Tchaikovsky: Complete Ballets
Tchaikovsky’s three ballets – Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker – are all much-loved treasures of the balletic canon, having undergone countless performances and reinterpretations. Yet this was not always so. It took time for their status to be established, and reactions to the productions were decidedly mixed during Tchaikovsky’s lifetime. Particularly saddening is the fact that the great composer died believing Swan Lake, perhaps his most celebrated ballet today, to be a failure – although this is in part due to the fact that the choreography most associated with the work today was developed after his death. The Sleeping Beauty, meanwhile, suffered the insult of a lukewarm imperial reception on its presentation to Tsar Alexander III in 1890; and Tchaikovsky himself believed The Nutcracker to be an inferior work, ‘infinitely worse than Sleeping Beauty’, in his own words.
We are lucky, then, that choreographers, conductors and other artists have continued to acknowledge the value of these masterworks, and continued to develop them over many decades, bringing them into their current, incomparable form. On this CD, the sheer magic of the music is audible from start to finish, and Tchaikovsky’s audacious gift for melody-crafting is unmistakable. It is astonishing to imagine how far they have had to come.
The magnificent Royal Philharmonic Orchestra does justice to each musical world, under the baton of three different and seasoned conductors, each of whom very much makes his mark on these multi-interpretable works of genius.
Other information:
- Recordings made in 1995, 2009 and 2010.
- All three ballets by Tchaikovsky in one release!
- Tchaikovsky’s ballets, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake, are by far the most popular ballet music ever written, and count among the master’s most famous works. Tchaikovsky, tormented genius, found relief in writing these brilliant, featherweight works, conjuring up fantasy worlds of feel good fairy tales. Some numbers have become top-10 Classical Favourites, such as the Flower Waltz, Waltz of the Swans, Dance of the Sugar plum Fairy and many more.
- Performances by the famous Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
- Booklet contains detailed notes on the music and plot of each work.
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Kategorie:
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Filmy i muzyka
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Język wydania:
angielski
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EAN:
5028421949499
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Wymiary:
14.0x12.0cm
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Waga:
0.23kg
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Nośniki:
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#1: The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2
(CD Audio)
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1. XXII. Finale. Final Waltz and Apotheosis (05:35)
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2. XXI. Pas de Deux. Variation 1, Tarantella (00:44)
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3. XVIII. Dance of the Mirlitons (02:21)
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4. XV. Coffee. Arabian Dance (03:23)
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5. XVII. Trepak (01:09)
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6. XXI. Pas de Deux. Coda (01:25)
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7. XXI. Pas de Deux. Dance of the Prince and the Sugar-Plum Fairy (04:29)
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8. XII. Clara & the Prince - XIII. Divertissement (04:32)
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9. XVI. Tea. Chinese Dance (01:06)
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10. XIV. Chocolate. Spanish Dance (01:11)
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11. XI. The Magic Castle (03:50)
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12. XX. Waltz of the Flowers (06:42)
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13. XXI. Pas de Deux. Variation 2, Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (02:15)
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14. XIX. Mother Gigogne and the Clowns (02:50)
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#2: Swan Lake, Op. 20 CD 1
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1. V. Pas de trois. Andante sostenuto (03:52)
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2. V. Pas de trois. Intrada (Allegro moderato) (02:51)
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3. III. Danses des cygnes (01:57)
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4. VI. Pas de deux. Tempo di valse (01:45)
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5. V. Pas de trois. Allegro (01:07)
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6. VI. Pas de deux. Intrada (Tempo di valse) (02:00)
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7. II. Scene. Allegro giusto (03:02)
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8. III. Valse. Tempo di valse (07:17)
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9. VII. Coda. Allegro vivace (01:41)
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10. I. Scene. Swan Theme (Moderato) (06:31)
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11. VI. Pas de deux. Pas d’action (Andantino quasi moderato - Allegro) (02:53)
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12. V. Pas de trois. Prince (Moderato) (01:20)
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13. I. Introduction. Moderato assai (03:07)
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14. V. Pas de trois. Coda (Allegro vivace) (01:49)
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15. V. Pas d’action. Second Dance of the Queen (Andante) (08:04)
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16. Tempo di valse (01:40)
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17. VI. Pas de deux. Andante (05:37)
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18. IV. Scene: Entrance of Pages. Allegro moderato (04:08)
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19. VII. Scene. Dusk falls (00:55)
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20. II. Scene. Allegro moderato - Moderato - Allegro vivo (03:50)
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21. VI. Pas de deux. Intrada (Tempo di valse) (01:44)
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22. VIII. Danse des coupes (Polonaise) (05:42)
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23. V. Pas de trois. Allegro semplice - Presto (01:13)
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24. IX. Finale. Swan Theme (Andante) (02:47)
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25. IV. Danses des petits cygnes (01:27)
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#3: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 CD 1
(CD Audio)
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1. IV. Pas de Six. Finale (08:37)
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2. IV. Pas d’action. Coda (02:31)
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3. III. Entrée d’Aurore (01:59)
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4. IV. Pas de Six. Variation 4 (Canari qui chante) (00:31)
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5. II. Valse (05:00)
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6. I. Introduction (02:43)
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7. I. Scene (03:06)
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8. IV. Pas de Six. Variation 5 (Violente) (00:16)
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9. IV. Pas de Six. Variation 1 (Candide) (01:08)
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10. IV. Pas d’action. Rose Adage (06:32)
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11. IV. Pas d’action. Finale (06:51)
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12. II. March (04:24)
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13. IV. Pas de Six. Variation 2 (Coulante. Fleur de Farine) (00:35)
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14. IV. Pas de Six. Variation 6 (La Fée des Lilas) (01:06)
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15. IV. Pas de Six. Entrée (00:37)
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16. IV. Pas de Six. Coda (01:39)
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17. IV. Pas d’action. Variation d’aurore (03:26)
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18. IV. Pas de Six. Adagio (04:01)
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19. III. Scene dansante (04:25)
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20. IV. Pas de Six. Variation 3 (Miettes qui tombent) (01:12)
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#4: Swan Lake, Op. 20 CD 2
(CD Audio)
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1. VI. Danse russe (04:40)
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2. IV. Pas de six. Variation 5 (Moderato - Allegro semplice) - Coda (Allegro molto vivace) (03:35)
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3. IV. Pas de six. Intrada (Moderato assai) (01:56)
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4. IV. Pas de six. Variation 4 (Allegro) (01:04)
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5. IV. Pas de six. Variation 2 (Andante con moto) (03:19)
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6. IV. Pas de six. Variation 3 (Moderato) (00:46)
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7. VIII. Scene finale. Swan theme (Moderato) (03:07)
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8. IV. Scene. Allegro agitato (03:18)
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9. III. Scene. Allegro - Allegro giusto (01:46)
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10. II. Scene. La sortie des invités et la valse (04:53)
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11. V. Scene finale. Andante (06:55)
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12. X. Scene. Allegro - Valse - Allegro vivo (03:52)
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13. VIII. Danse napolitaine (02:33)
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14. V. Dance hongroise. Czárdás (03:46)
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15. I. Scene. Danse de fançailles (Allegro giusto) (02:47)
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16. IV. Pas de six. Variation 1 (Allegro) (01:06)
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17. III. Danses des petits cygnes. Moderato (05:22)
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18. IX. Mazurka (04:04)
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19. I. Entr’acte. Moderato (02:33)
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20. VII. Danse espagnole (02:28)
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21. II. Scene. Allegro non troppo (02:48)
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#5: The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1
(CD Audio)
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1. X. Waltz of the Snowflakes (06:24)
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2. VII. The Magic Spell Begins (06:47)
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3. I. Overture (03:21)
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4. IV. Children’s Galop - Arrival of the Guests (02:28)
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5. II. The Christmas Tree (04:03)
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6. IX. Scene in the Pine Forest “Journey through the Snow” (03:40)
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7. III. March (02:16)
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8. VIII. The Battle Between the Nutcracker and the Mouse King (03:30)
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9. V. Dance Scene - Arrival of Drosselmeyer (05:58)
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10. VI. Scene - Grandfather’s Dance (06:47)
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#6: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 CD 2
(CD Audio)
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1. V. Variation d’Aurore (01:37)
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2. II. Pas de caractere ”Le Chat botté et La Chatte blanche” (02:30)
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3. I. Entr’acte - Scene (02:43)
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4. III. Scene (04:16)
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5. III. Pas de quatre (02:11)
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6. IV. Pas de deux. Entrée (01:06)
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7. I. Marche (02:03)
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8. VII. Entr’acte (06:42)
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9. IV. Pas de deux. Adagio (04:43)
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10. II. Colin-maillard (01:02)
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11. IX. Finale (00:47)
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12. IV. Pas de deux. Polacca (04:02)
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13. VIII. Entr’acte symphonique “Le Sommeil” - Scene (06:13)
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14. IV. Pas de deux. Coda (01:19)
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15. IV. Pas de deux. Variation 1 (01:03)
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16. VI. Panorama (02:07)
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17. IV. Pas d’action (05:13)
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18. IV. Pas de deux. Variation 2 (01:44)
