Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 (with Score)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Capriccio Italien, Op. 45, TH 47, ČW 44 (with Score)
Composed: 1880
Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra
Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev
00:00 Andante un poco rubato (A major)
05:38 Pochissimo più mosso (A major)
08:30 Allegro moderato (D-flat major)
10:59 Andante (B-flat minor)
13:13 Presto (A minor)
15:08 Allegro moderato (B-flat major)
15:52 Presto (A major)
16:25 Più Presto (A major)
16:47 Prestissimo (A major)
In 1880, Tchaikovsky left Russia to travel Europe, taking full advantage of the support of his sponsor, Nadezhda von Meck. Soaking up the local music while abroad, he collected souvenir melodies for later use; his favorites from the streets and music books of Rome formed the basis of his Capriccio Italien, a mélange that has been one his most popular orchestral works ever since. Although based on borrowed material, the Capriccio is vintage Tchaikovsky, easily identifiable by its distinctive orchestration and tight structure -- two aspects of the composer's work that are often overlooked in favor of his own gift for melody and sentiment. Capriccio Italien is pure entertainment, devoid of larger expressive intent, but it is anything but simple. The tremendous variety of mood and color might remind a listener of everything from an epic tone poem to a circus calliope, and the way in which all these things are knitted together into a coherent larger structure, and the work's unfailing tunefulness, are at the heart of its appeal.
The opening trumpet fanfare was heard each morning from a barracks next to the composer's hotel; grand and solemn, and pompously harmonized, it is anything but capricious. The modally inflected string melody that follows is similarly heroic, showing no hint of a smile. But it finally gives way to the evocation of an Italian street band, heard first in the woodwinds and brass, and finally by the whole orchestra; soon the lighthearted medley takes wing, only looking back to the opening mood briefly before the final frenetic tarantella. (www.allmusic.com/composition/...)

[@zainab58]

Today I Learned ... that there exists an instrument called the cornet-à-piston. At least, that's what Cassell's dictionary offers for Piston.

[@TheDrequan123]

Trich was ridiculous 🔥

[@Dylonely42]

So beautiful…

[@mukilnarayanan]

I agree! Tchaikovsky’s music is always beautiful!

[@TranscendentalMiner]

Yes. This is a very beautiful and underrated piece.

[@Dylonely42]

@@TranscendentalMiner Indeed, it deserves way more recognition. Do you know Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espanol ? It’s as good as this one for me.

[@TranscendentalMiner]

@@Dylonely42 I don't really know it, but I've heard about it. I'll listen to it later, though.

[@Dylonely42]

@@TranscendentalMiner It has a great solo clarinet part at the beginning, I’m pretty sure you will love the capriccio.

[@user-hd2tc9ze5i]

La fanfarria dej principio es un toque de atevción. Melodías de 10 notas se entrecruzan con otrajs de 6. Hasta llegar a un pianissimo de la cuerda que poco a poco va en crescendo y tutti donde destacan los platillos. Se vuelve al tema inicial por el corno. Una nueva melodía, esta vez en tono mayor divide en dos la madera, graxe y aguda a modo de pregunta y respuesta. Luego lo hacen lws tr.ompkas y después la cuerdas. Luelgo con la poercusión afinada. Se inicia una danza rápida a modo de saltarello. Los violines primeros junto con la madera en bloque enuncian un nuevo tema de 10 notas en la alejada tonalidad de re b mayor. Tras unas escalas de la cuerda se reexpone la melodía, a cargo de la trompeta y luego las trompas en descrescendo. La melodía del principio. Alguna de sus notas sirven para preludias el la menor siguiente. El tono de do mayor sirve de base para el corto desarrollo, que en coda se despliega hasta el final.

[@starpawsy]

Was one of my favourite pieces of music in about 1968. Today ... not so much.

[@patricklaffin2172]

How come?

[@starpawsy]

@@patricklaffin2172 1968 was more than 50 years ago. My life has changed enormously and unimaginably in that time. With it my taste in music.

[@Umitto]

Loving so much Dark themes !

[@McGenji]

Свободная форма ABCAD1EB1E1K
Вступление - 0:04
Часть A - 1:09
Часть B - 5:38
Часть C - 8:30
Часть D - 9:03
Часть A1 - 10:59
Часть E - 13:13
Часть B1 - 15:08
Часть E1 - 15:52
Кода - 16:47

[@sungpackhong4144]

Did he reuse some of melody lines in Nutcracker?

[@7BI0Vx4]

@Sungpack Hong
They were just lying around the cutting room floor, so he decided to put them to use.

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it's my Song - Bianca
by Freddy Breck
and today the 1.12.
is my nameday
(Blanka of Kastilien)
🥰💝😘

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