Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake

by Pyotr Tchaikovsky / Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan

Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1952
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: Russia
  • Length: 3:47
  • Community rating: 3.82/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Conducted by Herbert von Karajan, the Philharmonia Orchestra extracts the most thrilling, dramatic suites from Tchaikovsky's legendary ballets. The recording executes the lush, sweeping Russian romanticism with terrifyingly precise dynamic control and aristocratic elegance, creating a sonic benchmark for high-fidelity classical releases in the early 1950s.

Genres

Descriptors: suite, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Swan Lake Ballet Suite, Op. 20: Scene (Swan Theme)
  2. Swan Lake Ballet Suite, Op. 20: Waltz in A Major, Act 1
  3. Swan Lake Ballet Suite, Op. 20: Dance of the Little Swans, Act 2
  4. Swan Lake Ballet Suite, Op. 20: Intro. to Scene & Second Dance of the Queen of the Swans, Act 3
  5. Swan Lake Ballet Suite, Op. 20: Hungarian Dance (Czardas), Act 3
  6. The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite, Op. 66: Intro. and Lilac Fairy (Prologue)
  7. The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite, Op. 66: Pas D'Action (Adagio), Act 1
  8. The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite, Op. 66: Pas de Caract猫re (Puss in Boots), Act 3
  9. The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite, Op. 66: Panorama, Act 2
  10. The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite, Op. 66: Valse, Act 1

Credits

  • Amy Heidemann - written-by
  • Ester Dean - written-by
  • Nick Noonan - written-by

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