Composer: Piotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov”
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: PentaTone
Size: 2.48 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Act I
01. Opening
02. No. 1: Scène
03. No. 2: Valse
04. No. 3: Scène
05. No. 4: Pas de trois, Intrada
06. No. 4: Pas de trois II
07. No. 4: Pas de trois III
08. No. 4: Pas de trois IV
09. No. 4: Pas de trois V
10. No. 4: Pas de trois VI, Coda
11. No. 5: Pas de deux
12. No. 5: Pas de deux II
13. No. 5: Pas de deux III
14. No. 5: Pas de deux IV, Coda
15. No. 6: Pas d’action
16. No. 7: Sujet
17. No. 8: Danse des coupes
18. No. 9: Finale
Act II
19. No. 10: Scène
20. No. 11: Scène
21. No. 12: Scène
22. No. 13: Danse des cygnes
23. No. 13: Danse des cygnes II
24. No. 13 : Danse des cygnes III
25. No. 13 : Danse des cygnes IV
26. No. 13: Danse des cygne V
27. No. 13: Danse des cygnes VI
28. No. 13: Danse des cygnes VII
29. No. 14: Scène
Act III
30. No. 15: Allegro
31. No. 16: Danses de corps de ballets et des nains
32. No. 17: Scène
33. No. 18: Scène
34. No. 19: Pas de six
35 No. 19: Pas de six, var. I
36. No. 19: Pas de six, var. II
37. No. 19: Pas de six, var. III
38. No. 19: Pas de six, var. IV
39. No. 19: Pas de six, var. V
40. No. 19: Pas de six, Coda
41 No. 20: Danse hongroise Czárdás
42. No. 21: Danse russe
43. No. 21: Danse espagnole
44. No. 22: Danse napolitaine
45. No. 23: Mazurka
46. No. 24: Scène
Act IV
47. No. 25: Entr’acte
48. No. 26: Scène
49. No. 27: Danse des petits cygnes
50. No. 28: Scène
51. No. 29: Scène finale
Swan Lake is the first of the three great ballets that Tchaikovsky wrote, and arguably the most famous. The piece is mainly known in the shape it obtained in 1895, when it became a classic in the choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. That “imperial” version strayed from Tchaikovsky’s world premiere score, with several cuts, abridgments and displacements. This high definition recording presents the work as it was heard during the 1877 world premiere performance, highlighting the extraordinary symphonic qualities of Tchaikovksy’s original conception.
Swan Lake is performed by the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov” led by its Artistic Director Vladimir Jurowski. Jurowski has recorded extensively for PENTATONE and has received enthusiastic critical acclaim. In July 2017, he signed a long-term, multialbum agreement with PENTATONE including a new complete cycle of the symphonies of Sergei Prokofiev with the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov”. Other releases by Jurowski for PENTATONE include violin concertos by Britten and Hindemith with Arabella Steinbacher, and tone poems by Mahler and Strauss, performed with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin where he is Chief Conductor and Artistic Director.