Credits:

Peeters, F.

Description:

Tchaikovsky composed more than 100 lyric songs called "Romances" during his lifetime. These "sound diaries" were Tchaikovsky's most treasured compositions, and they are colored with a variety of moods, from happiness to despair. Tchaikovsky loved his songs so much that he and his editors asked his contemporaries to arrange them into piano pieces, but Tchaikovsky himself supervised all arrangements to his satisfaction. The recording includes two fantasies based on Tchaikovsky's melodies, showing how his melodies captured the hearts of many. The performer, Severus, studied piano with Mikhail Voskresensky and Lev Naumov at the Berlin University of the Arts and the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He founded the Aurora Duo (quartet) to explore the possibilities of piano ensemble. Naxos Japan