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Pjotr Tschaikowsky
Russia
Peter, Piotr
Tschaikowski, Tschaikowsky, Cajkowski, Cajkovski, Čajkovskij
07.05.1840
06.11.1893
- Violin Concerto in D major op. 35
- Symphony No. 6 B minor op. 74, "Pathétique"
- Piano Concerto No. 1 B minor op. 23
- Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy-Overture
- The Nutcracker op. 71
- Symphony No. 4 F minor op. 36
- Variations on a Rococo Theme op.33
- Symphony No. 5 E minor op. 64
- Swan Lake
- Piano Trio A Minor op. 50
- Manfred Symphony op. 58
- Symphony No. 1 G minor op. 13 "Winter Daydreams"
- Serenade for Strings C major op. 48
- The Seasons, Op. 37a
- Iolanta op. 69
- String Quartet No. 2 F major op. 22
- The Tempest op. 18
- Symphony No. 3 D major op. 29 "Polish"
- Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 G-Dur, op. 44
- Capriccio Italien op. 45 "Italian Capriccio"
- Symphony No 2 C minor op. 17 "Little Russian"
- Dumka op. 59
- 18 Pieces, Op. 72
- Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C major, Op. 53
- The Voyevoda op. 78
- Francesca da Rimini: Symphonic Fantasy after Dante Op. 32
- The Sleeping Beauty op. 66
- Orchestral Suite No. 3 G Major op. 55
- Hamlet overture-fantasia, Op. 67
- Children's Album op. 39
- E-flat major op. posth. 75, Piano concert No. 3
- String Sextet D minor op. 70, "Souvenir de Florence"
- Concert Fantasia G Major op. 56 for piano and orchestra
- Eugene Onegin
- Festival Overture E-flat major op. 49 "The Year 1812"
- Symphony No. 5 E minor op. 64
- Pique Dame
- Fatum op. 77
- Orchestral Suite No. 4, Op. 61 "Mozartiana"
- Orchestral Suite No. 1 D minor Op. 43
- The Storm op. 76
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Popular composers
- Antonín Dvořák
- Béla Bartók
- Claude Debussy
- Dmitri Schostakowitsch
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
- Franz Liszt
- Franz Schubert
- Frédéric Chopin
- Iannis Xenakis
- Igor Strawinsky
- Jean Sibelius
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Johannes Brahms
- Joseph Haydn
- Ludwig van Beethoven
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- Richard Strauss
- Robert Schumann
- Sergei Prokofjew
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Popular compositions
- Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988
- Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 Sz 112
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 F major op. 68 "Pastoral Symphony"
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 D minor op.125
- Boito
- Britten: Billy Budd
- Gershwin: Piano Concerto F major
- Gubaidulina: String Quartet No. 1
- Korngold: The Miracle of Heliane, op. 20
- Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 E-flat Major
- Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Octet in E-flat major op. 20
- Mozart: Requiem Mass D minor KV 626
- Mozart: Symphony No. 41 C major K. 551, "Jupiter"
- Mozart: The Magic Flute K. 620
- Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
- Offenbach: Overture from "La vie parisienne"
- Puccini
- Schnittke
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- Verdi
Popular conductors
- Andrés Orozco-Estrada
- Antonio Pappano
- Claudio Abbado
- Daniel Barenboim
- Dima Slobodeniouk
- François-Xavier Roth
- Hannu Lintu
- John Eliot Gardiner
- Jukka-Pekka Saraste
- Leonard Bernstein
- Mariss Jansons
- Matthias Pintscher
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt
- Paavo Järvi
- Philippe Herreweghe
- Pierre Boulez
- Riccardo Chailly
- Simon Rattle
- Ton Koopman
- Valery Gergiev
Popular soloists
- András Schiff
- Bernarda Fink
- Boris Giltburg
- Christa Ludwig
- Damien Guillon
- Daniel Barenboim
- Fazıl Say
- Gidon Kremer
- Isabelle Faust
- Janine Jansen
- Jean-Guihen Queyras
- Jewgeni Kissin
- Juan Diego Flórez
- Khatia Buniatishvili
- Martha Argerich
- Mstislaw Rostropowitsch
- Patricia Kopatchinskaja
- Renaud Capuçon
- Sol Gabetta
- Yuja Wang
Popular orchestras
- Berlin Philharmonic
- Ensemble intercontemporain
- France Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
- Frankfurt Radio Symphony
- Freiburger Barockorchester
- French National Orchestra
- Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Lucerne Festival Orchestra
- Orchestre de Paris
- Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Staatskapelle Berlin
- SWR Symphonieorchester
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- WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
- Wiener Philharmoniker