Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; The Tempest; Eugene Onegin

On this CD:

1. Piano Concerto No. 1, for piano & orchestra (or 2 pianos) in B flat minor, Op. 23
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) with Joseph Banowetz
Conducted by Ondrej Lenard

2. The Tempest, fantasy-overture for orchestra in F minor, Op.18
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) with Joseph Banowetz
Conducted by Ondrej Lenard

3. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24 Polonaise
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) with Joseph Banowetz
Conducted by Ondrej Lenard

4. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24 Waltz
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) with Joseph Banowetz
Conducted by Ondrej Lenard

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; The Tempest; Eugene Onegin, Music, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Ondrej Lenard, CSSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), Joseph Banowetz, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Concerto, Opera, Orchestral, Piano Concerto, Romantic Overture for Orchestra, Russian Romantic Opera
The Life and Works of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
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  • A fascinating look at a tortured genius
 The Life and Works of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Antoni Wit , Gerhard Markson , Kenneth Jean , Michael Halasz , Ondrej Lenard , Philippe Entremont , Stefan Sanderling , CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra , National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland , National Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television , National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine , Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra , Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra , Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra , Wiener Kammerorchester , Bernd Glemser , Oxana Yablonskaya , Takako Nishizaki , and Vladimir Grishko
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ASIN: B0000669V2
Release Date: 2002-07-16

Tracks:

  1. Tchaikovsky In Early Childhood
  2. Music: Glinka: Overature To A Life For The Tsar
  3. Enforced Separation From His Mother
  4. Music: Tchaikovsky: Dumka, Op. 59
  5. Death Of His Mother
  6. Music: Reverie Du Soir
  7. Early Manhood: The Spendthrift Civil Servant
  8. Music: Minuet From Mozartina
  9. Dismissive Opinions Of Other Composers
  10. Music: The Storm
  11. Journey To A Breakdown
  12. Music: First Symphony
  13. Abortive Engagement
  14. The Advent Of Balakirev
  15. Music: Romeo And Juliet
  16. Travels And A Wounded Friendship
  17. Music: First Piano Concerto

Tracks:

  1. Reforming The Ballet
  2. Music: The Rose Adagio From The Sleeping Beauty
  3. Bizet's Carmen Has A Major Effect On Tchaikovsky's Music
  4. Music: Francesca Da Rimini
  5. A Compositional Paradox
  6. Music: Rococo Variations
  7. The Struggle Of Despair And Hope: He Decides To Marry
  8. Music: The Tempest
  9. The Advent Of Nadezhda Von Meck
  10. Music: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz
  11. The Disastrous Road To Matrimony
  12. Music: Romeo And Juliet
  13. Marriage, Trauma, And A Fairy Tale Annuity
  14. Letter To Mme Von Meck
  15. Music: Romeo And Juliet

Tracks:

  1. Recorvery And Creativity
  2. Music: Fourth Symphony
  3. The Creation Of His Favorite Opera
  4. Music: Lensky's Aria From Eugene Onegin
  5. The Return To Compositional Health
  6. Music: Violin Concerto In D
  7. He Experiences Distressing Relapses
  8. Music: Capriccio Italien
  9. Psychological Disturbances And A Long Fallow Period
  10. Music: Piano Trio In A Minor
  11. Sufferings For Mme Von Meck; He Decides To Settle Down
  12. Music: Manfred Symphony
  13. Conducting Tours And Domestic Bliss
  14. Music: Fifth Symphony
  15. More Conducting Tours, And A Working Holiday In Italy
  16. Music: Souvenir De Florence

Tracks:

  1. The Rift With Mme Von Meck
  2. Music: Sixth Symphony (Second Movement)
  3. His Obsession With 'Bob' Davydov; Adventures In America
  4. Music: Fifth Symphony
  5. Further American Adventures
  6. A Trip To Niagara
  7. Music: Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)
  8. A Darker Episode
  9. Music: Voyevode
  10. Portrait Of A Conductor
  11. A Hero's Return
  12. Music: Sixth Symphony
  13. The Mystery Surrounding His Death
  14. Music: First Piano Concerto

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A fascinating look at a tortured genius.......2002-08-21

Naxos continues to do a wonderful job with its "Life and Works" series. Quite some time ago, we had a Life/Works of Mozart, one of Chopin and then two more, Liszt and Beethoven. he latter are even better packaged than are the earlier sets, with a thick booklet that offers us essays on the historical background, the position of the composer in his time, a look at the major works, a listening plan, recommended readings, personalities, a calendar of the artist's life, a glossary, and a discography. This booklet is worth the price of the set alone.

Now we have two more entries in this amazing series, again written and narrated by Jeremy Siepmann: "Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky" (8.558036-39) with a playing time of 4 hrs. 5 min. and "Johann Sebastian Bach" (8.558051-54) with a playing time of 4 hrs. 34 minutes. (Please see my comments on the Bach set on its webpage.)

Was there ever a sadder composer than Tchaikovsky? Siepmann practically introduces us to the child in his cradle and covers his 53 or so years of torment over his music, his sexuality, his impossibly hopeless marriage his strange relationship with Mme von Meck, and above all his music.


To make the recording more vivid, the producers have assigned professional actors the roles of the composer himself (Malcolm Sinclair), the women in his life (Karen Archer and Teresa Gallagher) and the men (Stephen Thorne and David Timson). There are many music examples (drawn, of course, from Naxos recordings), some of them considerably longer than necessary. For example, the "Sugar Plum Fairy" is heard at length to represent all of the "Nutcracker" score when several shorter samplings would have served the purpose better. But this has been true for the entire series, and perhaps the producers will rethink this aspect.
Famous Piano Concertos (Box Set)
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    ASIN: B0000013I1
    Release Date: 1996-06-18

    Tracks:

    1. Allegro Maestoso - Istvan Szekely
    2. Romance. Larghetto. Rondo. Vivace - Istvan Szekely
    3. Maestoso - Istvan Szekely
    4. Larghetto - Istvan Szekely
    5. Allegro Vivace - Istvan Szekely

    Tracks:

    1. Allegro Non Tropppo E Molto Maestoso - Allegro Con Spirito - Joseph Banowetz
    2. Andantino Semplice-Prestissimo - Joseph Banowetz
    3. Allegro Con Fuoco - Joseph Banowetz
    4. The Tempest Op.18 - Joseph Banowetz
    5. Polonaise - Joseph Banowetz
    6. Waltz - Joseph Banowetz

    Tracks:

    1. Moderato - Jeno Jando
    2. Adagio Sostenuto - Jeno Jando
    3. Allegro Scherzando - Jeno Jando
    4. Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Op.43 - Jeno Jando

    Tracks:

    1. Allegro Con Brio - Stefan Vladar
    2. Adagio - Stefan Vladar
    3. Rondo: Molto Allegro - Stefan Vladar
    4. Allegro - Stefan Vladar
    5. Adagio Un Poco Mosso - Stefan Vladar
    6. Rondo: Allegro - Stefan Vladar
    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; The Tempest; Eugene Onegin
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    • Pale and distant sound
    		 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; The Tempest; Eugene Onegin

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    ASIN: B0000013KR
    Release Date: 1992-06-30

    Tracks:

    1. Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso-Allegro Con Spirito
    2. Andantino Semplice-Prestissimo
    3. Allegro Con Fuoco
    4. The Tempest, Op.18
    5. Polonaise
    6. Waltz

    Customer Reviews:

    2 out of 5 stars Pale and distant sound.......2004-10-17

    What makes this Naxos CD susceptible to being marked down is, in the first instance, the recorded sound, which is pale and rather distant and has the effect of nullifying any enthusiasm that the musicians may have brought to the recording sessions. The Piano Concerto is played comparatively rapidly, and Joseph Banowetz, while demonstrating his virtuoso abilities with regard to moving his fingers over the keyboard, seems (to me, at any rate) to fail to differentiate between the differing moods that the music would have been able to evoke if only he had varied his tempi somewhat. A comparison with the equally low-priced 1983 digital recording with Viktoria Postnikova and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (on Decca) makes it plain that this music has so much more intensity, so much more color, so much more in the way of variety and message than Banowetz/Lénard are able to conjure up.

    Tchaikovsky's 'Tempest' after Shakespeare is an evocative piece that is here played acceptably by the CSR Symphony Orchestra, but again the pale, somewhat cavernous sound fails to do the performance justice. And the excerpts from 'Eugen Onegin' just do not bear comparison with the recently re-released version by the Berlin Philharmonic directed by Herbert von Karajan (1972, Deutsche Grammophon).
    Great Pianists of the 20th Century: The Complete Edition
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    		 Great Pianists of the 20th Century: The Complete Edition
    Great Pianists of the Twentieth Century
    Manufacturer: Polygram Records
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    ASIN: B00002EITP
    Release Date: 1999-10-26

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Wonderful set.......2004-10-24

    This set is for serious piano fans, not for the ones who just start building up a CD library. I sort of agree with one of the reviewers, that there are many repetitions. But if you love piano, you wish to hear the same piece in different interpretations. Indeed, I really like this feature of this set: I can compare the style of various performers.
    If you are into piano music, I encourage you to grab this set, if you can find it used (not available anymore at Amazon). I also hope, that there will be a continuation, in which other great pianists, who were left out because of the space limitation, will be included (Prokofiev, Bartok, Dohnanyi, etc).

    2 out of 5 stars Don't buy the whole thing.......2001-07-08

    I've put a lot of thought into constructing my own piano library, and unless you can easily afford the present set, I would recommend a different approach to collecting piano music. This set emphasizes the piano player rather than the piano composer. Of course both are important. For example, the "Barcarolle" appears in this set EIGHT times. I'm sorry, although I love the piece, if I am going to spend [the money], I would prefer more variety. Where are the Alkan, Medtner, and Szymanawski compositions represented in this set? I appreciate having so many interpretations of the same pieces, but I would also appreciate more exposure to pieces not so popular. The selection by Philips which I consider a somewhat popular selection suggests to me that when Philips constructed this set, they realized most people would be buying the disks separately, and this affected the selection. And it's not just that obscure composers are left out, but also if one spends so much money on piano recordings, you'd think you'd want to buy pieces from a composer in completeness. For example, an alternative way to construct a library would be to combine purchases of complete cycles, e.g. complete Beethoven sonatas, complete Scriabin preludes, etc., along with outstanding recordings of more particular pieces. I'm not sure why someone would want to concentrate so much on so many famous artists, instead of acquiring complete sets of compositions. For me the composer is more important, or at least, if I am going to spend [the money]on piano recordings, I'd prefer more complete, rather than snapshot, exposure to the composers.

    5 out of 5 stars Not Insane.......2001-01-02

    I had to write this review, as I am enthralled with this set. I have been going through it in order having already purchased a few individual units from the collection earlier. I am not sure what `insane' was talking about as there is NO repetition. Sure some pianists perform the same pieces, isn't that what they did in reality? The idea is to appreciate the different nuances and approaches taken by these artists. You will then enjoy these pieces from a better vantage.

    It is a large ambitious contribution to the art of great piano playing. It is a labor of love and represents a tremendous amount of research and cooperation between many record companies. Rather then representing insanity, it is a resource to treasure.

    Yes experts can quibble over who was left out, and what performances were inserted. I do not think such a massive undertaking could have been accomplished without someone being able to find faults. Overall however, unless you already have a monumental collection, (it would have to be almost legendary), this incredible set will give you a rewarding look into 74 of the greatest pianist of all time. You will come away with a honed sense of appreciation for your likes and dislikes. You will undoubtedly become someone who will search out recordings and be able to enjoy them for the rest of your life with a refined ear.

    The only negative is this price. I would shop around, as it is daunting to spend 2 thousand dollars on such a collection. Of course you do get 200 CD's. However, the used collections might be good to consider.

    Enjoy these masterpieces. I am not ashamed of owning this music as `insane' implies. I am proud to have enriched my life.

    2 out of 5 stars insane.......2000-10-12

    This is not a good library of piano music. The reason is, there is too much repetition. I'm not saying the series is bad. The series is wonderful. But this collection as a whole is a bad libary. For the same money you could collect together (with more effort) an incredible libary of piano music. There are so many wonderful cd's out there, this is just a waste of money. If you can actually afford to spend 2 grand on piano music, then either (1) spend the time and do some research to get a good library of piano music, which will probably include some selections from this collection, or (2) hire someone to do that for you. Personally I would be embarrassed to own this whole collection, since that shows I have put little thought into my purchases of piano music.

    5 out of 5 stars For the real music lover.......2000-03-12

    This series attempts to present important and representative performances by most of the major pianists of the 20th century. One might quibble a bit with the choices, but the works presented are of consistently high quality, and often do represent what may be the best works of a performer. Since this covers most of the time that recorded music existed, some of the recordings are technically challenged, as there is only so much one can do to enhance an old recording. Still, these appear to have been treated with love and respect in their restorations. Since this series is so large (and expensive!) one is tempted to "cherry pick" through the series, yet by doing so one can easily overlook gems by artists one is less familiar with. This large a set must inevitably have many versions of the same pieces, and takes many hours to listen to. The true enthusiast will appreciate the differences in interpretation, whereas the less experienced listener may find the set repetitive and overwhelming. If one has the time to really dig into this set, it can provide years of exploration and discovery. It would make a wonderful gift for some special music lover in your life ... or for yourself!

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    1. Tchaikovsky: Russian Ballet
    2. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Serenade Melancolique; Souvenir d'un lieu cher
    3. The Voice of Romance
    4. Thomas Wilson: Die Werke für Klavier solo
    5. Tippett,Sir Michael: Choral Works
    6. Verdi's Masterworks
    7. Vivaldi Violin Concertos
    8. Wagner: Meistersinger von Nürnberg WWV96; Tristan und Isolde WWV90
    9. Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser (Orchestral Highlights)
    10. When Harry Met Sally: The Ultimate Tribute

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