Ballet Favourites (3cd set)

Artist: Various Artists
Format: 3CD
Bar-code: 5060294543084
Cat No: M3CD308

£7.99

Featuring the works of Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Ravel, Prokofiev, Rossini and many more. This 3CD Compilation is the perfect compilation for Ballet lovers and fans of Classical Music. With a stellar collection of world-class Conductors and Orchestras; Von Karajan, Ansermet, Bernstein, L’Orcestre De La Suisse, The London Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and many more.

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CD One

Tchaikovsky:Swan Lake

1. Scena (Moderato)
2. Waltz
3. Dance of the Little Swans
4. Pas de deux
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet
Rec.1959

Tchaikovsky:The Nutcracker

5.March
6. Chinese Dance
7. Trépak
8. Dance of the Mirlitons
9. Waltz Of The Flowers
10.Adagio
11.Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet
Rec.1959

Tchaikovsky:The Sleeping Beauty

12.Prologue – Introduction – March
13.Waltz
14.Pas d’action
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet
Rec.1959

Prokofiev:Cinderella

15.Introduction
16.Pas de deux
17.Amoroso (Andante dolcissimo)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Robert Irving
Rec.1957

Prokofiev:Romeo and Juliet

18.The Montagues and the Capulets…Dance of the Knights
19.Romeo at Juliet’s Tomb
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karel Ancerl
Rec.1959

CD Two

1. Ravel:Bolero-Finale:Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch
Rec.1959

2. Ravel: La valse:L’Orchestre de la Suise Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet
Rec.1958

3. Saint-Saens:The Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Skitch Henderson
Rec.1961

4. Herold:La fille mal gardée:Clog Dance:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by John Lanchberry
Rec.1961

Delibes:Coppelia

5. Introduction and Mazurka
6. Introduction and Waltz
7. Czardas
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet
Rec.1958

Delibes:Sylvia

8. Les chasseresses (Fanfare)
9. Valse lente
10.Divertissement:Pizzicati
11.Apparation d’Endymion
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Anatole Fistoulari
Rec.1960

Adam:Giselle

12.Introduction
13.Pas de deux
14.La chasse
15.Entrée de Loys
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan
Rec.1961

Meyerbeer:Les Patineurs

16.Entrée
17.Finale
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Irving
Rec.1957

Poulenc:Les biches

18.Rondeau
19.Adagietto
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Anatole Fistoulari
Rec.1953

CD Three

1. Weber:Invitation To The Dance
Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner
Rec.1958

Chopin:Les Sylphides

2. Overture: Prelude in A major
3. Mazurka in C major
4. Grande valse brillante
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Robert Irving
Rec.1956

5. Minkus:Don Quixote: Pas de deux
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by George Weldon
Rec.1957

Rossini (arr.Respighi): La Boutique fantasque

6. Overture
7. Tarantella
8. Can-Can
Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler
Rec.1956

Glazunov:Raymonda

9. Act I, Scene I: Lento maestoso
10.Act III: Entr’acte
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Lovro von Matacic
Rec.1956

11.Khachaturian:Masquerade:Waltz
RCA Victor Orchestra conducted by Kirill Kondrashin
Rec.1958

12.Khachaturian:Spartacus:Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gauk
Rec.1959

13.Khachaturian:Gayaneh: Sabre Dance
Lenningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gennadi Rozhtdetsvensky
Rec.1961

14.Stravinsky:Petrushka:The Shrovetide Fair
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet
Rec.1958

15.Stravinsky:The Firebird:Infernal Dance
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet
Rec.1955

16.Stravinsky:The Rite Of Spring (Le sacre du printemps):Sacrificial Dance
Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein
Rec.1958