Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden - Snegurochka

Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer, Google Play): Physical purchase: Facebook: Subscribe here: Composer: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Artists: USSR State Choir and Orchestra, Andrey Chistiakov (conductor) Tchaikovsky thought highly of his music to Ostrovky’s drama The Snow Maiden, writing to his patroness Nadezhda von Meck in 1879 ‘one of my favourite offspring….I think this music is imbued with the joys of spring that I was experiencing at the time’ It was an important commission for a composer who in 1873 was still establishing his reputation, and who had his first 3 symphonies and first piano concerto performed to great popular acclaim. The production of the drama was lavish, combining all three performing arts – drama, dance and music. The premiere co