String Serenades

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Edward Elgar & Antonín Dvořák & Ralph Vaughan Williams & Josef Suk & London Chamber Orchestra & Christopher Warren‐Green

The Serenade for Strings, Op. 48, is a composition by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, completed in 1880. Scored for string orchestra, it combines late-Romantic lyricism, classical forms and varied dance metres to produce rich string textures and contrasts between buoyant, waltz-like movements and more introspective slow sections, and it occupies a place in Tchaikovsky's output as a chamber-orchestra work bridging his symphonic writing and lighter orchestral forms.
First released: 2000

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Serenade for strings, Op. 48: Pezzo in forma di Sonatina: Andante non troppo - Allegro moderato
    8:11
  2. 2.
    The Lark Ascending, romance for violin & orchestra
    15:05
  3. 3.
    Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
    4:11
  4. 4.
    Serenade for strings, Op. 48: Waltz: Moderato, tempo di valse
    3:54
  5. 5.
    Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
    15:28
  6. 6.
    Serenade for strings, Op. 48: Elégie: Larghetto elegiaco
    9:00
  7. 7.
    Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 8: Andante con moto
    4:45
  8. 8.
    Serenade for strings, Op. 48: Finale: Tema russo: Andante - Allegro con spirito
    7:01
  9. 9.
    Serenade for strings in E major, Op. 22: Moderato
    4:36
  10. 10.
    Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 8: Allegro ma non troppo e grazioso
    5:00
  11. 11.
    Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 8: Adagio
    9:39
  12. 12.
    Serenade for strings in E major, Op. 22: Tempo di valse
    5:08
  13. 13.
    Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 8: Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo presto
    6:34
  14. 14.
    Serenade for strings in E major, Op. 22: Scherzo: Vivace
    4:43
  15. 15.
    Serenade for strings in E major, Op. 22: Larghetto
    5:45
  16. 16.
    Serenade for strings in E major, Op. 22: Finale: Allegro vivace - Moderato - Presto
    5:19
  17. 17.
    Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47
    12:53
  18. 18.
    Serenade for string orchestra in E minor, Op. 20: Allegro piacevole
    3:34
  19. 19.
    Serenade for string orchestra in E minor, Op. 20: Larghetto
    5:12
  20. 20.
    Serenade for string orchestra in E minor, Op. 20: Allegretto
    2:58

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