专辑介绍：
柴可夫斯基的确是西洋音乐史中一号特殊的人物，这位自我中心意识强烈的厌世者，从他的那个时代到现在，一直是最受喜爱的作曲家之一，这位莫札特的崇拜者也是俄国音乐史上第一位真正的作曲家。
从1865年到1878年，柴氏在尼可拉斯．卢宾斯坦的领导下，并不很情愿地任教於新成立的莫斯科音乐学院，卢宾斯坦对於柴氏作品的发表和推广有着很大的功劳，当他於1881年去世之后，柴氏就将他这部唯一的三重奏作品50献给他的朋友并附注：「纪念一位伟大的艺术家」。
当柴氏生命中最重要的两个女人之一的梅克夫人向他提议创作一部钢琴、小提琴、大提琴的三重奏时，柴氏并没有多大的兴趣，但当我们想到他曾轻易地就为巴松管、英国管、钢片琴等乐器作曲，就不禁感到奇怪了，但后来他还是改变心意，开始创作这部三重奏，可能是为了要讨好他的恩人梅克夫人吧！同时也可以再一次地沉耽於创作钢琴协奏曲时的狂涛喜情之中。
这张长约48分钟，全曲共分3个乐章，第1部份是挽歌式散曲（Pezzo elegiaca），长约21分钟，曲子一开始就以一种挽歌般柔美而感伤的大幅度宽广旋律展开，似乎预告着整部曲子后续长度的延伸，那浓密悲凉的热切感在开头的20个小节里毫无低潮，如山峰迭起，绵连入胜，之后3 种乐器进入了纯柴可夫斯基式的对话，在对位的意兴下，不难发现同时有好几线旋律同时进行，钢琴部份经常在反覆主旋律，另人想起那典型而特出的效果，也是柴氏管弦作品中常见的特色。
第2部份包含了1个主题和11个变奏（注：在赋格之前的第7 变奏在本CD的演奏版里被省略了）一开始由钢琴独奏导出如民谣般天真的怀旧之情，在变奏方面，据说是柴氏怀忆卢宾斯坦的生活小品曲，在形式上，令人想起舒曼自由而生动的典型，从主题出发，开始心灵的遨游。
柴可夫斯基於1882年1 月完成了这部钢琴三重奏，那时他正在义大利渡假，这部三重奏的长度从来没有妨碍它的受欢迎程度，虽然柴氏曾对第2 部份的几首变奏曲不太满意，我们还是可以从他这部唯一的钢琴三重奏里面领会到钢琴三重奏艺术的最高境界。

Good playing, excellent recording, and fine conducting characterize this entertaining collection of familiar and unfamiliar Tchaikovsky. The 1812 Overture is obviously here because no one would buy the disc otherwise, but the real treats are the two tone poems after Shakespeare. Many fans of the composer don't know that there's more to Tchaikovsky's musical interest in the Bard than Romeo and Juliet. Here's a chance to expand your horizons even as you blow out your speakers. --David Hurwitz

Testament to the versatility and musical command that Teodor Currentzis and his unique orchestra and choir possess, this new album brings together two diverse masterworks from two titans of Russian music. Although they have been acquainted for a long time prior, this recording represents the first musical collaboration between Teodor Currentzis and the exceptional violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja. The instant artistic rapport (an “artistic wedding” of sorts) between these two maverick musicians can be heard in this dynamic new recording of Tchaikovsky’s Violin concerto - one of the most popular works in the violin repertory. Currentzis’ authentic approach to the folk influences in Stravinsky’s music (as revealed in Le Sacre du Printemps) is again very present in his interpretation of Les Noces. This work for percussion, pianists, chorus, and vocal soloists - originally composed as ballet music - is probably one of Stravinsky’s most rarely recorded works. The work is based on a Russian peasant wedding, which the cover artwork references. Exceptional to this new recording is that the MusicAeterna choir members are all native-Russian speakers who bring another level of understanding and authenticity to the work. After her prominent participation in the “Rameau – The Sound of Light” recording, Nadine Koutcher – freshly crowned “2015 Cardiff Singer of the Year” - returns to sing the leading soprano solo part in Les Noces.