Alexander Vladimirovich Tchaikovsky

Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen

Updated 6 January 2007

Born

19 February 1946 in Moscow.

Education

He studied until 1967 at the Music College of Moscow and from 1967 until 1972 at the Moscow Conservatory (piano under Heinrich Neuhaus and Lev Naumov; composition under Tichon Khrennikov).
From 1972 until 1975 he studied composition under Tichon Khrennikov. Now he is a teacher in composition at the Moscow Conservatory.

Style

The style of his first works was neoclassic; his first works were piano pieces mainly. His Cello Concerto (1974) was the beginning of a neoromantic period. After this period he started to use new technics in composition. The basis of his works is traditional.

Works

String Quartet No. 1 (1968)

"French Songs-Ballads", vocal cycle to texts of oldtime French folk songs (1969)

1. A Sailor's Homecoming
2. Fibs
3. A Princess was Sitting at the Window
4. Renault
5. Margot's Song
Duration: 25 minutes.
String Quartet No. 2 (1970)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in three movements (1972)

Movements:
1. Toccata
2. Fantasia
3. March
Duration: 19 minutes.
String Quartet No. 3 (1973)

Cello concerto (1974)

Six variations on a theme.
Duration: 22 minutes.
Fantasia for piano "Reminiscences of the Music School" (1975)
Duration: 8 minutes.
"Grandfather laughs", excentric opera in two acts after fables after Ivan Krylov (1975)
Duration: 120 minutes.
"My Friend And I", humoresque for symphony orchestra, soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone (1976)
To words by Sergei Mikhalkov.
Duration: 20 minutes.
Serenada for violin and piano (1977)

Concerto for symphony orchestra "A TSSKA-Spartak Hockey Match" (1977)

Duration: 11 minutes.
Trio for violin, cello and piano in one movement (1977)
Duration: 17 minutes.

CD Marimba Classics 13995: Moscow Piano Trio

String Quartet No. 3 in two movements (1977)
Duration: 24 minutes.
Viola Concerto (1979)

"The Revisor", ballet after Gogol (1980)

Bassoon Concerto (1981)

Sonata for cello and piano (1981)

"Heading for the Sun", oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1982)

"Chromatic Dreams" for viola and piano (1984)

"In the Name of the Earth", oratorio for bass, organ, mixed chorus and orchestra (1984)

Symphony (1985)

Fantasy to Verses by Vladimir Vissotski for baritone and orchestra (1986)

"Battleship Potemkin", ballet (1986)

Cello Sonata (1986)

Dancing Suite in four parts for piano (1986)

Fantasy for solo oboe (1986)

String Quartet No. 2, second version (1987)

Violin Concerto (1987)

CD Brilliant Classics 93005 (10 CD-set): USSR State SO, Arnold Katz (cond), Viktor Tretiakov (violin)
Double Concerto for violin, viola and orchestra "Distant Dreams of Childhood" (1988)
CD Phoenix PHCD 159: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Pavel Sorokin (cond), Levon Ambartsumian (violin), Guennadi Freidine (viola)
Mournful Pavane for five violas (1988)

Piano Quintet (1989)

Piano Concerto (1989)

Bashmet Suite for string orchestra (1989)

Piano Concerto No. 2 (1989)

Piece for marimba (1990)

Furthermore Alexander Tchaikovsky composed incidental and film music.

Thanks to Roman Mints from the UK for additional information

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