Tcherepnin: Le Pavillon d'Armide / Henry Shek, Moscow Symphony

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
January 15, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TCHEREPNIN, NIKOLAY
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Moscow Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Shek
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 15, 2021
    • UPC
      747313365777
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573657
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. L'introduction et Scène première (Introduction and First Scene)

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Henry Shek

    2. Courantes. Danse des heures (Courante. Dance of the Hours)

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Henry Shek

    3. La scène d'animation du Gobelin (The Gobelin Tapestry Comes to Life)

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Henry Shek

    4. La plainte d'Armide (Armida's Lamentation)

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Henry Shek

    5. Scène: Grand pas d'action: Adagio

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Henry Shek

    6. Grande valse noble

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Henry Shek

    7. Variation

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Henry Shek

    8. Danse des gamins (de petits esclaves éthiopiens) (Dance of the Boys (Little Ethiopian Slaves))

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Henry Shek

    9. Danse des confidentes (Dance of Armida’s Ladies)

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Henry Shek

    10. Bacchus et les bacchantes

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Henry Shek

    11. Entrée des magiciens et Danse des ombres (Entry of the Magicians and Dance of the Shades)

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Henry Shek

    12. Danse des bouffons (Dance of the Clowns)

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Henry Shek

    13. Pas d'écharpe (Scarf Dance)

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Henry Shek

    14. Pas de deux

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Henry Shek

    15. Grande valse finale

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Henry Shek


Nikolay Tcherepnin, a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov in St Petersburg, achieved fame as a conductor, directing the premiere of his ballet Le Pavillon d’Armide as the opening to Diaghilev’s first Ballets Russes season in 1911 which also marked the Paris debut of Nijinsky. A work of great importance in the history of modern ballet, with choreography by Fokin, this enchanting score brings to life a Gobelin tapestry in a mysterious and haunted pavilion in the grounds of a French chateau. Cocteau described its effect as ‘better than a poem by Heine, than a story of Poe, than any dream, this is nostalgia for things partly seen, insubstantial and insistent.’ This recording was first released in 1995 on our Marco Polo label, and being the only complete recording of this stunning work currently available. This recording was acclaimed on its initial release, with Classic CD concluding that ‘excellent performances from the Moscow Symphony Orchestra under Henry Shek and sympathetic engineering make this worth seeking out’, and Fanfare stating that ‘the performance is thoroughly convincing and ably recorded... an enjoyable discovery.’