Piano Concerto no. 1 / Mozartiana Suite

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Philharmonia Orchestra & Neeme Järvi & Constantine Orbelian

Piano Concerto No. 1 and the Mozartiana Suite are orchestral works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1875 and 1887 respectively. The concerto is a large-scale Romantic piano-and-orchestra work characterised by broad, dramatic themes and virtuosic piano writing, while the Mozartiana Suite is a later orchestral homage to classical clarity and elegance, reflecting a shift in Tchaikovsky's output from youthful bravura towards more reflective, historically conscious orchestration.

Piano Concerto no. 1 / Mozartiana Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - album cover

First released: 1989

Classical

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1.
Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro no troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito
22:47
2.
Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: II. Andantino simplice - Prestissimo - Tempo 1
7:29
3.
Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: III. Allegro con fuoco
7:17
4.
Suite no. 4 in G major "Mozartiana", op. 61: I. Gigue. Allegro
1:46
5.
Suite no. 4 in G major "Mozartiana", op. 61: II. Menuet. Moderato
4:16
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Suite no. 4 in G major "Mozartiana", op. 61: III. Preghiera (d'après une transcription de F. Liszt). Andante non tanto
3:53
7.
Suite no. 4 in G major "Mozartiana", op. 61: IV. Thème et Variations. Allegro giusto
14:52