Ариозо воина / Ariso Warrior

Ирина Архипова. Ариозо Воина из кантаты “Москва“ Музыка П.Чайковского, слова А.Майкова Irina Arkhipova sings Arioso Warrior from the cantata “Moscow“ by P. Tchaikovsky This is one of Tchaikovsky’s great masterpieces, seldom known or performed out of Russia, is the beautiful “Moscow Cantata“ commissioned for the Coronation of Emperor Alexander III (May 1883) in Moscow. “…….The cantata is written in six movements for soloists (mezzo soprano and baritone) chorus and orchestra. The composer was pleased to follow the inspired poetry of Apollon Maikov and considered the piece—as the Sixth Symphony later on—one of his best achievements. Tchaikovsky s choral work is remarkably profound and masterful. The cantata differs from Gretchaninov, Mussorgsky or Rimski-Korsakov choral works in the absence of deep bass voices, but it shines with brilliant harmonies, crescendos, and colourful orchestration. But Tchaikovsky would not have been Tchaikovsky if