Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (18401893)
Les Saisons (The Seasons), Op. 37a or Op. 37b (18751876)
June ("Barcarolle") in G minor
Nikolai Lugansky, 2016

Andante cantabile Poco più mosso Allegro giocoso Tempo I


"Tchaikovsky was commissioned to write his twelve short pieces for solo piano by Nikolay Matveyevich Bernard, editor of the Russian musicaltheatrical journal Nuvellist, to be published successively throughout the year. Each piece was given a subtitle and an accompanying verse that sensitively matched words to music or music to words as it’s not clear how much say Tchaikovsky had in the choice of texts. Best known are certainly the lilting June (Barcarolle) and the snowy November (Troika), highly praised and loved by Rachmaninov.”

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