Cozy Classical: a relaxing playlist (with Dvořák and Tchaikovsky)

A playlist of pieces by Antonín Dvořák and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, focused particularly on those that, to me, transmitted a warm and cozy feeling (with a tinge of melancholy). All of these are studio recordings.
1. Dvořák: String Quartet No. 10 in Eb major (“Slavonic Quartet”)
• I. Allegro ma non troppo 00:00:00
o Members of the Vlach Quartet: Josef Vlach (violin), Václav Snítil (violin), Josef Koďousek (viola) & Viktor Moučka (cello)
2. Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D major (sometimes nicknamed “Accordion Quartet”)
• I. Moderato e semplice 00:08:37
• II. Andante cantabile 00:19:02
o Members of the Borodin Quartet: Rostislav Dubinsky (violin), Yaroslav Alexandrov (violin), Dmitri Shebalin (viola) & Valentin Berlinsky (cello)
3. Dvořák: Sonatina for Violin in G major
• I. Allegro risoluto 00:25:38
o Josef Suk (violin) & Alfréd Holeček (piano)
4. Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo in C major (arr. for violin and piano)
• Allegro. Tempo di valse 00:31:35
o Igor Oistrakh (violin) & Inna Kollegorskaja (piano)
5. Dvořák: Cypresses
• Já vím, že v sladké naději (I know that my love to thee) - Moderato 00:37:04
o Members of the Vlach Quartet Prague: Jana Vlachová (violin), Karel Stadtherr (violin), Petr Verna (viola) & Mikael Ericsson (cello)
6. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major
• I. Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo - Allegro moderato 00:40:59
• II. Valse: Moderato - Tempo di valse 00:51:10
o Yevgueny Mravinsky (conductor) & Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
7. Dvořák: Romantic pieces
• I. Allegro moderato 00:54:33
o Josef Suk (violin) & Josef Hála (piano)
8. Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d’un lieu cher
• III. Mélodie - Moderato con moto 00:57:57
o Josef Hassid (violin) & Gerald Moore (piano)
9. Dvořák: String Sextet in A major
• I. Allegro - Moderato 01:01:09
o Members of the Smetana Quartet and guests: Jiří Novák (violin), Lubomír Kostecký (violin), Milan Škampa (viola), Antonín Kohout (cello), Josef Suk (viola) & Josef Chuchro (cello)
10. Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D minor (“Souvenir de Florence”)
• III. Allegretto moderato 01:16:37
o Leonid Kogan (violin), Elizabeth Gilels (violin), Henrik Talalyan (viola), Rudolf Barshai (viola), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) & Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (cello)
11. Dvořák: Bagatelles
• II. Tempo di minuetto. Grazioso 01:25:56
• IV. Canon. Andante con moto 01:29:44
o Three members of the Vlach Quartet and guest: Josef Vlach (violin), Václav Snítil (violin), Viktor Moučka (cello) & Miroslav Kampelsheimer (harmonium).
12. Tchaikovsky: The Seasons
• I. January: At the Fireside 01:34:39
• XII. December: Christmas 01:39:25
o Igor Zhukov (piano)
13. Dvořák: Rusalka (German translation)
• Act I: Aria. Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém. Larghetto (Moon, high and deep in the sky, also known as the “Song to the Moon”) 01:43:53
o Emmy Destinn (soprano)
14. Tchaikovsky: Нет, только тот, кто знал (Net, tol'ko tot, kto znal, None but the Lonely Heart)
• Andante non tanto 01:48:18
o Nadezhda Obukhova (mezzosoprano)
15. Dvořák: String Quintet No. 2 in G major
• III. Poco andante 01:51:27
o Members of the Vlach Quartet Prague and guest: Jana Vlachová (violin), Karel Stadtherr (violin), Petr Verna (viola), Mikael Ericsson (cello) & Jakub Waldmann (double bass)
16. Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty
• Act II: No 18. Entr'acte. Andante sostenuto 01:59:05
o Viktor Fedotov (conductor) & Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Specials thanks to:
1. incontrario motu for uploading Mravinsky/LPO’s uncut recording of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings: • Tchaikovsky - Serenade...
As well as the first Borodin Quartet’s recording of Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet No. 1: • Tchaikovsky - String q...
2. jurek64pink for uploading Nadezhda Obukhova’s recording of Tchaikovsky’s None but the lonely heart: • Nadezhda Obukhova sing...
3. operahip for uploading Igor Oistrakh and Inna Kollegorskaja’s rendition of the Valse-Scherzo: • Igor Oistrakh plays Tc...
Video illustration: screenshot from Miyazaki Hayao’s Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989).
A non-thanks to: the copyright system, which forced me to pick different versions of the Cypresses piece and the Valse-Scherzo, making forcing me to re-equalize, re-render and re-write stuff.
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