PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY

The Seasons op. 37bis

Ludmila Korabelnikova (Editor)

Polina Vajdman (Editor)

Klaus Schilde (Fingering)

Urtext Edition, paperbound

Pages 72 (VII+65), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm

Weight 309 g

HN 616 · ISMN 979-0-2018-0616-7

As well as Tchaikovsky’s famous Piano Concerto, his extensive oeuvre for solo piano also makes an important contribution to romantic piano music. It includes “The Seasons” op. 37 – pleasant playable pieces that reflect a bygone bourgeois atmosphere and can therefore be assigned to the category of “domestic music”. These twelve intimate mood-pictures enable the pianist to plot the course of the twelve months of the year. No. 11, “Troika”, displays a Russian character particularly well, when in November the sleigh-bells and the cheerful singing of the passengers create an enchanting sound. Our edition is based on the autograph and the Russian first edition; moreover it contains Klaus Schilde’s highly regarded fingerings.

Contents

• January - At the Fireplace 
  
• February - Carnival 
  
• March - Song of the Lark 
  
• April - Snowdrops 
  
• May - White Nights 
  
• June - Barcarole 
  
• July - Song of the Reaper
  
• August - The Harvest 
  
• September - The Hunt 
  
• October - Song of Autumn 
  
• November - At the Troika
  
• December - Christmas