Suites for Orchestra: No. 3, op. 55 / No. 4, op. 61 "Mozartiana"

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra & Stefan Sanderling

Suites for Orchestra: No. 3, Op. 55 and No. 4, Op. 61 "Mozartiana" are orchestral suites by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1884 and 1887 respectively. The works blend late-Romantic orchestration with an explicit nod to classical forms, the third suite emphasising Tchaikovsky's lyrical writing and rich orchestral colour while Mozartiana revisits and reinterprets earlier classical material as part of the composer's late-career interest in historical models.