Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Piano Works Vol. 1 (Viktoria Postnikova)

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Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1. Scherzo а la russe, Op. 1 No. 1
2. Impromptu, Op. 1 No. 2
3. Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2: 1. Ruines d'un chateau
4. Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2: 2. Scherzo
5. Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2: 3. Chant sans paroles
6. Valse-Caprice, Op. 4
7. Romanze, Op. 5
8. Valse-Scherzo, Op. 7
9. Capriccio, Op. 8
10. Trois morceaux, Op. 9: 1. Reverie
11. Trois morceaux, Op. 9: 2. Polka de  salon
12. Trois morceaux, Op. 9: 3. Mazurka de salon
13. Deux morceaux, Op. 10: 1. Nocturne
14. Deux morceaux, Op. 10: 2. Humoresque

Viktoria Postnikova, piano

Date: 1993

Label: Erato

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Romantic Russian composer. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, the Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, several symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin. Despite his many popular successes, Tchaikovsky's life was punctuated by personal crises and depression.

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Viktoria Postnikova (born 12 January 1944 in Moscow) is a Russian pianist. She graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1967. Postnikova received an honorable mention at the VII International Chopin Piano Competition in 1965, and won prizes at the Leeds, Vianna da Motta and Tchaikovsky Competitions. She took part in concerts, recordings and recitals at home and abroad with her husband, conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Her repertoire is extremely broad. She has recorded music by Tchaikovsky, Busoni, Janáček, Glinka, R. Strauss, Brahms, Chopin and Prokofiev for Decca, Erato, Chandos and Melodiya labels.

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