Tchaikovsky Feature

Tchaikovsky is, without question (albeit a bit of competition from Liszt, Grieg, and Debussy), the pinnacle of classical music to me. I adore the entire Romantic Era (what is modernity how does it work), but Tchaikovsky is exceptional, so here are some of my preferred pieces.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born on the 7th of May, 1940, in Votkinsk, in the Russian Empire. Composing music from the age of 14, Tchaikovsky went on to study at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and, at the age of 26, began to teach at the Moscow Conservatory. Come the early 1870's, Tchaikovsky was becoming internationally noted for his moving, dramatic melodies. With aid by a hefty commission by Nadezhda von Meck, Tchaikovsky continued to compose such works as Eugene Onegin, The Nutcracker, and Swan Lake, among a myriad of other pieces.

Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 19, No. 4 (1873)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23, 1st Mvt. (1875)


Polonaise from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 (1878)


Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 - I. Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo - Allegro moderato (1880)


1812 Overture, Op. 49 (1880)


Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 - II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza (1888)


The Nutcracker, Op. 71 - Act II, Pas De Deux: Variation II: Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy (1892)