Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35

Author: (Russia) Tchaikovsky
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: One of the violin concerto series readers, including a solo violin part and a piano accompaniment score. Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major was composed in 1878. It is one of Tchaikovsky's most famous works, alongside Beethoven's D Major, Mendelssohn's E Minor, and Brahms's D Major violin concertos, known as the "Four Great Violin Concertos in the World." The piece not only fully showcases the brilliant modern performance techniques of the solo violin, displays a richly colored orchestra, and creates a fresher flavor than previous violin concertos, but also uses its unique, sorrowful, and beautiful melodies with local colors of Russian folk songs to create a work with a novel and distinctive style.