Tchaikovsky was a trained and competent pianist, having studied with Anton Rubinstein, but was not considered an outstanding virtuoso.
Compositional Technique
Tchaikovsky incorporated the middle section of January from The Seasons into Tatyana's letter scene in his operatic masterpiece Yevgeny Onegin.
Composition History
The Six morceaux, Op. 19, were commissioned by Tchaikovsky's publisher Pyotr Yurgenson, who built a significant music-publishing empire in Russia.
Composition History
The titles for Tchaikovsky's The Seasons were provided by the journal editor Nikolay Matveyevich Bernard, though Tchaikovsky may have had a say in the choice of texts for some pieces.
Composition History
Tchaikovsky's The Seasons was commissioned by Nikolay Matveyevich Bernard, editor of the monthly musical-theatrical journal Nuvellist, with the pieces appearing in successive issues throughout 1876.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Pavel Kolesnikov, the pianist on this recording, feels Tchaikovsky's piano pieces are subtle and fragile, best suited for intimate settings rather than large concert halls.
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