Tchaikovsky's father was a successful mining engineer while his mother was the artistic, sensitive one, French by birth, and a good linguist. Pyotr was the second of her six children. He had a good ...

Following the enormous success with his first DG-album Waves, a tribute to French composers and nature themes, Liu now puts his focus on the intimate and expressive solo piano music of Tchaikovsky.

Haydn, Schumann, Bruckner, and Sibelius all wrote grand symphonies in E-flat major. It is the key of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, certainly Russia’s greatest victory music, and of John Philip Sousa’s ...

Tchaikovsky: The Seasons is released digitally, on CD and on vinyl on 1 November 2024. Special editions of both the LP and the Deluxe Edition CD, complete with signed art card, will be available ...