Tchaikovsky's Complete Songs A Companion With Texts and Translations

Besides his symphonies and concertos, operas and ballets, Tchaikovsky wrote 103 "romances," or songs, which are among his most popular works in Russia. The lyrics to these songs, by poets famous and obscure, have never been studied. All 103 song texts are collected here for the first time, in Russian, with transliterations and translations. The texts are illuminated by commentaries on the songs' historical context and performance histories, an extensive discography of singers and recordings, and a 73-minute CD including performances of 22 songs. For Tchaikovsky specialists, Tchaikovsky's Complete Songs provides significant new information. For vocalists and students of music, for the general audience interested in art songs and recordings of great singers, as well as for students of Russian language and literature, it offers a unique window into Russian musical culture. "It's not often that a book really does 'fill a long-felt want', but here is an example, and an outstanding one. . . . Here is a book to enlarge that circle of admirers and to reward them deeply."--Gramophone, September 2002 ________Tchaikovsky, Peter Illich is the author of 'Tchaikovsky's Complete Songs A Companion With Texts and Translations' with ISBN 9780253340412 and ISBN 0253340411.