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Tchaikovsky: The Seasons; 18 Morceaux; Aveu Passioné in E minor - Vladimir Ashkenazy (1999)

Genre: Classical

Much of Tchaikovsky's piano music is trivia written for the salon, so a pianist must select carefully to hold our interest. Ashkenazy plays the entire series commonly mistranslated as The Seasons (it should be The Months, of course), pieces Tchaikovsky ground out under pressure for a monthly magazine. The pressure seems to have inspired him, as these are lovely miniatures. The additional pieces are also lovely, especially the Berceuse from Op. 72 (Tchaikovsky's last piano music), a breathtakingly beautiful piece. Best of all, Ashkenazy plays this music with total sympathy and a kind of rich piano tone he doesn't always exhibit, convincingly caught by Decca's engineers. Tchaikovsky completists may want to look elsewhere, but this is as fine a single-disc selection of his piano music as you will find. --Leslie Gerber

On this CD:

1. Meditation, for piano in D major, Op. 72/5

2. Morceaux (6) for piano, Op. 51 No.2, Polka peu dansane

3. Aveu passionné, for piano in E minor

4. Morceaux (18) for piano, Op. 72 No.3, Tendre reproches

5. Morceaux (18) for piano, Op. 72 No.2, Berceuse

The seasons: Les Saisons, op.37a

6. January: At the fireside

7. February: Carnival

8. March: Song of the lark

9. April: Snowdrop

10. May: Starlight nights

11. June: Barcarolle

12. July: Song of the reaper

13. August: Harvest song

14. September: Hunting song

15. October: Autumn song

16. November: Troika

17. December: Christmas

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