Title: Ultimate Ballet / Various Artist: Various Artists Label: Decca Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 028947585602 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2007-09-11 Number of Discs: 5 Additional Details: BOXED SET, SLIPSLEEVE/DIGSLEEVE PACKAGING
From the exquisite elegance of Swan Lake to the riot-inducing dissonance of the Rite of Spring, these 5 CDs highlight the astonishing variety of colors, moods and tonalities that lie within the world of ballet music. Excerpts of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty, and the Nutcracker and Stravinsky's entire Firebird and the Rite of Spring join Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) Prokofiev; Faust: Ballet Music; Act 2 "Waltz" Gounod; Coppelia Delibes, and Les Sylphides Chopin.
Tracks: 1.1 Suite. Scã¨Ne (Act 2) 1.2 Suite. Dance of the Little Swans (Act 2) 1.3 Suite. Second Dance of the Queen of the Swans (Act 2) 1.4 Suite. Czardas (Act 3) 1.5 Suite. Waltz (Act 1) 1.6 Introduction 1.7 The Lilac Fairy (Finale, Act 1) 1.8 Pas D'action (Act 1) 1.9 Puss in Boots (Act 3) 1.10 Panorama (Act 2) 1.11 Waltz (Act 1) 1.12 Miniature Overture 1.13 March 1.14 Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 1.15 Russian Dance 1.16 Arabian Dance 1.17 Chinese Dance 1.18 Dance of the Mirlitons 1.19 Waltz of the Flowers 2.1 Prelude 2.2 Act 1. Waltz 2.3 Act 1. Scã¨Ne (Swanilda and Frantz) 2.4 Act 1. Mazurka 2.5 Act 1. Scã¨Ne (Preparation for the Fãªte) 2.6 Act 1. Ballad of the Ear of Corn 2.7 Act 1. Variations on a Slav Theme 2.8 Act 1. Czardas 2.9 Act 1. Sortie 2.10 Act 1. Finale 2.11 Act 2. Entr'acte - Valse 2.12 Act 2. Scã¨Ne (Coppelius' Workshop) 2.13 Act 2. Scã¨Ne 2.14 Act 2. Music of the Automata 2.15 Act 2. Scã¨Ne 2.16 Act 2. Scã¨Ne 2.17 Act 2. Drinking Song - Scã¨Ne 2.18 Act 2. Scã¨Ne 2.19 Act 2. Waltz of the Doll 2.20 Act 2. Scã¨Ne 2.21 Act 2. Bolero 2.22 Act 2. Gigue 2.23 Act 2. Scã¨Ne - Finale 3.1 Act 3. March of the Bell 3.2 Act 3. the Fãªte (Divertissement). Waltz of the Hours 3.3 Act 3. the Fãªte (Divertissement). Daybreak 3.4 Act 3. the Fãªte (Divertissement). Prayer 3.5 Act 3. the Fãªte (Divertissement). Work (The Woman Spinning) 3.6 Act 3. the Fãªte (Divertissement). Marriage (A Village Wedding) 3.7 Act 3. the Fãªte (Divertissement). Discord and War 3.8 Act 3. the Fãªte (Divertissement). Peace 3.9 Act 3. the Fãªte (Divertissement). Festive Dance 3.10 Act 3. the Fãªte (Divertissement). Final Gallop 3.11 Prelude 3.12 Nocturne 3.13 Waltz 3.14 Mazurka 3.15 Mazurka 3.16 Prelude 3.17 Waltz 3.18 Waltz 3.19 Ballet. the Nubian Women 3.20 Ballet. Adagio 3.21 Ballet. Dance of Antiquity 3.22 Ballet. Variations for Cleopatra 3.23 Ballet. the Trojans 3.24 Ballet. Mirror Variations 3.25 Ballet. Phryne's Dance 3.26 Concert Waltz 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Romeo 4.3 The Street Awakens 4.4 Morning Dance 4.5 The Quarrel 4.6 The Fight 4.7 The Prince's Command 4.8 Juliet, the Young Girl 4.9 Entrance of the Guests (Minuet) 4.10 Masks 4.11 Dance of the Knights 4.12 Balcony Scene 4.13 Folk Dance 4.14 Friar Lawrence 4.15 Dance 4.16 Tybalt Fights Mercutio 4.17 Mercutio Dies 4.18 Romeo Resolves to Avenge Mercutio's Death 4.19 Romeo Fights Tybalt 4.20 Introduction to Act 3 4.21 The Last Farewell 4.22 Dance of the Girls with Lilies 4.23 Juliet's Funeral 4.24 Juliet's Death 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Scene 1. Kashchei's Magic Garden 5.3 Scene 1. Appearance of the Firebird Pursued By Prince Ivan 5.4 Scene 1. the Firebird's Dance 5.5 Scene 1. Prince Ivan Captures the Firebird 5.6 Scene 1. Supplication of the Firebird - Appearance of the Thirteen Enchanted Princesses 5.7 Scene 1. the Princesses' Game with the Golden Apples 5.8 Scene 1. Sudden Appearance of Prince Ivan 5.9 Scene 1. the Princesses' Round Dance 5.10 Scene 1. Daybreak - Prince Ivan Enters Kashchei's Palace 5.11 Scene 1. Magic Carillon - Appearance of Kashchei's Guardian Monsters - Capture of Prince Ivan - Int 5.12 Scene 1. Dance of Kashchei's Retinue Under the Firebird's Spell 5.13 Scene 1. Infernal Dance of All Kashchei's Subjects 5.14 Scene 1. Lullaby (The Firebird) - Kashchei Awakes - Death of Kashchei - Darkness 5.15 Scene 2. Dissolution of the Palace and Kashchei's Spells - Animation of the Petrified Warriors - Ge 5.16 Part 1. the Adoration of the Earth 5.17 Part 2. the Sacrifice
