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Tchaikovsky: Dances and Overtures - National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine; Theodore Kuchar (conductor)
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  1. Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), opera, Op. 68: Overture
  2. Fatum, symphonic poem for orchestra, Op. post. 77
  3. The Voyevoda, opera, Op. 3 (Tchaikovsky destroyed; 3 pieces reconstructed by Lamm): Overture
  4. The Maid of Orléans (Jeanne d'Arc), opera: Act 2. Entr'acte
  5. The Maid of Orléans (Jeanne d'Arc), opera: Act 2. Danse des Bohémiens
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  1. Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), opera, Op. 68: Overture
  2. Fatum, symphonic poem for orchestra, Op. post. 77
  3. The Voyevoda, opera, Op. 3 (Tchaikovsky destroyed; 3 pieces reconstructed by Lamm): Overture
  4. The Maid of Orléans (Jeanne d'Arc), opera: Act 2. Entr'acte
  5. The Maid of Orléans (Jeanne d'Arc), opera: Act 2. Danse des Bohémiens
  6. The Maid of Orléans (Jeanne d'Arc), opera: Act 2. Danse des Polichinelles et des Histrions
  7. The Slippers (Oxana's Caprices), comic-fantasy opera, Op. 14 (revised version of "Vakula the Smith"): Act 3. Danse russe
  8. The Slippers (Oxana's Caprices), comic-fantasy opera, Op. 14 (revised version of "Vakula the Smith"): Act 3. Danse des Cosaques
  9. The Sorceress (The Enchantress), opera: Introduction
  10. The Sorceress (The Enchantress), opera: Act 1. Danse des Histrions
  11. Mazeppa, opera: Act 1. Gopak
  12. The Oprichnik, opera: Act 4. Danses
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The best that can be said of this recording by Theodore Kuchar and the National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine of Tchaikovsky's least-known symphonic poems plus dances from his least-known operas is that is, far and away, the best recording of any of these works ever made. As they have shown in their recordings of the symphonies of Prokofiev and Lyatoshinsky, Kuchar and the Kiev orchestra make a marvelous team: they give him characterful, powerful playing and he gives them strong, inspired direction and together they ...

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