This work was originally planned as an opera based on the story from Dante’s Inferno, but eventually Tchaikovsky decided to make it purely an orchestral work. It premiered in Moscow in March 1877. As much as Dante’s poem, the illustration of the story by Gustave Doré (see below) inspired Tchaikovsky...
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Francesca da Rimini was written by Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky).
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) released Francesca da Rimini on Fri Mar 09 1877.
In a letter to his brother in the middle of the composition, Tchaikovsky wrote:
I have worked at it with love, and the love, I Think, has been quite successful. Regarding the whirlwind, perhaps it could correspond better to Doré’s picture it has not turned out exactly as I wished. However, an accur...