Tchaikovsky/ Sukmanova - Lyrical Diary Format:CD The focus of Extravagantes Seicento

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

capable of conveying passions and affects

collaborating with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

was covered by David Bowie on his 1983 album Let's Dance

Tchaikovsky/ Sukmanova - Lyrical Diary Format:CD The focus of Extravagantes SeicentoTchaikovsky 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