There’s no shame in writing music to orders from on high, but it’s going a bit far to say – as does Leonid Gakkiel in his booklet note for this new recording – that Tchaikovsky, a ‘monarchist’ whose ...

I have not downloaded Qobuz for Windows / MacOS yet Download the Qobuz app Erich Kunzel, Conductor, MainArtist - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - ...

Bojan Bujic on the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra’s decision to remove the Russian composer’s work from its programme The cannon effects in Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture – a bombastic adornment to a ...

The Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra faced further backlash today over its decision to cancel Russian composer Tchaikovsky - as it promised it was just a 'one-off' while war waged. Music fans and ...

The famous 1812 Overture celebrates Russia’s “Patriotic War,” which is one of the origins of the Russian people’s perception that they are victims of the West. There is a growing movement among ...

Expect to hear a whole lot of the Russian National Anthem in this collection of festive Tchaikovsky. The pieces were, of course, all made to measure and Tsar Alexander III will have deemed them a good ...

Confetti falls at the end of the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular in Boston on July 4, 2017. In 1974, the Boston Pops added cannons, church bells and fireworks to draw crowds to their Independence ...

For the first time in the 22-year history of the Classic FM Hall of Fame, Tchaikovsky's cannon-fuelled epic has reached the No.1 spot. Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending falls to No.3 After four ...

If anyone is really drawn to this disc by the handsomely-torsoed Romeo on the cover, then he (if I guess the gay-male marketing target right) will be disappointed by the lack of ‘sexy’ music in ...

One of the more remarkable feats of Peter Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture,” is how he manages to cram a bit of European geopolitical history into 15 minutes of music. As a quick clarification; this piece ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The piece was originally named Festival Overture, The Year 1812 and Tchaikovsky wrote it in 1880 for ...