpheus' Radio Symphony Orchestra (ORSO) is the only radio orchestra in Russia that combines successful onstage concerts and theatrical appearances with in-studio radio work.

Composition History

Dvořák initially doubted the cello as a concerto instrument but changed his opinion after hearing Victor Herbert, a cellist at the Metropolitan Opera, premiere his own Second Cello Concerto in Manhattan in 1894.

Composition History

Antonín Dvořák's Cello Concerto in B minor was composed towards the end of his stay in the United States, between November 1894 and February 1895.

Performer Biography

Marina Tarasova is the President and a solo-cellist of the International Classical Music Salon of Marina Tarasova and Alexander Polezhaev, a charity foundation, and also directs Santa, an organization for the rescue of stray animals.

Recording & Production

The 'Orpheus' Radio Symphony Orchestra (ORSO) has a project dedicated to rediscovering, reconstructing, performing, and recording undeservedly forgotten musical pieces by Russian and Soviet composers.