Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky initially studied at the School of Jurisprudence in St Petersburg and worked in the Ministry of Justice, with music as a secondary occupation.
Performer Biography
Marin Alsop, the conductor, studied at Yale University and the Juilliard School, and won the Koussevitzky Conducting Prize at Tanglewood Music Center, where she was a pupil of Leonard Bernstein.
Composition History
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 was written during a period of significant personal difficulty, including a brief and disastrous marriage and a nervous breakdown.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Tchaikovsky provided a program for his Symphony No. 4, suggesting the opening theme represents 'Fate,' an invincible force to which one must resign.
Recording & Production
This album marks the start of the Naxos American Symphony Orchestras series, aiming to present American orchestras, like the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, to the world in standard repertoire.
Composition History
The Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture was revised twice, in 1870 and 1880, at the suggestion of Balakirev, to whom the final version was dedicated.
Composer Biography
Tchaikovsky's career as a full-time composer was made possible by financial assistance from Nadezhda von Meck, a rich widow who supported him without ever meeting him face to face.
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