Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Swan Lake / Halasz, Slovak Po

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
February 5, 1988
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TCHAIKOVSKY
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Michael, Halász
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 05, 1988
    • UPC
      730099505024
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8550050
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Miniature Overture

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    2. II. March

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    3. III. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    4. IV. Russian Dance, "Trepak"

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    5. V. Arab Dance

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    6. VI. Chinese Dance

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    7. VII. Dance of the Reeds

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    8. VIII. Waltz of the Flowers

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    9. Act II: Scene

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    10. Act I: Valse

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    11. Act II: Dances of the Swans: Allegro

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    12. Act II: Dances of the Swans: Andante

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    13. Act II: Dances of the Swans: Tempo de valse

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    14. Act I: Dance of the Goblets

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    15. Act III: Hungarian Dance (Czardas)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    16. Act III: Spanish Dance

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    17. Act III: Neapolitan Dance

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    18. Act IV: Finale (abridged)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász


This 1987 Naxos CD has the Nutcracker and Swan Lake suites, but omits the Sleeping Beauty. The Slovak Philharmonic, directed by Michael Halasz, excels on the rather longer Swan Lake suite, with some nice playing in the brass and a lovely duet between solo violinist Josef Bogacz and an unnamed cellist. The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (op. 71). The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. It was given it's premi�re at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on Sunday, December 18, 1892, on a double-bill with Tchaikovsky's opera, Iolanta. Swan Lake Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875-76. The scenario, initially in two acts, was fashioned from Russian folk tales[a] and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger. The ballet was premiered by the Bolshoi Ballet on 4 March [O.S. 20 February] 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Although it is presented in many different versions, most ballet companies base their staging's both choreographically and musically on the 1895 revival of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, first staged for the Imperial Ballet on 15 January 1895, at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. For this revival, Tchaikovsky's score was revised by the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatre's chief conductor and composer Riccardo Drigo.