Swan Lake is the first of the three great ballets that Tchaikovsky wrote, and arguably the most famous. The piece is mainly known in the shape it obtained in 1895, when it became a classic in the choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. That "imperial" version strayed from Tchaikovsky's world premiere score, with several cuts, abridgments and displacements. This high definition recording presents the work as it was heard during the 1877 world premiere performance, highlighting the extraordinary symphonic qualities of Tchaikovksy's original conception. Swan Lake is performed by the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia "Evgeny Svetlanov" led by it's Artistic Director Vladimir Jurowski. Jurowski has recorded extensively for Pentatone and has received enthusiastic critical acclaim. In July 2017, he signed a long-term, multi-album agreement with Pentatone including a new complete cycle of the symphonies of Sergei Prokofiev with the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia "Evgeny Svetlanov". Other releases by Jurowski for Pentatone include violin concertos by Britten and Hindemith with Arabella Steinbacher, and tone poems by Mahler and Strauss, performed with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin where he is Chief Conductor and Artistic Director.
6 5. Act I: No. 4. Pas de Trois: I. Intrada 00:02:19
7 6. Act I: No. 4. Pas de Trois: II. Andante Sostenuto 00:02:53
8 7. Act I: No. 4. Pas de Trois: III. Allegro Semplice - Presto 00:01:18
9 8. Act I: No. 4. Pas de Trois: IV. Moderato 00:01:28
10 9. Act I: No. 4. Pas de Trois: V. Allegro 00:01:07
11 10. Act I: No. 4. Pas de Trois: VI. Coda 00:01:46
12 11. Act I: No. 5. Pas de Deux: I. Tempo Di Valse Ma Non Troppo Vivo, Quasi Moderato 00:02:34
13 12. Act I: No. 5. Pas de Deux: II. Andante - Allegro 00:05:10
14 13. Act I: No. 5. Pas de Deux: III. Tempo Di Valse 00:01:38
15 14. Act I: No. 5. Pas de Deux: IV. Coda 00:01:53
16 15. Act I: No. 6. Pas D'action 00:02:12
17 16. Act I: No. 7. Sujet 00:00:40
18 17. Act I: No. 8. Dance of the Goblets 00:06:18
19 18. Act I: No. 9. Finale 00:02:29
20 19. Act II: No. 10. Scene 00:02:43
21 20. Act II: No. 11. Scene 00:05:37
22 21. Act II: No. 12. Scene 00:04:04
23 22. Act II: No. 13. Dances of the Swans: I. Tempo Di Valse 00:02:37
24 23. Act II: No. 13. Dances of the Swans: II. Moderato Assai 00:02:02
25 24. Act II: No. 13. Dances of the Swans: III. Tempo Di Valse 00:02:01
26 25. Act II: No. 13. Dances of the Swans: IV. Allegro Moderato 00:01:25
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1 1. Act II: No. 13. Dances of the Swans: V. Andante - Allegro 00:07:16
2 2. Act II: No. 13. Dances of the Swans: VI. Tempo Di Valse 00:01:45
3 3. Act II: No. 13. Dances of the Swans: VII. Coda 00:01:42
4 4. Act II: No. 14. Scene 00:02:41
5 5. Act III: No. 15. Allegro Giusto 00:02:32
6 6. Act III: No. 16. Dance of the Corps de Ballet and the Dwarves 00:02:37
7 7. Act III: No. 17. Scene 00:07:45
8 8. Act III: No. 18. Scene 00:01:46
9 9. Act III: No. 19. Pas de Six: Intrada 00:03:09
10 10. Act III: No. 19. Pas de Six: Variation I 00:01:31
11 11. Act III: No. 19. Pas de Six: Variation II 00:03:27
12 12. Act III: No. 19. Pas de Six: Variation III 00:01:09
13 13. Act III: No. 19. Pas de Six: Variation IV 00:00:54
14 14. Act III: No. 19. Pas de Six: Variation V 00:01:29
15 15. Act III: No. 19. Pas de Six: Coda 00:01:47
16 16. Act III: No. 20. Hungarian Dance 00:02:56
17 17. Act III: No. 20A. Russian Dance 00:04:45
18 18. Act III: No. 21. Spanish Dance 00:02:43
19 19. Act III: No. 22. Neapolitan Dance 00:01:58
20 20. Act III: No. 23. Mazurka 00:04:06
21 21. Act III: No. 24. Scene 00:03:42
22 22. Act IV: No. 25. Entr'acte 00:02:10
23 23. Act IV: No. 26. Scene 00:02:21
24 24. Act IV: No. 27. Dance of the Little Swans 00:04:04
25 25. Act IV: No. 28. Scene 00:03:13
26 26. Act IV: No. 29. Finale 00:05:53
Swan Lake is the first of the three great ballets that Tchaikovsky wrote, and arguably the most famous. The piece is mainly known in the shape it obtained in 1895, when it became a classic in the choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. That "imperial" version strayed from Tchaikovsky's world premiere score, with several cuts, abridgments and displacements. This high definition recording presents the work as it was heard during the 1877 world premiere performance, highlighting the extraordinary symphonic qualities of Tchaikovksy's original conception. Swan Lake is performed by the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia "Evgeny Svetlanov" led by it's Artistic Director Vladimir Jurowski. Jurowski has recorded extensively for Pentatone and has received enthusiastic critical acclaim. In July 2017, he signed a long-term, multi-album agreement with Pentatone including a new complete cycle of the symphonies of Sergei Prokofiev with the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia "Evgeny Svetlanov". Other releases by Jurowski for Pentatone include violin concertos by Britten and Hindemith with Arabella Steinbacher, and tone poems by Mahler and Strauss, performed with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin where he is Chief Conductor and Artistic Director.
