Tchaikovsky | Ian Sidden

10 Greatest Composers

At the New York Times, music critic Anthony Tommasini is compiling a list of the ten greatest composers. Here’s my list and my reasons. Who would be in yours and how would you do it?

Recording: Prince Yeletsky’s Aria

So, this is me singing Prince Yeletsky’s aria from Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades. It was recorded at NMSU’s Rectial Hall Jan. 14, 2009.

Prof. Grayson Hirst at the University of Arizona had been suggesting I look at this aria for years until he finally got a recording to me around winter break