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Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Borodin String Quartet; Leningrad : Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
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Compelling and passionate string masterpieces, performed with fervor and artistry. These pieces reflect the richness and depth of sound capable of the string ensemble when composed by a master.
Genre: Classical: Tchaikovsky
Release Date: 2003
Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Record Label: CDK Music
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33, 18:51 $0.99
Souvenir de Florence, string sextet in D minor, Op. 70; First M 10:15 $0.99
Second Movement: Adagio cantabile e con moto, 10:36 $0.99
Third Movement: Allegretto moderato, 6:20 $0.99
Fourth Movement: Allegro vivace, 6:53 $0.99
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Album Notes

Variations on a Rococo Theme by P. Tchaikovsky (1876) is a precious pearl of Russian classical music which incarnates expressiveness and sincerity of musical images, uprightness of feelings and moods, artistic simplicity of ideas, and clearness of form.

Professor of the Moscow Conservatory and P. Tchaikovsky's friend, V. Fitzenhagen was the first to perform "Variations on a Rococo Theme" together with the orchestra under N. Rubinstein. The performance took place at the Symphonic Assembly of the Moscow department of the Russian Music Society on November 18, 1877.

Sextet "Souvenir de Florence" for two violins, two violas and two cellos in D minor, Op. 70, was composed by P. Tchaikovsky in June - August 1890 and was altered in January, 1892. It was dedicated to the Chamber Music Society in St. Petersburg. The Sextet was a great success. The composer reached an almost orchestral richness of sound due to the abundance of imitations and the simultaneous combination of different motives.

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