Tchaikovsky was one of the earlier students of the St Petersburg Conservatory established by Anton Rubinstein, completing his studies there to become a member of the teaching staff at the similar institution established in Moscow by Anton Rubinstein’s brother, Nikolay. He was able to withdraw from teaching when a rich widow, Nadezhda von Meck, offered him financial support; this support continued for much of his life, although, according to the original conditions of the pension, they never met. Tchaikovsky was a man of neurotic diffidence, his self-doubt increased by his homosexuality. It has been suggested by some that an impending scandal caused him to take his own life at a time when he was at the height of his powers as a composer, although others h...

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ABBADO, Claudio: Hearing the Silence
ABBADO, Claudio: Hearing the Silence
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Brahms, Johannes -- Bruckner, Anton -- Debussy, Claude -- Dvorak, Antonin -- Mahler, Gustav -- Stravinsky, Igor -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists: Abbado, Claudio -- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Lucerne Festival Orchestra -- Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Label/Producer: EuroArts
ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA (THE): Program 7: Music's Emotional Impact / Program 8: Mahler: Love, Sorrow and Transcendence (G. Schwarz)
ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA (THE): Program 7: Music's Emotional Impact / Program 8: Mahler: Love, Sorrow and Transcendence (G. Schwarz)
Composers: Mahler, Gustav -- Rands, Bernard -- Stock, David -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Thomas, Augusta Read
Artists: All-Star Orchestra, The -- Maultsby, Nancy -- Schwarz, Gerard
Label/Producer: Naxos
ANNA NETREBKO AND ROLANDO VILLAZON IN PARIS
ANNA NETREBKO AND ROLANDO VILLAZON IN PARIS
Composers: Bizet, Georges -- Catalani, Alfredo -- Gounod, Charles-Francois -- Mascagni, Pietro -- Massenet, Jules -- Moreno Torroba, Federico -- Penella, Manuel -- Ponchielli, Amilcare -- Puccini, Giacomo -- Soutullo, Reveriano -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Verdi, Giuseppe -- Vert, Juan
Artists: Belgium National Orchestra -- Netrebko, Anna -- Villaume, Emmanuel -- Villazon, Rolando
Label/Producer: UNITEL
ASHTON, Frederick: Patineurs (Les) / Divertissements / Scenes de ballet (Royal Ballet)
ASHTON, Frederick: Patineurs (Les) / Divertissements / Scenes de ballet (Royal Ballet)
Composers: Brahms, Johannes -- Massenet, Jules -- Meyerbeer, Giacomo -- Paganini, Nicolo -- Strauss II, Johann -- Stravinsky, Igor -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Tommasini, Vincenzo
Artists: Acosta, Carlos -- Arestis, Christina -- Benjamin, Leanne -- Bussell, Darcey -- Cervera, Ricardo -- Cope, Jonathan -- Cuthbertson, Lauren -- Filpi, Francesca -- Galeazzi, Mara -- Gammon, Philip -- Hirano, Ryoichi -- Kura, Kenta -- Lamb, Sarah -- McRae, Steven -- Morera, Laura -- Murphy, John Paul -- Pennefather, Rupert -- Putrov, Ivan -- Raine, Samantha -- Rojo, Tamara -- Royal Ballet Sinfonia -- Royal Ballet, Covent Garden -- Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden -- Samodurov, Viacheslav -- Scarlett, Liam -- Soares, Thiago -- Uspenski, Andrej -- Watson, Edward -- Wordsworth, Barry -- Yoshida, Miyako
Label/Producer: Opus Arte
BALLETS TROCKADERO (LES), VOL. 2
BALLETS TROCKADERO (LES), VOL. 2
Composers: Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Drigo, Riccardo -- Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich -- Saint-Saens, Camille -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists: Belchick, Sylphia -- Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra -- Durand, Pierre-Michel -- Lofatkina, Sveltlana -- Mundeyn, Margeaux -- Myshkin, R.M. "Prince" -- Nevasayneva, Ida -- Pilleaux, Velour -- Renedo, Carlos -- Rombova, Nadia -- Slowpokin, Igor -- Trockadero Ballet -- Vatissnyem, Mikolojus -- Verikosa, Vanya
Label/Producer: Bel Air Classiques
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Symphony No. 2 / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, Vol. 2) (Fedoseyev)
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Symphony No. 2 / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, Vol. 2) (Fedoseyev)
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Gavrilin, Valery Aleksandrovich -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists: Fedoseyev, Vladimir -- Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra
Label/Producer: Bel Air Classiques
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Symphony No. 4 / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique" (Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, Vol. 3) (Fedoseyev)
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Symphony No. 4 / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique" (Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, Vol. 3) (Fedoseyev)
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Sviridov, Gyorgy -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists: Fedoseyev, Vladimir -- Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra
Label/Producer: Bel Air Classiques
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Symphony No. 8 / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Symphony No. 4 (Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, Vol. 1) (Fedoseyev)
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Symphony No. 8 / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Symphony No. 4 (Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, Vol. 1) (Fedoseyev)
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists: Fedoseyev, Vladimir -- Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra
Label/Producer: Bel Air Classiques
BERLIN OPERA NIGHT 2006 (Foster)
BERLIN OPERA NIGHT 2006 (Foster)
Composers: Dvorak, Antonin -- Handel, George Frideric -- Puccini, Giacomo -- Rossini, Gioachino -- Smetana, Bedrich -- Strauss, Richard -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Verdi, Giuseppe -- Wagner, Richard
Artists: Barcellona, Daniela -- Bayrakdarian, Isabel -- Berlin Deutsche Opera Chorus -- Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra -- Brenciu, Marius -- Candia, Roberto de -- Erdmann, Mojca -- Ernman, Malena -- Foster, Lawrence -- Isokoski, Soile -- Prudenskaja, Marina -- Quasthoff, Thomas -- Savastano, Marie Virginia -- Urmana, Violeta -- Vargas, Ramon -- Vogt, Klaus Florian
Label/Producer: C Major
Chamber Music - BEETHOVEN, L. van / KREISLER, F. / PARADIS, M.T. von. / RAVEL, M. / SCHUMANN, R. (Argerich, Gitlis) (Verbier Festival, 2011)
Chamber Music - BEETHOVEN, L. van / KREISLER, F. / PARADIS, M.T. von. / RAVEL, M. / SCHUMANN, R. (Argerich, Gitlis) (Verbier Festival, 2011)
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Kreisler, Fritz -- Paradis, Maria Theresia von -- Ravel, Maurice -- Schumann, Robert -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists: Argerich, Martha -- Buniatishvili, Kathia -- Capucon, Gautier -- Capucon, Renaud -- Gitlis, Ivry -- Goerner, Nelson -- Wang, Yuja
Label/Producer: EuroArts
CLASSIC ARCHIVE: Martha Argerich Celebration (A)
CLASSIC ARCHIVE: Martha Argerich Celebration (A)
Composers: Prokofiev, Sergey -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists: Argerich, Martha -- Groves, Charles -- London Symphony Orchestra -- Previn, Andre -- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Label/Producer: Ideale Audience
CLASSIC YO-YO MA (Classical Documentary, 2001)
CLASSIC YO-YO MA (Classical Documentary, 2001)
Composers: Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Dvorak, Antonin -- Piazzolla, Astor -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra -- Ax, Emanuel -- Barenboim, Daniel -- Boston Symphony Orchestra -- Koopman, Ton -- Ma, Yo-Yo -- McFerrin, Bobby -- Ozawa, Seiji -- St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra -- Stern, Isaac -- Tan, Dun -- Temirkanov, Yuri
Label/Producer: EuroArts
DIVINE DANCERS (Prague Ballet, 2006)
DIVINE DANCERS (Prague Ballet, 2006)
Composers: Brel, Jacques -- Gershwin, George -- Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich -- Massenet, Jules -- Pugni, Cesare -- Purcell, Henry -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Weill, Kurt
Artists: Alexandrova, Maria -- Baey, Delphine -- Filin, Sergey -- Franciosi, Viviana -- Herment, Jean-Jacques -- Hoffmann, Natalia -- Jude, Charles -- Kaftira, Altin -- Kutcheruk, Oksana -- Mikhalev, Roman -- Semionova, Polina -- Simkin, Daniil -- Simkin, Dmitri -- Tuma, Marek -- Zelensky, Igor
Label/Producer: EuroArts
EUROPA-KONZERT 1998 - WAGNER, R. / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I. / DEBUSSY, C. / VERDI, G. (Abbado)
EUROPA-KONZERT 1998 - WAGNER, R. / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I. / DEBUSSY, C. / VERDI, G. (Abbado)
Composers: Debussy, Claude -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Verdi, Giuseppe -- Wagner, Richard
Artists: Abbado, Claudio -- Alexis, Marie -- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Eric Ericson Chamber Choir -- Swedish Radio Choir
Label/Producer: EuroArts
EUROPA-KONZERT 2014 - NICOLAI, O. / ELGAR, E. / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I. (Barenboim)
EUROPA-KONZERT 2014 - NICOLAI, O. / ELGAR, E. / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I. (Barenboim)
Composers: Elgar, Edward -- Nicolai, Otto -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists: Barenboim, Daniel -- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Label/Producer: EuroArts
FUOCO SACRO - A Search for the Sacred Fire of Song (Documentary, 2021)
FUOCO SACRO - A Search for the Sacred Fire of Song (Documentary, 2021)
Composers: Abrahamsen, Hans -- Debussy, Claude -- Grisey, Gerard -- Mahler, Gustav -- Mascagni, Pietro -- Puccini, Giacomo -- Satie, Erik -- Strauss, Richard -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Verdi, Giuseppe
Artists: Bavarian State Orchestra -- Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra -- Grigorian, Asmik -- Hannigan, Barbara -- Jaho, Ermonela -- Leeuw, Reinbert de -- Petrenko, Kirill -- Piemontesi, Francesco -- Welser-Most, Franz
Label/Producer: Naxos
GALA FROM ST. PETERSBURG
GALA FROM ST. PETERSBURG
Composers: Bruch, Max -- Donizetti, Gaetano -- Leoncavallo, Ruggero -- Puccini, Giacomo -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Ravel, Maurice -- Respighi, Ottorino -- Saint-Saens, Camille -- Shostakovich, Dmitry -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Verdi, Giuseppe
Artists: Alekseev, Nikolai -- Hvorostovsky, Dmitri -- Maisky, Mischa -- Netrebko, Anna -- St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra -- Temirkanov, Yuri -- Tretyakov, Victor -- Virsaladze, Elisso
Label/Producer: EuroArts
GILTBURG, Boris: Five Minute Library (The) (Classical Documentary, 2021)
GILTBURG, Boris: Five Minute Library (The) (Classical Documentary, 2021)
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Liszt, Franz -- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Schumann, Robert -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists: Giltburg, Boris -- Glemser, Bernd -- Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra -- Wit, Antoni
Label/Producer: EuroArts
GLINKA, M.: Ruslan and Lyudmilla: Overture / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Nutcracker: Act II (Rozhdestvensky) (BBC Proms, 1981)
GLINKA, M.: Ruslan and Lyudmilla: Overture / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Nutcracker: Act II (Rozhdestvensky) (BBC Proms, 1981)
Composers: Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists: BBC Symphony Orchestra -- Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Label/Producer: ICA Classics
GLORY OF RUSSIA (THE) (Fleming, Hvorostovsky, Orbelian)
GLORY OF RUSSIA (THE) (Fleming, Hvorostovsky, Orbelian)
Composers: Bellini, Vincenzo -- Medtner, Nicolas -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Rubinstein, Anton -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Thomas, Ambroise -- Verdi, Giuseppe
Artists: Fleming, Renee -- Hvorostovsky, Dmitri -- Ilja, Ivari -- Kern, Olga -- Orbelian, Constantine -- St. Petersburg Orchestra of the State Hermitage
Label/Producer: C Major