Composer: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama
Format: DSD64 (dsf tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Release: 2016
Size: 2.51 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Sleeping Beauty (La Belle au bois dormant) Op. 66
Suite for Piano Duo transcribed by Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
01. Introduction – La Fée des Lilas
02. Adagio – Pas d’action
03. Pas de caractère – Le chat botté
04. Panorama
05. Valse
Nutcracker (Casse-noisette) Op. 71
Suite for Piano Duo transcribed by Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
06. Ouverture
07. Marche
08. Danse de la Fée-Dragée
09. Le Café
10. Le Thé
11. Danse russe, “Trepak”
12. Danse des mirlitons
13. Valse des Fleurs (Flower Waltz)
14. Pas de deux
Swan Lake (Le Lac des cygnes) Op. 20
Suite for Piano Duo transcribed by Eduard Leontyevich Langer (1835-1905)
15. Scène
16. Danses des cygnes
17. Scène
Suite for Piano Duo transcribed by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
18. Danse russe (Russian Dance)
19. Danse espagnole (Spanish Dance)
20. Danse napolitaine (Neapolitan Dance)
An inextricable bond exists between the piano and ballet, this due to the fact that the ballet dancer’s strenuous daily routine of rehearsing in a mirror-lined hall is not normally accompanied by an orchestra, but by a piano. Seated at the piano is a répétiteur, who, with two virtuoso hands, routinely and tirelessly replaces an entire orchestra, providing the musical fundament for the creative work of the choreographer. The répétiteur’s high level of musical and pianistic mastery has always been crucial, but this was particularly the case in the days when they frequently were required to play directly from an open score, with little or no preparation.