Tchaikovsky/ Sukmanova - Lyrical Diary Format:CD That songwriting partnership has reaped

That songwriting partnership has reaped many musical dividends

collaborating with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The focus of Extravagantes Seicento is the musical exuberance of a century full of contradictions

and the infamous Soirée du Coeur à Barbe on 6 July 1923

And it shows: there is a subtle lyricism even where traditional harmonies clash

Tchaikovsky/ Sukmanova - Lyrical Diary Format:CD That songwriting partnership has reapedTchaikovsky composed songs throughout his entire career. The diversity of the genres and themes that he explored in musical form in them can be viewed as a lyrical diary mirroring his life as a composer. In the Russian language his songs are referred to as "Romances". From a stylistic point of view, they are similar to the so called urban romances, which were very much in fashion at the time. Tchaikovsky's aim in his Romances was to express emotions