Episode 30: 18030 Tchaikovsky - Rare Works

Rare works by Tchaikovsky:

• Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture - 1st recording of Tchaikovsky's initial version of this work completed in 1869
• Serenade for Nikolai Rubenstein's Saint's Day - 1st recording
• Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem, Op. 15 - 1st recording
• The Battle of Poltava Symphonic Tableau
• Cossack Dance Gopak from Mazeppa - 1st recording as a concert pair
• Incidental Music to Shakespeare's Hamlet, Op. 67 - 1st complete recording

Ophelia - Janis Kelly, soprano

Gravedigger - Derek Hammond-Stroud, baritone

London Symphony Orchestra

Geoffrey Simon, conductor

Musical Heritage Society

MHS Stereo 824172

Recorded at All Saints Church, Tooting, London

January 1981

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