Inspired by Canto V of the "Inferno" of Dantes "Divine Comedy", Tchaikovsky initially planned to create an opera on the subject but abandoned the idea in favor the present 25-minute fantasia for orchestra in 1876, fininshing the score on November 17th of that year. Bearing all the hallmarks of the composers late romantic style, Francesca da Rimini takes full advantage of the powerful orchestral forces employed. The first performance was given on March 9, 1877 in Moscow, with the RMS Orchestra conducted by Nikolay Rubinstein. This is a newly engraved and reserached edition prepared by...

First composed in 1869, Tchaikovskys popular overture-fantasia was premiered in Moscow on March 16, 1870 with the Russian Musical Society under the baton of Nikolay Rubinstein. The composer expanded the work later that year, which was the first version published (1871, Berlin) and this second version was given in St. Petersburg at that citys branch of the RMS under Eduard Napravnik. Still not quite satisfied, Tchaikovsky revised the work again in 1880, the German publisher issuing the final version the following year. This is the standard version known and heard in concerts worldwide today....

Composed in 1872 and first performed in Moscow at the Russian Musica Society on February 7, 1873, Tchaikovskys second venture into the symphonic form was well-received, soon earning the nickname Little Russian due to his quotation of the Ukranian folk-song "The Crane" in the final movement. Despite the public popularity, the composer was not satisfied and revised the work fairly extensively in late 1879 and early 1880 - the standard version now performed. This new study score is a digitally-enhanced reissue of one first issued by Brucknerverlag a few years after the second world war edited by...

Newly edited and engraved study score for Tchaikovskys second ballet masterpiece. Includes Preface, Synopsis, and Cast of Characters. This is the complete orchestral score, not a piano reduction, based upon the composers autograph, the very rare first edition issued by P. Jurgenson, and the score from Tchaikovskys complete works. This score includes variants not present in the Soviet score. Sleeping Beauty was propelled into the permanent ballet repertoire immediately after the brilliant 1889 premiere by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov in St. Petersburgs Maryinsky Theatre. This new,...