The recording for this album took place in April 2021 at the Auditorium de la Maison de la Musique in Nanterre, with Lucie Bourély as the recording producer, sound engineer, and editor.
Performer Biography
Élodie Soulard plays a Russian 'Jupiter' accordion, a model by V. Gusiev, and has worked with Russian concertist Yuri Shishkin.
Performer Biography
Élodie Soulard, the accordionist on this album, graduated with a Master's degree in accordion from the Paris Conservatoire in 2010 and later pursued a PhD program.
Performer Biography
Yuri Shishkin, who arranged these pieces for accordion, is a renowned accordionist from Russia, known for his exceptional transcriptions of works by composers like Liszt and Mussorgsky.
Composition History
Tchaikovsky's "The Seasons" is a cycle of twelve piano pieces commissioned in late 1875 by Nikolay Bernard, director of the monthly magazine Nouvelliste.
Compositional Technique
Each of Tchaikovsky's "The Seasons" pieces has an evocative subtitle and is accompanied by verses from various Russian poets, though the subtitles were likely chosen by the commissioner, not the composer.
Composition History
Tchaikovsky delivered the pieces for "The Seasons" between December 1875 and May 1876, while simultaneously working on his first ballet, "Swan Lake."
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