Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Борис Александрович Чайковский; 10 September 1925 – 7 February 1996), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian composer, born in Moscow, whose oeuvre includes orchestral works, chamber music and film music.[1] He is considered as part of the second generation of Russian composers, following in the steps of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (to whom he was not related[2]) and especially Mussorgsky.
He was admired by Dmitri Shostakovich, with whom he studied, who (according to Per Skans in his notes for a recording) suggested in a letter of 1 February 1969 to Isaak Glikman, that "If Barshai's orchestra (the Moscow chamber orchestra) makes a guest appearance in Leningrad playing Vainberg's Tenth Symphony and Boris Tchaikovsky's Sinfonietta, you really have to hear them".
Of his larger-scale works almost all have been recorded. Boris Tchaikovsky generally wrote in a tonal style, although he made brief forays into serialism.
| Year | English title | Original title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Опасный рельс | directed by Khanan Shmain | ||
| 1956 | Murder on Dante Street | Убийство на улице Данте | directed by Mikhail Romm | |
| 1957 | Обыкновенный человек | directed by Alexander Stolbov | ||
| 1958 | October Days | В дни Октября | directed by Sergei Vasilyev | |
| Journey Beyond Three Seas | Pardesi; Хождение за три моря | directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Vasili Pronin | ||
| 1959 | Заре навстречу | directed by Tatyana Lukashevich | ||
| Anyuta | Анюта | segment from Three Tales of Chekhov; directed by Meri Andzhaparidze | ||
| 1960 | Splendid Days | Серёжа | directed by Georgi Daneliya and Igor Talankin | |
| 1961 | В пути | directed by Meri Andzhaparidze | ||
| 1962 | "The Tram to other Cities" | Трамвай в другие города | directed by Yuli Fait | |
| 1963 | Summer Is Over | Пропало лето | directed by Rolan Bykov and Nikita Orlov | |
| Прочь с дороги! | directed by E. Shorokh | |||
| Жертва | directed by Meri Andzhaparidze | |||
| 1964 | Balzaminov's Marriage | Женитьба Бальзаминова | directed by Konstantin Voynov | |
| The front is in defense | Пока фронт в обороне | directed by Yuli Fait | ||
| 1965 | "The Road to a Sea" | Дорога к морю | directed by Irina Poplavskaya | |
| 1966 | A Boy and A Girl | Мальчик и девочка | directed by Yuli Fait | |
| Aybolit-66 | Айболит-66 | directed by Rolan Bykov | ||
| 1967 | Autumn Weddings | Осенние свадьбы | directed by Boris Yashin | |
| 1968 | Первая девушка | directed by Boris Yashin | ||
| 1969 | Гори, гори моя звезда | directed by Alexander Mitta | ||
| 1971 | Нюркина жизнь | directed by Anatoli Bobrovsky | ||
| 1974 | Moscow, My Love | Москва, любовь моя | directed by Alexander Mitta and Kenji Yoshida (吉田憲二; Кэндзи Ёсида) | |
| Shower | Ливень | directed by Boris Yashin | ||
| 1976 | Собственное мнение | directed by Yuli Karasik | ||
| Долги наши | directed by Boris Yashin | |||
| 1978 | Лоскутик и облако | animated film; directed by Rasa Strautmane | ||
| Как тоску одолели | animated film; directed by Yuri Trofimov | |||
| Расмус–бродяга | directed by Maria Muat | |||
| A French Lessons | Уроки французского | directed by Yevgeny Tashkov | ||
| 1979 | Северная сказка | directed by Rasa Strautmane | ||
| 1983 | Подросток | TV mini-series; directed by Yevgeny Tashkov | ||
| 1984 | Зелёный остров | directed by Yuli Fait | ||
| 1987 | Ловкачи | directed by Yevgeny Tashkov |