Tschaikovsky's Greatest Hits

My mother calls me a Sugar Plum and sometimes a Sour Dough.

You must weigh over 200 lbs

But I love sourdough bread

His 50lb Megalog?

Or his pebbledash spraypaint geyser,?

Oh..HITS,i misheard!!

Listened to him just this morning!

1812 Overture
Serenade for Strings
Symphony No. 6 (The Passionate Symphony)

Such a wonderful composer. Definitely one of my favs.

[link to m.youtube.com (secure)]

That's good

[link to m.youtube.com (secure)]

i like this one

For the win!
End of thread/

For the win!
End of thread/

Pretty much like his 80s and 90s mostly. :-D

I know what you mean about diving and being soured.

I think all the acclaimed composers have phenomenal, almost inhuman achievements, but if I dig through a catalog then it feels like I'm hearing too much, like I jumped into the deep end and there's too much water.

Van Cliburn playing Tschaikovsky's First Piano Concerto to win the competition in Moscow at the peak of the cold war. He played so well and won the hearts of the Russian audience. The judges called Khrushchev to see if was OK to award the top prize to an American.

"Cliburn famously tore into Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto, awing the Soviet judges. But they remained unsure whether they could give the prize to an American. As the popularly recounted story goes, the judges sought Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's approval. "Is he the best?" Khrushchev asked. The judges replied yes. "Then give him the prize," Khrushchev said."



Last Edited by Crypto-Tard on 11/03/2021 11:28 PM

IDK how this is FTW it's just long chords held forever.

Where's the through line and melody?

While his 5th Symphony is widely regarded as his best, his 4th is my favorite, and perhaps even more emotional.



[link to www.youtube.com (secure)]

This is what they will play as I am dragged off to room 101

for re-education.

Not Tschaikovsky, but same grove.

Here's a song about Stravinsky's Only Hit...

[link to youtu.be (secure)]

3 1/2 minute clip from the 2011 Sydney Australia
presentation of Rachmaninoff's Concert #2
by pianist Lang Lang. Beautiful. The last 2 minutes
were the theme music to "Somewhere in Time" one of
Christopher Reeves ("Superman 1980's") final movies
before his injury at a Polo game.

Last Edited by The Oracle's Cookie on 11/13/2021 06:17 AM

[ [link to m.youtube.com (secure)]

Last Edited by cdn-joe on 11/13/2021 07:59 AM

Here's one my my personal favorites