Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Francesca da Rimini, The Voyevoda, Overture and Polonaise from "Cherevichki" BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Alpesh Chauhan

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): The Voyevoda, Op. 78:
• 1 Tchaikovsky: The Voyevoda, Op. 78 12:37
• The Tempest, Op. 18:
• 2 Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Op. 18: I. Andante con moto 03:43
• 3 Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Op. 18: II. Allegro moderato 01:48
• 4 Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Op. 18: III. Allegro vivace 03:05
• 5 Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Op. 18: IV. Andante con moto 03:47
• 6 Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Op. 18: V. Allegro animato 02:45
• 7 Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Op. 18: VI. Andante non tanto 07:49
• Cherevichki:
• 8 Tchaikovsky: Cherevichki: I. Overture 11:03
• 9 Tchaikovsky: Cherevichki: II. Polonaise 06:24
• Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32:
• 10 Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32: I. Andante lugubre 03:38
• 11 Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32: II. Allegro vivo 05:30
• 12 Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32: III. Andante cantabile non troppo 12:32
• 13 Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32: IV. Allegro vivo 03:26
• Total Runtime 01:18:07

Info for Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Francesca da Rimini, The Voyevoda, Overture and Polonaise from "Cherevichki"

Born in Birmingham, Alpesh Chauhan studied cello under Eduardo Vassallo at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester before continuing at the RNCM to pursue the prestigious Master's Conducting Course. Alpesh has studied with Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, participated in masterclasses with Juanjo Mena, Vasily Petrenko and Jac van Steen, and was mentored by Andris Nelsons and Edward Gardner in his post as Assistant Conductor of the CBSO 2014-16. Newly appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker from the 21/22 season, he is also Associate Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of Birmingham Opera Company. He frequently appears as guest conductor with acclaimed international orchestras including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National d'Île de France, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale RAI, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. For this his debut recording for Chandos, he has chosen a collection of Tchaikovsky's symphonic fantasias, alongside the Overture and Polonaise from the comic opera 'Cherevichki'. The Tempest, from 1873 is based on the Shakespeare play, and shows that Tchaikovsky's unique voice and style were already fully developed. Francesca da Rimini (based on the tale in Dante's Inferno) was written only a few years later, but after Tchaikovsky had attended the premier of Wagner's Ring cycle in Bayreuth - an influence discernible particularly in the brass chords. Cherevichki (the Slippers) is a revision of his earlier opera Vakula the Smith, based on Gogol's Christmas Eve. Tchaikovsky's Symphonic Ballad The Voyevoda is based on Adam Mickiewicz's poem 'The Ambush', and is the first orchestral work to include the (newly invented) Celeste.

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan, conductor

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