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Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840 – 1893)
Romances - Complete Collection
various artists
rec. 1962–1990
MELODIYA MELCD1002361 [6 CDs: 321:19]

We tend to think of Tchaikovsky as a composer of works on a grand scale: symphonies, ballets and operas but he also worked in more intimate formats. There's no shortage of lyrical piano pieces and songs – or romances as they are often titled, not only in Russia but also in the Scandinavian countries. There are no fewer than 103 romances in this genre and they span his whole creative life from his teens (CD 1 tr. 1) to the six romances op. 73 (CD 6 tr. 13 – 18), completed just before his swansong, the Pathétique sy

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