100 Best Ballet (6CD)

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100 Best Ballet

This 6 CD set contains an unrivalled collection of 100 favourite Ballet Classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. Includes excerpts from ‘Romeo and Juliet’, ‘Swan Lake’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, ‘The Rite of Spring’ & ‘Spartacus’.

  • CD 1: The Three Tchaikovsky Ballets
  • CD 2: Russian Ballet
  • CD 3: Classic French Ballets
  • CD 4: Diaghilev Ballets
  • CD 5: Ballet in Britain
  • CD 6: Ballet in America

Track Listing:

Disc 1:
  1. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Act 2. Scene
  2. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Act 1. Waltz
  3. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Act 2. Dance of the Little Swans
  4. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Act 2. Pas de deux
  5. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Act 3. Hungarian Dance
  6. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Act 3. Spanish Dance
  7. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Act 3. Neapolitan Dance
  8. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Act 3. Mazurka
  9. The Sleeping Beauty, suite for orchestra, Op. 66a: Introduction
  10. The Sleeping Beauty, suite for orchestra, Op. 66a: Act 1. Rose Adagio
  11. The Sleeping Beauty, suite for orchestra, Op. 66a: Act 2. Panorama
  12. The Sleeping Beauty, suite for orchestra, Op. 66a: Act 1. Waltz
  13. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Miniature Overture
  14. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 1. March
  15. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
  16. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Trepak: Russian Dance
  17. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Chocolate: Spanish Dance
  18. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Coffee: Arab Dance
  19. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Tea: Chinese Dance
  20. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Dance of the Reed Flutes
  21. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Waltz of the Flowers
Disc 2:
  1. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Polonaise
  2. Don Quixote, ballet: Act 3. Pas de deux
  3. La Bayadere, ballet: Act 4. Conclusion. The Kingdom of the Shades
  4. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. Dance of the Knights
  5. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. Balcony Scene
  6. Cinderella, ballet, Op. 87: Act 1. Shawl Dance
  7. Cinderella, ballet, Op. 87: Adt 1. Fairies: Spring - Summer - Autumn - Winter
  8. Cinderella, ballet, Op. 87: Act 2. Pas de deux (The Prince and Cinderella)
  9. Spartacus, ballet: Act 3. Adago of Spartacus and Phrygia
  10. The Age of Gold, ballet, Op. 22: Polka
  11. Gayane, ballet in 4 acts: Act 3. Sabre Dance
  12. Gayane, ballet in 4 acts: Act 3. Dance of the Rose Maidens
  13. Gayane, ballet in 4 acts: Act 1. Lezhginka
Disc 3:
  1. La Fille Mal Gardée, ballet: Act 1. Introduction - Dance of the Cock and Hens
  2. La Fille Mal Gardée, ballet: Act 2. Widow Simone - Clog Dance
  3. La Fille Mal Gardée, ballet: Act 2. Pas de deux
  4. La Fille Mal Gardée, ballet: Act 2. Finale
  5. Giselle, ballet: Act 1. Valse
  6. Giselle, ballet: Act 2. Pas de deux
  7. Le Corsaire, ballet
  8. Faust, opera: Ballet Music. Les Nubiennes / Variation du miroir / Danse de Phryné
  9. Coppélia, suite for orchestra: Act 1. Prélude & Mazurka
  10. Coppélia, suite for orchestra: Act 1. Valse
  11. Coppélia, suite for orchestra: Act 1. Czárdás
  12. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Overture
  13. Sylvia, suite from the ballet: Act 1. Les Chasseresses
  14. Sylvia, suite from the ballet: Act 1. Intermezzo & Valse lente
  15. Sylvia, suite from the ballet: Act 3. Pizzicati
  16. Les Deux Pigeons, ballet: Pas de deux pigeons
  17. Les Deux Pigeons, ballet: Dance of the Gypsies
  18. Les Deux Pigeons, ballet: Hungarian Dance
  19. Boléro, ballet for orchestra: [Conclusion]
Disc 4:
  1. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version): First Tableau: Russian Dance
  2. Les sylphides, ballet (arrangement): Prelude in A, Op. 28 No. 7
  3. Les sylphides, ballet (arrangement): Grande Valse brillante in E flat, Op. 18
  4. La boutique fantasque, ballet after Rossini, P. 120: Can Can
  5. Les biches, suite for orchestra (from the ballet), FP 36: Rondeau
  6. Les biches, suite for orchestra (from the ballet), FP 36: Adagietto
  7. Les biches, suite for orchestra (from the ballet), FP 36: Rag-mazurka
  8. Prélude à l'aprÃ..s-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86
  9. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: L'Adoration de la terre (Opening)
  10. El Amor brujo, suite from the revised ballet for orchestra, G. 69: The Corregidor's Dance & Confrontation
  11. Apollon musagÃ..te, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra: The Birth of Apollo
  12. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Danse générale - Bacchanale
  13. Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35: Opening Scene: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince
  14. Parade, ballet in 1 scene for orchestra: Finale
  15. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra: Final Scene
Disc 5:
  1. Birthday Offering (after Glazunov): Overture - Entrée - Grand Adagio and Coda
  2. Symphonic Variations, for piano & orchestra (also arr. for 2 pianos), M. 46: Final Section
  3. Façade, for reciter & ensemble: Swiss Yodeling Song
  4. Façade, for reciter & ensemble: Polka
  5. Façade, for reciter & ensemble: Waltz
  6. Façade, for reciter & ensemble: Popular Song
  7. Façade, for reciter & ensemble: Tango - Pasodoble
  8. Façade, for reciter & ensemble: Tarantella - Sevillana
  9. Work(s): A Month in the Country~No. 8. Alla polacca
  10. Gnossienne for piano No. 1
  11. Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: Nimrod
  12. Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: Finale
  13. Tales of Beatrix Potter, ballet: Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle's Laundry
  14. Tales of Beatrix Potter, ballet: The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck
  15. Tales of Beatrix Potter, ballet: The Mouse Waltz
  16. Les Patineurs, ballet (arranged by Constant Lambert; music from 'Le ProphÃ..te,' Act 3): Allegro moderato e pesante - Andante esprressi
  17. Pineapple Poll, ballet (compiled & arranged by C. Mackerras): Opening Dance
  18. The Lady and the Fool, romantic ballet suite (after Verdi): Grand Adage
Disc 6:
  1. Serenade for strings (or piano, 4 hands) in C major, Op. 48: Pezzo in forma di Sonatina [extract]
  2. Serenade for strings (or piano, 4 hands) in C major, Op. 48: Valse
  3. Symphony in C major ('No. 1'): Finale: Allegro vivace
  4. Shylock, incidental music and suite for tenor & orchestra, Op. 57: Finale
  5. Symphony No. 3 in D major ('Polish'), Op. 29: 2. Alla tedesca
  6. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44: Finale: Allegro con fuoco
  7. Billy the Kid, ballet: Celebration
  8. Fancy Free, ballet: Opening Dance
  9. Rodeo, ballet: Buckaroo Holiday
  10. Rodeo, ballet: Hoe-Down
  11. Symphonic Dances (9) from 'West Side Story', for orchestra (orchestrated with Ramin & Kostal): 2. Somewhere
  12. Appalachian Spring, concert suite for full orchestra: Variations on a Shaker Hymn ('Simple Gifts')
  13. On the Town, musical: Times Square
  14. The Stars and Stripes Forever, march for band
Release date Australia
January 22nd, 2016
Artist
Label
EMI Classics
Album Length (Minutes)
463
Number of Discs
6
Original Release Year
2008
Box Dimensions (mm)
140x125x25
UPC
5099920677725
Product ID
1561887

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