Tchaikovsky gave the world some of its most beloved orchestral music: Swan Lake (1876), The Nutcracker (1892), and the explosive 1812 Overture. His six symphonies and three piano concertos fuse Russian folk tradition with Romantic lyricism to devastating emotional effect.

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