The scenario, initially in two acts, was fashioned from russian and german folk tales and tells the story of odette, a princess turned into a swan by an. Utah symphony orchestra abravanel, maurice nutcracker complete swan lake suite music. Cw 32, popularly known as the nutcracker suite, in january and february 1892. In 1882 tchaikovsky considered creating a concert suite out of numbers from his ballet swan lake, which he had composed six years previously. Lp his masters voice, his masters voice soxlp 20024, soxlp.
Tchaikovsky,swan lake, nutcracker ballet suites, wolfgang sawallisch. Nutcracker, suite from the ballet, details allmusic. His most noted works include nutcracker suite, swan lake and symphony no. Slovak philharmonic orchestra henry adolph suite from the. Ballet suites nutracker, swan lake, sleeping beauty. Like the later nutcracker, there are nationalistic dances, but the nutcracker dances are more colorful and brilliant. After the tremendous success of swan lake, vladimir jurowski and the state academic symphony orchestra of russia evgeny svetlanov continue their tchaikovsky ballet series on pentatone with this recording of the nutcracker. Slovak philharmonic orchestra henry adolph suite from the nutcracker op. Nutcracker the swan lake excerpts by pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky. Provided to youtube by universal music group tchaikovsky. Scene swan theme berliner philharmoniker mstislav rostropovi. Nutcracker complete with swan lake suite utah symphony orchestra holiday 2006. Home trending history get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. Despite its initial failure, it is now one of the most popular of all ballets.
Alfred krips violin, martin hoherman cello, boston pops orchestra, arthur fiedler. In the years between swan lake and the nutcracker, tchaikovsky s musical abilities definitely grew, plus he wrote another ballet, the sleeping beauty, whose score is just as dazzling and inventive as the nutcracker. Tchaikovsky bernstein, new york philharmonic tchaikovsky bernstein, new york philharmonic nutcracker suite swan lake suite. Tchaikovsky composed scores for three ballets, and music selections from two of them are on this cd.
Complete your tchaikovsky the royal philharmonic orchestra conducted by yuri simonov collection. Sep, 2011 listen to your favorite songs from tchaikovsky. A suite of 6 numbers was assembled, probably by riccardo drigo, music director of the imperial ballet, after the 1895 performance. In fact he wrote the score for 3 of the most famous and most performed ballets in the world. Tchaikovsky lebedinoe ozero swan lake, ballet suite op. The scenario, initially in two acts, was fashioned from russian and german folk tales and tells the story of. Its hard to imagine that the man who composed the worldfamous and truly adored nutcracker suite and swan lake, among other famous classical music scores, was a hypochondriac, refused to drink anything but bottled water especially eccentric in an era when commercially bottled water wasnt the norm, and who also suffered from the.
Years of fame had completed the composition of swan lake, which was the first in his famed trilogy of ballets. High fidelity, october 1954 swan lake his way with the ubiquitous suite no. Sep, 2011 available with an apple music subscription. Nutcracker suite, swan lake suite lizzio cd, jan1989, pilz vienna masters series at the best online prices at ebay. Tchailkovskys nutcracker suite tchaikovsky s nutcracker suite with swan lake music. Zurich ballet swan lake zurich, opera house 15 june 2018. The swan lake usually heard today is an 1895 version, produced two years after tchaikovsky s death, that altered some of the ballet and its music significantly, especially the finale. Tchaikovsky made a selection of eight of the numbers from the ballet before the ballets december 1892 premiere, forming the nutcracker suite, op. Swan lake suite leonard bernstein on allmusic 1985. Tchaikovsky, royal philharmonic orchestra conducted by. Swan lake suite hunjoung lim korean symphony orchestra duration.
Tchaikovskys name is closely associated with ballet. Little known facts about the nutcracker suite and tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky,swan lake, nutcracker ballet suites, wolfgang. All this ethnicflavored music is colorful and effective, but may actually be better suited to the ballet than to the suite.
Complete your tchaikovsky philharmonia orchestra, wolfgang sawallisch collection. Peter tchaikovsky was born at votkinsk to an inspector of mines and a halffrench mother. Tchailkovskys nutcracker suite tchaikovskys nutcracker s uite with swan lake music. Excerpts from swan lake suite the nutcracker suite suite from sleeping beauty orchestra new philharmony st. As a child, tchaikovsky was regarded as sensitive and as having morbid tendencies. Swan lake suite yuri simonov, royal philharmonic orchestra on allmusic. Performances of the suite can range from 25 to 30 minutes, depending on which music is played. Tchaikovsky, the royal philharmonic orchestra, george. The ballets premiere took place on february 20, 1877, but it was not a success owing to poor staging and choreography, and it was soon dropped from the repertoire. Despite its initial failure, it is now one of the most popular ballets of all time. Tchaikovsky s enchanting masterpiece is an absolute audience favourite, thanks to hits such as the waltz of the.
Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Tchaikovsky compiled his suite from the ballet the nutcracker, op. The suite was first performed, under the composers direction, on 19 march 1892 at an assembly of the saint petersburg branch of the musical society. Tchaikovsky philharmonia orchestra, wolfgang sawallisch. Most of his compositions center around opera and theater. It was the only one of his three ballet suites to have been compiled an published during the composers lifetime. Program notes by phillip huscher piotr tchaikovsky born may 7, 1840, votkinsk, russia. Only the nutcracker suite was put together by tchaikovsky ahead of the first performance of the ballet in 1892. Tchaikovsky, bernstein, new york philharmonic nutcracker. Swan lake ballet the composition of pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky 18401893. Piotr tchaikovsky born may 7, 1840, votkinsk, russia. The ballets themselves may have more excellent music than the numbers contained in these suites, but at least the published suites we all know are an excellent sampler of the full scores. Tchaikovsky swan lake the nutcracker universal production music.
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