Performer 演奏者
Name : Shannon Li
Grade: 5
School: Dulwich College Beijing
姓名：李庭硕
年级：5
学校：北京德威英国国际学校
About the Piece 作品简介
Tchaikovsky's Valse sentimentale, the last of his Six morceaux (Six Pieces), for piano, Op. 51, was composed in 1882, during a very difficult period in the composer's life. From the late 1870s until 1885, the composer felt restless, somewhat disoriented, and unsure of his creative powers. As a result, he led a nomadic existence, constantly traveling, without a home he could call his own.
Composed in the summer of 1882, at a cottage near Kamenka, where Tchaikovsky was able to work in peace, the Six morceaux are charming, intimate miniatures -- all dedicated to women. The Valse sentimentale, despite its title, strikes the listener as quite sincere and open, suggesting an atmosphere of tranquil truthfulness.
If the composer is speaking to a woman in this composition, his opening statement, reminiscent, but only superficially, of a waltz by Chopin, seems almost nonchalant in its impatient directness.
However, the inner, deeper movement of the composition, which surfaces during a deceptively calmer middle section, reveals that characteristic complex of melancholy, strong (and sometimes ambivalent) feelings, introspection, and vague nostalgia that defines, in part at least, the distinctive quality of Tchaikovsky's music for solo piano.
柴可夫斯基为钢琴创作的《瓦尔斯感伤曲》是他六首钢琴曲（六首曲子）中的最后一首，作品51，创作于1882年，正值他一生中一个非常困难的时期。
从19世纪70年代末到1885年，他感到焦躁不安，有些迷失方向，对自己的创作能力也缺乏信心。于是，他过着游牧的生活，时常旅行，没有一个可以称之为自己的家的地方。
1882年夏天，在卡门卡附近的一个小屋里，柴可夫斯基在那里心平气和地创作了六首钢琴曲。这六部曲子是迷人和私密的缩影——都是献给女性的。尽管有刻板的标题，《瓦尔斯感伤曲》给听者的印象还是相当的真诚和开放，营造着一种宁静而真诚的气氛。
如果柴可夫斯基通过这首曲子与一位女士交谈，那么他的开场白会让人想起肖邦的华尔兹，看起来对于直截了当毫无波澜。
然而，作品内在有着更深层的涌动，在作品看似平静的中部浮出水面，展现了一种复杂的忧郁情绪、强烈的（有时是矛盾的）情感、内省和模糊的怀旧情结。这也在一定程度上定义了柴可夫斯基钢琴独奏音乐的独特品质。
Credits to : https://www.allmusic.com/composition/valse-sentimentale-for-piano-or-violin-piano-in-f-minor-op-51-6-mc0002429253#:~:text=Tchaikovsky's%20Valse%20sentimentale%2C%20the,unsure%20of%20his%20creative%20powers
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