For Fauré
12th November 2012
Tchaikovsky was rather pleased with this, his first suite for orchestra (1879). He wrote to his publisher, Pyotr Jurgenson: ‘Unless I am very much mistaken, it should have a success that will spread rapidly.’ He was obviously still pleased with it some years later, deeming it good enough as a present for none other than the great French […]
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