In honor of the 175-year anniversary of Pyotr Tchaikovsky

I part

Serenade for Nikolay Rubinstein’s Name-Day

Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op.42
1. Méditation
2. Scherzo
3. Mélodie
Alexander Kalashkov (violin)

“Night” on poem by Daniil Rathaus, op. 73 No 2
Alexander Kireev (baritone)

“Only You Alone” on poem by Alexei Pleshcheev after Ada Christen, op. 57 No 6
Agunda Kulaeva (mezzo-soprano)

“Exploit” on poem by Alexei Khomyakov, op. 60 No 11
Alexander Kireev (baritone)

“Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass” on poem by Ivan Surikov, op. 47 No 7
Agunda Kulaeva (mezzo-soprano)


II part

Elegy for String Orchestra (“A Grateful Greeting”)

“If Only I Had Known” on poem by Alexei Tolstoy, op. 47 No 1
Maria Lobanova (soprano)

“Amid the Din of the Ball” on poem by Alexei Tolstoy, op. 38 No 3
Alexander Naumenko (bass)

“Whether day dawns” on poem by Alexei Apukhtin, op. 47 No 6
Maria Lobanova (soprano)

“I Bless You, Forests” on poem by Alexei Tolstoy, op. 47 No 5
Alexander Naumenko (bass)

Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra, Op.33
Pyotr Kondrashin (cello)

Bolshoi Theatre Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Alexander Soloviev