樂曲解說

彼得·伊里奇·柴可夫斯基（Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky，1840-1893 年）的作品是俄羅斯音樂思想（受義大利和法國音樂影響）與西方新浪漫主義綜合的典範。他被認為是有史以來最偉大的作曲家之一，留下了六部交響曲、十部歌劇、三部芭蕾舞劇、三部鋼琴協奏曲、一部小提琴、一部大提琴、三部弦樂四重奏和許多其他室內樂、合唱和鋼琴作品和歌曲。除了大型交響樂曲和歌劇外，柴可夫斯基也喜歡為較小的流派寫作。他於1878年創作《兒童曲集24首》，其靈感來自兒童所見視角、他們周圍的世界以及民間歌謠。此曲集包括他在芭蕾舞劇《天鵝湖》中使用的《那不勒斯之歌》，並由卡雷爾·別洛霍貝克 為管樂團和獨奏小號重新編曲。

The work of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) is exemplary of the synthesis of Russian musical thought (influenced by Italian and French music) and the tendencies of western neo-romanticism. He is regarded as one of the world’s greatest composers of all time, having left a bequest of six symphonies, ten operas, three ballets, three concertos for piano, one for violin, and one for cello, three string quartets, and many other chamber, choral and piano compositions and songs. Beside large-scale symphonic pieces and operas, Tchaikovsky also liked to write for the smaller genres. His “Album pour enfants: 24 pièces faciles à la Schumann, op.39” for piano was composed in 1878. Tchaikovsky was inspired by the world of children (My Little Mother, March of the Wooden Soldiers), as well as by the moods and world around them (Winter Morning, The Lark’s Song), and of folk melodies (Old French Song, Italian Song). The album includes “Chanson Napolitaine” (No.18) which he also used in the ballet “Swan Lake”. Karel Bélohoubek arranged this chanson for wind band and solo trumpet.