Pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Theatre: The Railway Children Oxenhope Station, West Yorkshire ...

Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathétique’; Souvenir de Florence Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Domingo Hindoyan Onyx ONYX4259 81:54 mins In 1890, Tchaikovsky returned home from a spell in Italy with the ske

Norman Lebrecht on Music HE WORKED SO ...

When we think of all things Italian, in general terms, what do we think of? And how does that translate into music? As a musician, one might think of the heightened emotions of the Romantic era – spec

THE INSIDE TRACK

When you’re speaking to someone devastatingly fluent in four tongues (Italian, German, French and English) the subject of language naturally leads to some curiosity. Especially from a somewhat green-e