Artist: Vladimir Tropp

Title: Seasons

Condition: Used Very Good

Format: CD

Release Date: 2021

Label: Fondamenta

UPC: 194398054728

Genre: Classical

Album Tracks

1. Morceaux (2) for Piano, Op. 10-No. 1. Nocturne in F Major
2. Seasons, Op. 37A-January: By the Hearth
3. Seasons, Op. 37A-February: The Carnival
4. Seasons, Op. 37A-March: Song of the Lark
5. Seasons, Op. 37A-April: Snowdrop
6. Seasons, Op. 37A-May: White Nights
7. Seasons, Op. 37A-June: Barcarolle
8. Seasons, Op. 37A-July: Reaper's Song
9. Seasons, Op. 37A-August: The Harvest
10. Seasons, Op. 37A-September: The Hunt
11. Seasons, Op. 37A-October: Autumn Song
12. Seasons, Op. 37A-November: On the Troika
13. Seasons, Op. 37A-December: Christmas Tide
14. Nocturne in C Sharp minor, Op. 19, No. 4
1. Nocturne in F Major, Op. 10, No. 1
2. Seasons, Op. 37A-January: By the Hearth
3. Seasons, Op. 37A-February: The Carnival
4. Seasons, Op. 37A-March: Song of the Lark
5. Seasons, Op. 37A-April: Snowdrop
6. Seasons, Op. 37A-May: White Nights
7. Seasons, Op. 37A-June: Barcarolle
8. Seasons, Op. 37A-July: Reaper's Song
9. Seasons, Op. 37A-August: The Harvest
10. Seasons, Op. 37A-September: The Hunt
11. Seasons, Op. 37A-October: Autumn Song
12. Seasons, Op. 37A-November: On the Troika
13. Seasons, Op. 37A-December: Christmas Tide
14. Nocturne in C Sharp minor, Op. 19, No. 4

The Seasons, whose entire cycle is rarely recorded, provides striking testimony to Tchaikovsky's genius. In 1876, Nuvellist, a monthly magazine published in Saint Petersburg, commissioned Tchaikovsky to compose a piece for each issue. The result was twelve pieces, one for each month of the year, whose titles and epigraphs were drawn from the Russian poetry suggested by the editor. Each piece was inspired by nature and scenes of Russian life of the times. They come together in an extraordinary fresco, an allegory of the cycle of human life. Two Nocturnes, that are included here, add a further dimension of poetry and beauty.