Tchaikovsky

This guy's music is awesome. He only lived 53 years (1840-1893), but the mark he left on the world can never be erased..  Among his great works, Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed magnificent pieces for the ballet, including Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty,  and The Nutcracker. He wrote amazing symphonies, operas, concertos, sonatas, songs, and overtures. 

Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky

I don't claim to be an expert or to have a well trained critical ear. I just know what I like.  There are so many brilliant pieces of music writen by Tchaikovsky.  They don't seem to share or reflect a particular 'Tchaikovsky style'.   Each great work stands alone; sublime and scintillating in its own way.

Swan Lake

Here is a brief video of a selection from Swan Lake...
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S76CGGPqI3s


Another piece my wife and I both love is Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto.  Here is a link to a video of that piece played by brilliantly by Van Cliburn and the Moscow Symphony in 1962...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M7M4UoqBpA

Another awesome piece by Tchaikovsky is Marche Slave.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5poSw7tFLB4


Finally, a wonderful segment from Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, made famous in the sound track for the movie, The Right Stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAyviZx7Ifw