Tchaikovsky/ Sukmanova - Lyrical Diary Format:CD and the infamous Soirée du

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

this is an unexpurgated experience for the seasoned connoisseur and unspoiled novice alike

Joaquin Nin

I was moved by it's beauty and accurate representation of where I was at in life

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

Tchaikovsky/ Sukmanova - Lyrical Diary Format:CD and the infamous Soirée duTchaikovsky 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