BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky: Overtures, Vol. 2 – SUPER-AUDIO CD

Title: Tchaikovsky: Overtures, Vol. 2
Artist: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Label: Chandos
Product Type: SUPER-AUDIO CD
UPC: 095115533123
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2024-03-15
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: HYBRID SACD

Alpesh Chauhan’s début recording for Chandos – Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (CHSA 5300) – met with widespread critical acclaim and awards, including recording of the week for both The Times and Presto Music, and the BBC Music magazine’s Orchestral Choice. This second volume – with the same forces – offers equally crisp and attentive playing from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, in another album that mixes well-known and less-heard Tchaikovsky. Three purely orchestral works form the core of the programme: Fatum (an early concert piece inspired by and dedicated to Balakirev), Hamlet (the last of his Shakespeare-inspired pieces), and Capriccio italien. These are interspersed with works conceived for the theatre: the Introduction to his opera The Queen of Spades and excerpts from The Oprichnik (an early opera) and The Snow Maiden (incidental music for a play by Ostrovsky). The album was recorded in Glasgow City Halls in SURROUND-SOUND and is available as a hybrid SACD.

Tracks:
1.1 Fatum, Op. posth. 77 in C minor
1.5 Capriccio italien, Op. 45 in A major
1.6 Snow Maiden, Op. 12~Introduction, from Prologue. Moderato assai