This album is the final disc in the Naxos edition of the complete Tchaikovsky songs, which present a little-known but characteristic aspect of his musical personality.
Performer Biography
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya's interpretation of Tchaikovsky's songs earned her the Golden Critic's Award.
Composer Biography
Tchaikovsky, the composer, received financial assistance from a wealthy widow, Nadezhda von Meck, which allowed him to dedicate himself entirely to composition.
Composition History
Tchaikovsky wrote around a hundred songs, with the earliest composed before his entry to the Conservatory and the last in the year of his death, 1893.
Composer Biography
Tchaikovsky's relationship with Nadezhda von Meck was a curiously remote liaison; they never met face to face.
Composer Biography
Tchaikovsky's sudden death in 1893 officially attributed to cholera, has been the subject of speculation and posthumous rumors, including suggestions of suicide.
Performer Biography
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, the soprano on this recording, made her international debut at the Salzburg Festival at the invitation of Herbert von Karajan.
