Tchaikovsky - Piano Music

Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky

Thanks to his remarkable talent for writing music with memorable melodies and strong emotional content, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) became the author of some of the most well-known classical music across a range of genres: opera, ballet, orchestral and chamber music. From an early age he showed exceptional talent at the piano. When he was fourteen, Tchaikovsky’s mother died – a severe shock to the young composer who had already showed signs of a nervous disposition. As a young man Tchaikovsky was sent to St. Petersburg to study law, but his talent and love for music was stronger than family expectations. In 1862 he entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory, studying composition with Anton Rubinstein. Tchaikovsky made splendid progress and only five years later he was offered a professorship of harmony at the new conservatory in Moscow. He suffered a nervous breakdown, but still managed to finish his first symphony, and to produce during the next seven or eight years three more symphonies, two operas, the ballet Swan Lake (1875) and several chamber music works. In 1877, when Tchaikovsky was a well-established composer, another tragic episode occurred: Tchaikovsky married one of his most ardent admirers, Antonina Ivanovna Milyukova. Their marriage lasted only a couple of months, but the disastrous union provoked the composer into an unsuccessful suicide attempt. Despite his personal instability and distress, Tchaikovsky continued to turn out brilliant compositions, including the Serenade for Strings (1881), the 1812 Overture (1882), The Nutcracker (1890), Sleeping Beauty (1892) and more symphonies. He also had great success as a conductor going on tours across Europe. Shortly after the first performance of his tragic sixth symphony, Pathétique, in October 1893, the composer died – officially of cholera, but according to rumour from poison, which he had been forced to take in order to avoid a scandal involving his homosexuality.

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Total pieces by Tchaikovsky: 112

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Concertos

Andante and Finale - for piano and orchestra Op. 79 N/A 18938+
Piano Concerto 1 Op. 23B-flat Minor 18758+
Piano Concerto 2 Op. 44 G Major 18808+
Piano Concerto 3 Op. 75 E-flat Major 18938+

Sonatas

Sonata Op. 37 G Major 18788+
Sonata Op. 80 C-sharp Minor 18658+

Two Pieces Op. 1

1. Scherzo à la russe B-flat Major 18678+
2. Impromptu E-flat Minor 18678+

Three Pieces Op. 9

1. Rêverie D Minor 18708+
2. Polka de salon B-flat Major 18708
3. Mazurka de salon D Minor 18708

Two Pieces Op. 10

1. Nocturne F Major 18727
2. Humoresque E Minor 18727

Six Pieces Op. 19

1. Rêverie du soir G Minor 18737
2. Scherzo humoristique D Major 18738
3. Feuillet d'album D Major 18737
4. Nocturne C-sharp Minor 18737
5. Capriccioso B-flat Major 18738
6. Theme and Variations F Major 18738+

Six Pieces Op. 21

1. Prelude B Major 18738
2. Fugue G-sharp Minor 18738+
3. Impromptu C-sharp Minor 18738+
4. Funeral March A-flat Minor 18738+
5. Mazurka A-flat Minor 18738+
6. Scherzo A-flat Major 18738+

The Seasons Op. 37

1. January - By the Fireside A Major 18767
2. February - Carnival D Major 18767
3. March - Song of the Lark G Minor 18767
4. April - Snowdrop B-flat Major 18767
5. May - White Nights G Major 18767
6. June - Barcarolle G Minor 18767
7. July - The Reaper's Song E-flat Major 18766
8. August - The Harvest B Minor 18767
9. September - The Hunt G Major 18767
10. October - Autumn Song D Minor 18766
11. November - In the Troika E Major 18767
12. December - Christmas A-flat Major 18766

Album for the Young Op. 39

1. Morning Prayer G Major 18783
2. Winter Morning B Minor 18786
3. Mama G Major 18784
4. The Little Horseman D Major 18786
5. Marches of the Wooden Soldier D Major 18784
6. The New Doll B-flat Major 18785
7. The Sick Doll G Minor 18783
8. The Doll's Burial C Minor 18784
9. Waltz E-flat Major 18785
10. Polka B-flat Major 18785
11. Mazurka D Minor 18784
12. Russian Song F Major 18784
13. The Peasant Plays an Introduction B-flat Major 18785
14. Folk Song D Major 18786
15. Italian Song D Major 18784
16. Old French Melody G Minor 18783
17. German Song E-flat Major 18785
18. Neapolitan Song E-flat Major 18785
19. The Old Maid-Servant's Tale C Major 18785
20. The Witch E Minor 18786
21. Sweet Reverie C Major 18784
22. Song of the Lark G Major 18785
23. In Church E Minor 18784
24. The Hurdy-Gurdy G Major 18785

Twelve Pieces Op. 40

1. Etude G Major 18788
2. Sad Song B-flat Major 18785
3. Funeral March C Minor 18787
4. Mazurka C Major 18787
5. Mazurka D Major 18787
6. Song Without words A Minor 18785
7. In the Village A Minor 18788
8. Waltz A-flat Major 18787
9. Waltz F-sharp Minor 18787
10. Russian Dance A Minor 18787
11. Scherzo D Minor 18788
12. Rêverie interrompue A-flat Major 18787

Six Pieces Op. 51

1. Valse de salon A-flat Major 18828+
2. Polka peu dansante B Minor 18828
3. Menuetto scherzoso E-flat Major 18828+
4. Natha-Valse A Major 18828
5. Romance F Major 18828
6. Valse sentimentale F Minor 18827

Eighteen Pieces Op. 72

1. Impromptu F Minor 18938
2. Berceuse A-flat Major 18938
3. Tendres reproches C-sharp Minor 18937
4. Danse caractéristique D Major 18937
5. Méditation D Major 18938
6. Mazurka pour danser B-flat Major 18937
7. Polacca de concert E-flat Major 18938+
8. Dialogue B Major 18938
9. Un poco di Schumann D-flat Major 18937
10. Scherzo-fantaisie E-flat Minor 18938+
11. Valse-bluette E-flat Major 18938
12. L'espiègle E Major 18937
13. Echo rustique E-flat Major 18938
14. Chant élégiaque D-flat Major 18938
15. Un poco di Chopin C-sharp Minor 18938
16. Valse à cinq temps D Major 18938
17. Passé lointain E-flat Major 18937
18. Scéne dansante: Invitation au trépak C Major 18938+

Miscellaneous pieces

Waltz - from the opera "Eugen Onegin" D Major -3
Impromptu-Caprice G Major 18848+
Impromptu A-flat Major 18896
Valse-Scherzo TH 146A Major 18897
Aveu passioné E Minor 18927
Military March B-flat Major 18938+
Souvenir de Hapsal Op. 2E Minor 18678+
Valse-Caprice Op. 4 D Major 18688+
Romance Op. 5F Minor 18688
Waltz - Scherzo Op. 7A Major 18686
Capriccio Op. 8G-flat Major 18708+
Polka de Salon Op. 9B-flat Major 18708+
Nocturne Op. 10 No. 1F Major 18718
Sentimental Waltz Op. 51 No. 6F Minor 18737
Dumka Op. 59C Minor 18738+


Forum posts about Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky

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For me.... tchaikovskys piano concerto no 1 is the only composition that comes close to chopin. But after my own taste, chopins piano concer...

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Why his 2nd and 3rd piano concertos are so often neglected? I have never heard them or about them before today. Thanks for any answers. Jak...

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