Credits:

Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Description:

Peter Donohoe's 4th release! Tchaikovsky's piano works including the "Grand Sonata"! Peter Donohoe is a renowned British pianist who has been invited by Simon Rattle as a soloist for his inaugural concert as Music Director of the Berlin Philharmonic, and has performed with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra on numerous occasions. A percussionist in his youth, Donohoe studied piano under Yvonne Loriot and Olivier Messiaen in Paris, and won a prize at the 1981 Leeds International Competition and the highest prize at the 1982 Tchaikovsky International Competition. He started with two Shostakovich albums, "24 Preludes and Fugues, Op.87" (SIGCD 396) and "Piano Concertos No.1 & 2 and Piano Sonatas No.1 & 2" (SIGCD 493), and his last album (SIGCD 566) combined Mussorgsky with Ravel and Messiaen's works. The last album (SIGCD 566) combined Mussorgsky with works by Ravel and Messiaen to demonstrate the wide repertoire of this recording project at SignumClassics.The fourth volume is a collection of Tchaikovsky's works for solo piano, which still remain less performed than his orchestral works. From the small salon-style pieces to the large-scale Op.37 Sonata (Grand Sonata), this two-disc set is filled with Tchaikovsky's charm as a melody maker. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.Two Pieces, Op. 1~Scherzo a la Russe in B-Flat Major Op. 1 No. 1
2.Two Pieces, Op. 1~Impromptu in E-Flat Minor, Op. 1 No. 2
3.Capriccio in G-Flat Major, Op. 8
4.Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21~I. Prelude. Allegro moderato
5.Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21~II. Fugue in 4 voices. Andante
6.Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21~III. Impromptu. Allegro molto
7.Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21~IV. Funeral March. Moderato. Tempo di Marcia
8.Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21~V. Mazurka. Allegro moderato
9.Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21~VI. Scherzo. Allegro vivace