Composer: Alexander Glazunov, Aram Khachaturian, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Dmitri Shostakovich, Vincent Youmans
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra, Radio France Orchestre Philharmonique, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra
Conductor: Robert Irving, Paavo Järvi, Aram Khachaturian, Yuri Temirkanov, Riccardo Muti, Evgeny Svetlanov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 9498242
Release: 2011
Size: 688 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
01. I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship
02. II. The Story of the Kalendar Prince
03. III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess
04. IV. The Festival at Baghdad – The Sea – The Ship goes to pieces on a Rock summounted by a Bronze Warrior
Khachaturian: Spartacus highlights (1993 Digital Remaster)
05. Variation of Aegina
06. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
07. The Entrance of Harmodius – Adagio of Aegina and Harmodius
08. Dance of the Gaditanae – The Rebels’ Approach
CD 02
Khachaturian: Gayane Suite
01. Gopak
02. Sabre Dance
03. Ayesh’a Dance
04. Dance of the Rose-Maidens
05. Mountaineers’ Dance
06. Lullaby
07. Dance of the Young Kurds
08. Armen’s Variation
09. Lezghinka
Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67: Tableau I – L’Hiver (Winter)
10. Introduction: Andante
11. Winter Scene
12. Variation 1: Frost: Allegro
13. Variation 2: Ice: Andantino
14. Variation 3: Hail: Allegro Moderato
15. Variation 4: Snow: Allegretto
16. Coda: Allegro
17. Glazunov: Spring, Op. 34
Glazunov: The Seasons, III. Summer
18. Introduction: Andantino
19. Waltz of the Cornflowers & Poppies: Allegretto
20. Barcarolle: Andante
21. Variation: Allegretto
22. Coda: Allegro
Glazunov: The Seasons, IV. Autumn
23. Bacchanal: Presto
24. Petit Adagio: Andante Mosso
25. Variation: The Satyr: Allegro
26. The Bacchantes: Allegro
27. Apotheosis: Moderato
Shostakovich: The Golden Age, Suite from the Ballet, Op. 22a
28. Introduction
29. Polka
30. Dance
31. Youmans: Tea for Two
The splendour of Russia’s ballet tradition is evoked in spectacular scores by Rimsky-Korsakov, Khachaturian and Glazunov, while Shostakovich espouses modernism – and ‘Tea for Two’. The exotic Scheherazade, which inspired a steamy harem scenario from Diaghilev and Fokine, is here entrusted to Riccardo Muti. Aram Khachaturian himself conducts excerpts from Spartacus – including the sweepingly romantic and justly celebrated Adagio; another, contracting highlight comes with the fiery Sabre Dance from the same composer’s Gayaneh.