1876: Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave in Bb minor, age 36

There is one movement: Moderato in modo di Marcia funebre (B-flat minor)—Più mosso. Allegro (B-flat major, 240 bars), lasting around 10 to 12 minutes in performance.

Instrumentation:

  • 2 flutes, 2 piccolos, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B flat, 2 bassoons
  • 4 horns in F, 2 cornets in B flat, 2 trumpets in B flat, 3 trombones, tuba
  • 3 timpani, snare drum, cymbals, bass drum, tamtam
  • strings

It was hard to pick a recording for this. I’ll keep searching, but it appears to be very difficult to record and often distorts.

This seems to have the right mixture of power, intensity and clean recording.

There is one movement: Moderato in modo di Marcia funebre (B-flat minor)—Più mosso. Allegro (B-flat major, 240 bars), lasting around 10 to 12 minutes in performance.

Instrumentation:

  • 2 flutes, 2 piccolos, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B flat, 2 bassoons
  • 4 horns in F, 2 cornets in B flat, 2 trumpets in B flat, 3 trombones, tuba
  • 3 timpani, snare drum, cymbals, bass drum, tamtam
  • strings

It was hard to pick a recording for this. I’ll keep searching, but it appears to be very difficult to record and often distorts.

This seems to have the right mixture of power, intensity and clean recording.

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