Boris Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky generally wrote in a tonal style, although he made brief forays into serialism.

Boris Tchaikovsky studied at Moscow Conservatory. Training under Lev Oborin is recorded. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are symphony and opera. Employment is recorded with Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. Works named in the authority record are String Quartet No. Distinctions recorded are USSR State Prize, People's Artist of the USSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

• Stage • The Star (Звезда), unfinished opera in three scenes (1949); libretto by David Samoilov after the novel by Emmanuil Kazakevich; Moscow Conservatory diploma-work • Orchestral • Procession (Шествие) (1946) • Symphony No.1 (1947) • Fantasia on Russian Folk Themes (Фантазия на русские народные темы) (1950) • Slavic Rhapsody (Славянская рапсодия) (1951) • Symphonietta for string orchestra (1953) • The Murmuring Forest Orchestral Suite (1953) • Capriccio on English Themes (Каприччио на английские темы) (1954) • Overture (Увертюра) (1957) • Symphony No.2 (1967) • Chamber Symphony (Камерная симфония) for chamber orchestra (1967) • Theme and Eight Variations (Тема и восемь вариаций) (1973) • Six Etudes (Шесть этюдов) for string orchestra and organ (1976) • Symphony No.3 "Sevastopol" (Севастопольская симфония) (1980) • The Winds of Siberia (Ветер Сибири), Symphonic Poem (1984) • Four Preludes (Четыре прелюдии) for chamber orchestra (1984) • The Juvenile (Подросток), Poem for orchestra (1984) • Music for Orchestra (Музыка для оркестра) (1987) • Symphony with Harp (Симфония с арфой) (1993) • The Bells (Колокола), Prelude for orchestra (1996; completed in short score only) • Concertos • Concerto for clarinet and chamber orchestra (1957) • Concerto for cello and orchestra (1964) • Concerto for violin and orchestra (1969) • Concerto for piano and orchestra (1971) • Chamber music • Piano Trio (1953) • String Quartet No.1 (1954) • String Trio (1955) • Sonata for cello and piano (1957) • Sonata for violin and piano (1959) • Suite in D minor for cello solo (1960) • String Quartet No.2 (1961) • Piano Quintet (1962) • Partita for cello and chamber ensemble (1966) • String Quartet No.3 (1967) • String Quartet No.4 (1972) • String Quartet No.5 (1974) • String Quartet No.6 (1976) • Sextet for wind quintet and harp (1990) • Piano • 3 Etudes (1935; 1972; 1980) • 5 Pieces (1935) • 5 Preludes (1936) • 5 Pieces (1938) • Sonata No.1 (1944) • 2 Pieces (1945) • Sonatina (1946) • Sonata No.2 (1952) • 8 Children's Pieces (Восемь детских пьес) (1952) • Sonata for two pianos (1973) • Pentatonic (Пентатоника), 6 Easy Pieces (1993) • Natural Modes (Натуральные лады), 7 Miniatures (1993) • Vocal • Two Poems by Mikhail Lermontov (Два стихотворения М. Ю. Лермонтова) for soprano and piano (1940) • Four Poems by Josef Brodsky (Четыре стихотворения И. Бродского) for soprano and piano (1965) • Lyrics of Pushkin (Лирика Пушкина), Song Cycle for soprano and piano (1972) • Signs of the Zodiac (Знаки Зодиака), Cantata for soprano, harpsichord and string orchestra (1974) • The Last Spring (Последняя весна), Song Cycle for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet and piano (1980); words by N. Zabolotsky • From Kipling (Из Киплинга) for mezzo-soprano and viola (1994)