Tschaikowsky - Ballet Music/Scenes from Russia - Naxos Deutschland

"Balett Music/Scenes from Russia"

The halls of the great Russian Kirov theater were home to the sight and sounds of thousands of dance performances - Russian ballets performed worldwide that have captured the hearts and imaginations of millions. None are as magical and eternal as Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty", "Swan Lake", and the year-round holiday delight "The Nutcracker."

This volume of the NAXOS MUSICAL JOURNEY gives you a front-row seat to the great Kirov for excerpts from the wondrous "Swan Lake" ballet. Join in the pre-performance excitement as you witness the preparation of prima ballerina Tanya Serova. Travel beyond the Kirov and take a tour of astonishing Russian sights. From the great Kremlin and Red Square to the St. Petersburg Ballet School; from the striking and ominous Swallow's Nest Castle perched precariously on a cliff above the Black Sea to the natural beauty of the Persian peacock or the grace of swans gliding across the water's surface. Here is a trip as inspiring as the gliding melodies that whirled from the genius of Tchaikovsky.

SLEEPING BEAUTY
Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic
Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

1. Waltz (4:44)
2. Rose Adagio (6:38)
3. The Blue Bird (0:54)
4. Sarabande (3:01)
5. Apothéose (2:36)
6. Dance of the Pages (0:31)

NUTCRACKER
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
(Bratislava), Ondrey Lenárd, conductor

7. Marche (2:27)
8. Divertissement: Arabian Dance (3:00)
9. Divertissement: Dance of the Toy Trumpets (2:10)
10. Waltz of the Flowers (6:50)
11. The Sugar-Plum Fairy and Prince Orgead (5:03)

SWAN LAKE
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
(Bratislava), Ondrej Lenárd, conductor

12. Pas de deux: Andante, Allegro (3:18)
13. Scéne (2:41)
14. Dance of the Swans: Tempo die valse (2:15)
15. Dance of the Small Swans (1:21)
16. Dance of the Cygnets & Scéne (5:58)
17. Odette appears at the window (2:37)