在音樂創作上,柴可夫斯基很崇拜莫扎特,尤其他對旋律性的重視;他甚至模仿莫札特的風格創作了一部管弦樂組曲(Suite No. 4 in G major, "Mozartiana", Op. 61)。對於華格納音樂中的一些特性他卻很反感,認為華格納過於重視管弦樂隊而忽略了聲樂,柴可夫斯基主張用現實主義手法來表現歌劇,主導動機只用以描寫心理感情等內在方面。
曲目
Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky excepting the first track.
01. Mikhail Glinka - Russlan and Ludmilla, op.5. Overture^ [5'45] 02. Romeo and Juliet. Fantasy Overture^ [19'11] 03. The Tempest, op.18* [24'44] 04. The Voyevode. Symphonic Ballad, op.78# [11'41] 05. The Storm. Overture, op.76# [12'19] 06. - 09. Suite No. 3 in G major, op.55 [38'28] 07. Capriccio Italien, op.45[16'37] 08. Marche slave, op.31[10'05] 09. Gopak 'Cossack Dance' from Mazeppa [3'54]
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult; Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Anatole Fistoulari* and New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Yuri Krasnapolsky#.
EMI Gemini 5176242 (recorded 1956 to 1974; this CD release 2008)