RUSSIAN BALLETS: Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Khachaturian; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (3CD)

CD1
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 1840-1893
Swan Lake Op.20
Act I
1. No.2 Waltz (Tempo di valse) 7’17
Act II
2. No.10 Scene – Swan Theme (Moderato) 6’31
3. No.13 Dance of the Little Swans (Allegro moderato) 1’27
4. No.13 Pas d’action – Second Dance of the Queen
Andante non troppo – Allegro 8’04
Act III
5. No.20 Hungarian Dance: Csárdás (Moderato assai –
Allegro moderato – Vivace) 3’46
6. No.21 Spanish Dance (Allegro non troppo: Tempo di Bolero) 2’28
Sleeping Beauty Op.66
Act I
7. The Spell. No.6 Waltz (Allegro: Tempo di valse) 5’00
8. The Spell. No.8 Pas d’action: Rose Adagio (Andante – Adagio meastoso) 6’32
Act II
9. The Vision. No.17 Panorama (Andantino) 2’07
Act III
10. The Wedding. No.24 Pas de caractère
(Puss-in-Boots and the White Cat) (Allegro moderato) 2’30
11. The Wedding: No.28 Pas de deux (Auroroa and Florimund)
Adagio (Andante non troppo) 4’43
12. The Wedding: No.28 Pas de deux (Aurora and Florimund)
Coda (Allegro Vivace) 1’19
13. The Wedding: No.30 Finale (Alegro brillante: Tempo di mazurka) 4’02
The Nutcracker Op.71
14. Miniature Overture 3’21
Act I
15. No.2 March 2’19
Act II
16. No.12 Divertissement. Coffee: Arabian Dance 3’23
17. No.12 Divertissement. Tea: Chinese Dance 1’06
18. No.12 Divertissement. Trepak: Russian Dance 1’09
19. No.12 Divertissement. Dance of the Reed Pipes 2’21
20. No.14 Pas de deux. Variation 2: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 4’29
21. No.13 Waltz of the Flowers 6’42

Total time 79’09

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors:
Nicolae Moldoveanu (Swan Lake)
Barry Wordsworth (Sleeping Beauty)
David Maninov (The Nutcracker)

CD2
SERGEI PROKOFIEV 1891-1953
Cinderella – Suite No.1 Op.107
1. No.1 Cinderella 2’15
2. No.2 Pas de châle 3’43
3. No.3 Quarrel 3’28
4. No.4 Fairy Godmother and the Winter Fairy 4’57
5. No.5 Mazurka 4’49
6. No.6 Cinderella goes to the ball 2’45
7. No.7 Cinderella’s Waltz 2’47
8. No.8 Midnight 2’10
The Stone Flower – Suite No.1 Op.126 ‘Wedding Suite’
9. No.1 Love Scene 7’55
10. No.2 Dance of the Groom's Men 2’09
11. No.3 Dance of the Young Girls 3’47
12. No.4 Ritual Dance 2’19
13. No.5 Wedding Dance 3’28
Romeo And Juliet – Suite No.2 Op.64ter
14. No.1 Montagues and Capulets 5’00
15. No.2 Juliet as a Young Girl 3’51
16. No.3 Friar Laurence 3’01
17. No.4 Dance 2’00
18. No.5 Romeo and Juliet before parting 9’33
19. No.6 Dance of the Maids 2’20
20. No.7 Romeo at Juliet’s Grave 6’23

Total time 78’52

Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra
Arnold Katz conductor

CD3
ARAM KHACHATURIAN 1903-1978
Gayaneh – Ballet Suite
1. Dance of the Rose Maidens 2’42
2. Aysha’s Dance 4’22
3. Dance of the Highlanders 1’57
4. Lullaby 5’53
5. Noune’s Dance 1’44
6. Armen’s Var 1’58
7. Gayaneh’s Adagio 4’00
8. Lezghinka 2’57
9. Dance with Tambourines 2’59
10. Sabre Dance 2’30
Spartacus – Ballet Suite
11. Introduction – Dance of the Nymphs 6’04
12. Aegina’s Dance 4’00
13. Scene and Dance with Crotalums 3’52
14. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia 9’43
15. Dance of The Gaditan Maidens – Victory of Spartacus 8’10

Total time 62’59

Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov conductor

Recordings: CD1: 1995 (Op.71), 2009 (Op.20), 2010 (Op.66); CD2: 1997; CD3: 2000