Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites & Waltzes for Orchestra Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra & Volker Hartung

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35:
• 1 The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35: I. Ouverture miniature 03:08
• 2 The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35: IIa. Marche 02:17
• 3 The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35: IIb. Danse de la fée-dragée 02:06
• 4 The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35: IIc. Danse russe. Trépak 01:08
• 5 The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35: IId. Danse arabe 03:58
• 6 The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35: IIe. Danse chinoise 01:02
• 7 The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35: IIf. Danse des mirlitons 02:17
• 8 The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35: III. Valse des fleurs 06:18
• Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a, TH 219 (1900 Version):
• 9 Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a, TH 219 (1900 Version): I. Scène. Moderato 03:12
• 10 Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a, TH 219 (1900 Version): III. Danse des cygnes 01:35
• 11 Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a, TH 219: VI. Danse espagnole (1954 Version) 02:20
• 12 Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a, TH 219 (1900 Version): II. Intrada. Tempo di valse 06:57
• 13 Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a, TH 219 (1900 Version): IV. Scène. Andante 07:12
• 14 Swan Lake, Op. 20, TH 12: No. 20a, Danse russe 04:22
• 15 Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a, TH 219 (1900 Version): VI. Scène et finale. Andante 01:16
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
• 16 Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64, TH 29: III. Valse. Allegro moderato 05:35
• 17 Serenade for Strings, Op. 48, TH 48: II. Valse. Moderato 03:27
• 18 Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5: Polonaise 04:28
• Total Runtime 01:02:38

Info for Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites & Waltzes for Orchestra

During the heyday of classical ballet in Saint Petersburg in the second half of the 19th century, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote ballet music for the Mariinsky Theater and the Moscow Bolshoi Theater. The result is works that are now part of the repertoire of every classical ballet company, for example, Swan Lake (1877), Sleeping Beauty (1890), and The Nutcracker (1892).

Swan Lake was the first ballet score to be created by a symphonic composer.

Suites derived from ballet became very popular. There are different versions of these suites in which the order and the movements used vary.

This album consists of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake Suite," including the rarely played "Russian dance."

The composer also selected eight of the numbers from the ballet before the ballet's December 1892 premiere, forming The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, intended for concert performance.

Under Maestro Volker Hartung, the Cologne New Philharmonic presents Tchaikovsky's suites and waltzes from his other works in thrilling performances, recorded in the gorgeous acoustics of Hamburg's Laeiszhalle.

Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra
Volker Hartung, conductor

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