Classic FM

Characterful Tchaikovsky String Quartets

Tchaikovsky’s Quartet No.2 is typical of its composer without being a masterpiece. Quartet No.3, however, is just that, with its magnificent slow movement including an impressive evocation of Russian ...
Gramophone

TCHAIKOVSKY Complete String Quartets; String Sextet

String Quartet No. 2 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Danel Quartet String Quartet Movement Danel Quartet Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer String Quartet No. 3 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer ...
The Guardian

Tchaikovsky; Shostakovich: Serenade for Strings Op 48; String Quartet Op 68 No 2 CD review – graceful, fluent, crystal-clear

Built around a dozen string players, the Scottish Ensemble is a byword for vigorous music-making, combining the prowess of solo playing with the discipline of small-scale ensemble. Here they find ...
NPR

Tchaikovsky's Strings

Tchaikovsky excelled at writing for strings. And we'll hear a good example when the Canadian group I Musici de Montreal (ee MOO-zee-chee duh Montreal) plays the "Serenade for Strings" in concert at ...
The Financial Times

Tchaikovsky: String Quartets 1 and 3 — review

Imagine being in the audience for the musical soirée at the Moscow Conservatoire in 1876 when Tchaikovsky met Tolstoy. For years afterwards the composer recalled how Tolstoy was so moved by the slow ...
Houston Public Media

Mercury Plays Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings

This weekend at the Wortham Center, Mercury-the Orchestra Redefined offers an evening of music for strings featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Mendelssohn. Artistic Director Antoine Plante ...
The Guardian

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; Souvenir de Florence CD review – startlingly good

Tchaikovsky is a natural choice for the debut recording of the Russian Virtuosi of Europe, an impressive collection of soloists, chamber musicians, conservatoire teachers and orchestral principals – ...
Global News

Strauss and Tchaikovsky: The String Sextets – April 28-30

Apr 28, 2021 - Apr 30, 2021 | 12:00 PM - 11:45 PM Add to Calendar 28-04-2021 12:00 30-04-2021 23:45 America/Toronto Strauss and Tchaikovsky: The String Sextets – April 28-30 Praised for “fantastic ...
Chattanoogan.com

String Theory To Present Spectacular Sextet: “Tchaikovsky And Brahms”

String Theory at the Hunter, in partnership with Lee University and the Hunter Museum of American Art, will continue its 13th season on Tuesday, April 5, at 6:30 p.m., with “Tchaikovsky and Brahms.” ...
Classic FM

When soloist Ray Chen snapped a string mid-Tchaikovsky, and handled it like a boss

Taiwanese-Australian violinist Ray Chen gives us all a lesson in how to recover an unexpected instrument mishap without missing a beat. While performing Tchaikovsky’s majestic Violin Concerto with the ...
Gramophone

TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartets Nos 1 & 3

String Quartet No. 1 Heath Quartet Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer String Quartet No. 3 Heath Quartet Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer ‘Why always the Andante? They do not seem to want to know ...