None But the Lonely Heart (Blu-ray)

"Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt" ('None but the lonely heart'), probably the best known of Tchaikovsky's songs, lends it's name to an intimate theatrical evening in which Christof Loy has combined songs or 'romances' and instrumental music to create a chamber opera of striking beauty and intensity. Tchaikovsky's songs cover a stylistic diversity unsurpassed by other Russian composers, often setting...