Composer: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Milano, Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Rudolf Barshai, Riccardo Muti, Lovro von Matačić, John Lanchbery
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 6486202
Release: 2010
Size: 638 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Onegin Ballet Suite
01. Opening Scene – Dance Of The Young Girls (No 1 & 2)
02. Lensky’s Variation – Pas De Deux (No 4 & 5)
03. Scene: Onegin and Tatiana – Onegin’s Variation (No 7 & 8)
04. Finale: Scene 1 (No 9)
05. Tatiana’s Bedroom: Apparition of Onegin – Pas De Deux (No 11 & 12)
06. Opening Waltz (No 13)
07. Tatiana’s Variation And General Dance – Quarrel (No 18 & 19)
08. Duel And Death of Lensky (No 22)
09. Grande Polonaise (No 23)
10. Russian Dance (No 26)
11. Final Scene – Tatiana Rejects Onegin (No 28)
Suite No. 3 in G Major, Op. 55
12. IV.(a) Theme. Andante con moto
13. IV.(b) Variation I. Tempo del tema
14. IV.(c) Variation II. Molto più mosso
15. IV.(d) Variation III. Tempo del tema
16. IV.(e) Variation IV. Tempo del tema
17. IV.(f) Variation V. Allegro risoluto
18. IV.(g) Variation VI. Allegro vivace
19. IV.(h) Variation VII. Moderato
20. IV.(i) Variation VIII. Largo
21. IV.(j) Variation IX. Allegro molto vivace
22. IV.(k) Variation X. Allegro vivo e poco rubato
23. IV.(l) Variation XI. Moderato mosso
24. IV.(m) Finale. Polacca
CD 02
Symphony No. 3, Op. 29 “Polish”
01. II. Alla tedesca. Allegro moderato e semplice
02. III. Andante elegiaco
03. IV. Scherzo. Allegro vivo
04. V. Finale. Allegro con fuoco
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44
05. I. Allegro brillante e molto vivace
06. II. Andante non troppo
07. III. Allegro con fuoco
This album complements the three previous Tchaikovsky releases in the series (Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker) and features a condensed version of the dramatic ballet Onegin, created by John Cranko in Stuttgart and now performed by major companies all over the world. It uses piano music by Tchaikovsky arranged and orchestrated by Kurt-Heinz Stolze. The rest of the programmes consists of three major ballets choreographed by George Balanchine created on extracts from Tchaikovsky’s Suite for Orchestra No.3 in G (Theme and Variations) and his Symphony No.3 in D ‘Polish’ (Jewels: Diamonds) plus the complete version of his Piano Concerto No.2 in G (Ballet Imperial).