Very surprising . To me the they don’t sound like most of Tchaikovsky’s music, notably the first two. But are beautiful and reveal another genial facet. Thanks for sharing.
Tchaikovsky composed over 100 songs, masterfully expressing in music the work of his country's greatest poets. Many of them are among his most famous works in Russia. However, in Europe and the Americas they were not known due to the closed regime of the former Soviet Union during the 20th century, which prevented any cultural exchange, and the lack of knowledge of the Russian language and alphabet, which continues to be a great difficulty for most performers.