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. XIV. Chocolate. Spanish Dance (01:11)
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2. XXI. Pas de Deux. Variation 1, Tarantella (00:44)
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3. XXI. Pas de Deux. Coda (01:25)
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4. XXI. Pas de Deux. Variation 2, Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (02:15)
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5. XXI. Pas de Deux. Dance of the Prince and the Sugar-Plum Fairy (04:29)
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6. XIX. Mother Gigogne and the Clowns (02:50)
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7. XI. The Magic Castle (03:50)
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8. XVII. Trepak (01:09)
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9. XVIII. Dance of the Mirlitons (02:21)
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10. XXII. Finale. Final Waltz and Apotheosis (05:35)
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11. XVI. Tea. Chinese Dance (01:06)
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12. XV. Coffee. Arabian Dance (03:23)
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13. XII. Clara & the Prince - XIII. Divertissement (04:32)
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14. XX. Waltz of the Flowers (06:42)
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#2: Swan Lake, Op. 20 CD 1
(CD Audio)
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1. VI. Pas de deux. Intrada (Tempo di valse) (01:44)
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2. VI. Pas de deux. Pas d’action (Andantino quasi moderato - Allegro) (02:53)
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3. IV. Danses des petits cygnes (01:27)
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4. Tempo di valse (01:40)
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5. IV. Scene: Entrance of Pages. Allegro moderato (04:08)
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6. I. Scene. Swan Theme (Moderato) (06:31)
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7. III. Valse. Tempo di valse (07:17)
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8. VI. Pas de deux. Andante (05:37)
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9. II. Scene. Allegro giusto (03:02)
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10. IX. Finale. Swan Theme (Andante) (02:47)
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11. V. Pas de trois. Coda (Allegro vivace) (01:49)
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12. V. Pas de trois. Prince (Moderato) (01:20)
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13. II. Scene. Allegro moderato - Moderato - Allegro vivo (03:50)
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14. VI. Pas de deux. Tempo di valse (01:45)
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15. VI. Pas de deux. Intrada (Tempo di valse) (02:00)
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16. III. Danses des cygnes (01:57)
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17. VII. Coda. Allegro vivace (01:41)
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18. V. Pas d’action. Second Dance of the Queen (Andante) (08:04)
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19. V. Pas de trois. Andante sostenuto (03:52)
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20. V. Pas de trois. Allegro semplice - Presto (01:13)
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21. V. Pas de trois. Intrada (Allegro moderato) (02:51)
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22. I. Introduction. Moderato assai (03:07)
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23. VIII. Danse des coupes (Polonaise) (05:42)
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24. VII. Scene. Dusk falls (00:55)
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25. V. Pas de trois. Allegro (01:07)
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#3: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 CD 1
(CD Audio)
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1. IV. Pas d’action. Finale (06:51)
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2. IV. Pas de Six. Variation 1 (Candide) (01:08)
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3. IV. Pas de Six. Variation 3 (Miettes qui tombent) (01:12)
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4. IV. Pas de Six. Entrée (00:37)
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5. IV. Pas de Six. Finale (08:37)
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6. IV. Pas de Six. Variation 5 (Violente) (00:16)
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7. IV. Pas de Six. Adagio (04:01)
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8. IV. Pas de Six. Variation 6 (La Fée des Lilas) (01:06)
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9. IV. Pas de Six. Variation 4 (Canari qui chante) (00:31)
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10. IV. Pas de Six. Variation 2 (Coulante. Fleur de Farine) (00:35)
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11. I. Introduction (02:43)
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12. I. Scene (03:06)
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13. II. March (04:24)
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14. IV. Pas d’action. Variation d’aurore (03:26)
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15. IV. Pas de Six. Coda (01:39)
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16. IV. Pas d’action. Rose Adage (06:32)
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17. III. Entrée d’Aurore (01:59)
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18. III. Scene dansante (04:25)
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19. IV. Pas d’action. Coda (02:31)
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20. II. Valse (05:00)
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#4: Swan Lake, Op. 20 CD 2
(CD Audio)
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1. IX. Mazurka (04:04)
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2. II. Scene. Allegro non troppo (02:48)
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3. IV. Pas de six. Variation 5 (Moderato - Allegro semplice) - Coda (Allegro molto vivace) (03:35)
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4. IV. Pas de six. Variation 2 (Andante con moto) (03:19)
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5. VIII. Danse napolitaine (02:33)
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6. II. Scene. La sortie des invités et la valse (04:53)
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7. VI. Danse russe (04:40)
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8. IV. Pas de six. Variation 1 (Allegro) (01:06)
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9. III. Danses des petits cygnes. Moderato (05:22)
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10. III. Scene. Allegro - Allegro giusto (01:46)
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11. VII. Danse espagnole (02:28)
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12. X. Scene. Allegro - Valse - Allegro vivo (03:52)
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13. VIII. Scene finale. Swan theme (Moderato) (03:07)
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14. V. Scene finale. Andante (06:55)
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15. IV. Pas de six. Intrada (Moderato assai) (01:56)
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16. I. Scene. Danse de fançailles (Allegro giusto) (02:47)
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17. IV. Pas de six. Variation 3 (Moderato) (00:46)
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18. IV. Pas de six. Variation 4 (Allegro) (01:04)
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19. I. Entr’acte. Moderato (02:33)
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20. V. Dance hongroise. Czárdás (03:46)
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21. IV. Scene. Allegro agitato (03:18)
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#5: The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1
(CD Audio)
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1. VI. Scene - Grandfather’s Dance (06:47)
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2. III. March (02:16)
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3. IV. Children’s Galop - Arrival of the Guests (02:28)
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4. VIII. The Battle Between the Nutcracker and the Mouse King (03:30)
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5. II. The Christmas Tree (04:03)
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6. V. Dance Scene - Arrival of Drosselmeyer (05:58)
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7. X. Waltz of the Snowflakes (06:24)
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8. VII. The Magic Spell Begins (06:47)
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9. I. Overture (03:21)
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10. IX. Scene in the Pine Forest “Journey through the Snow” (03:40)
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#6: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 CD 2
(CD Audio)
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1. VIII. Entr’acte symphonique “Le Sommeil” - Scene (06:13)
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2. VII. Entr’acte (06:42)
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3. VI. Panorama (02:07)
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4. V. Variation d’Aurore (01:37)
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5. I. Entr’acte - Scene (02:43)
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6. III. Scene (04:16)
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7. I. Marche (02:03)
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8. IV. Pas de deux. Polacca (04:02)
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9. II. Colin-maillard (01:02)
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10. IV. Pas de deux. Variation 2 (01:44)
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11. II. Pas de caractere ”Le Chat botté et La Chatte blanche” (02:30)
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12. IV. Pas de deux. Coda (01:19)
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13. IV. Pas de deux. Entrée (01:06)
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14. III. Pas de quatre (02:11)
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15. IV. Pas de deux. Adagio (04:43)
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16. IV. Pas de deux. Variation 1 (01:03)
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17. IV. Pas d’action (05:13)
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18. IX. Finale (00:47)