The Sleeping Beauty

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & London Symphony Orchestra & André Previn

The Sleeping Beauty is a full-length ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1889–1890 and premiered in 1890. The score exemplifies late-Romantic orchestration with sweeping, lyrical melodies, richly coloured harmonies and dance forms tailored to classical ballet, and it occupies a central place in Tchaikovsky's output and in the 19th-century ballet repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Introduction (Allegro Vivo - Andantino)
    2:57
  2. 2.
    No.1 March (Moderato)
    5:04
  3. 3.
    No.2 Dance Scene (Moderato Con Moto)
    4:27
  4. 4.
    No.3 Pas De Six: Introduction
    0:36
  5. 5.
    No.3 Pas De Six: Adagio
    3:51
  6. 6.
    No.3 Pas De Six: Variation I: The Fairy Of The Crystal Fountain (Allegro Moderato)
    0:54
  7. 7.
    No.3 Pas De Six: Variation II: The Fairy Of The Enchanted Garden (Allegro)
    0:34
  8. 8.
    No.3 Pas De Six: Variation III: The Fairy Of The Woodland Glades (Allegro Moderato)
    0:58
  9. 9.
    No.3 Pas De Six: Variation IV: The Fairy Of The Songbirds (Moderato)
    0:30
  10. 10.
    No.3 Pas De Six: Variation V: The Fairy Of The Golden Wine (Allegro Molto Vivace)
    1:01
  11. 11.
    No.3 Pas De Six: Variation VI: The Lilac Fairy (Tempo Di Valse)
    1:00
  12. 12.
    No.3 Pas De Six: Coda (Allegro Giusto)
    1:30
  13. 13.
    No.4 Finale
    8:29
  14. 14.
    No.5 Scene (Allegri Vivo - Moderato)
    6:52
  15. 15.
    No.6 Waltz (Allegro: Tempo di Valse)
    4:58
  16. 16.
    No.7 Scene (Andante)
    1:47
  17. 17.
    No.8 Pas D'Action: Rose Adagio (Andante - Adagio Maestoso)
    6:11
  18. 18.
    No.8 Pas D'Action: Dance Of The Maids Of Honour And The Pages
    2:00
  19. 19.
    No.8 Pas D'Action: Aurora's Variation
    3:31
  20. 20.
    No.8 Pas D'Action: Coda (Allegro Giusto)
    2:30
  21. 21.
    No.9 Finale
    7:32
  22. 22.
    No.10 Entr'Acte And Scene (Allegro Con Spirito - Un Poco Più Tranquillo)
    2:45
  23. 23.
    No.11 Blind Man's Buff (Allegro Vivo)
    1:37
  24. 24.
    No.12 Scene: Dances Of The Courtiers: Scène
    0:52
  25. 25.
    No.12 Scene: Dance Of The Duchesses (Minuet: Moderato Con Moto)
    0:54
  26. 26.
    No.12 Scene: Dance Of The Baronnessesn(Gavotte)
    0:53
  27. 27.
    No.12 Scene: Dance Of The Countesses (Allegro Non Troppo)
    0:39
  28. 28.
    No.12 Scene: Danse of the Marchionesses (Allegro Non Troppo)
    0:46
  29. 29.
    No.13 Farandole: Scene (Poco Più Vivo)
    0:16
  30. 30.
    No.13 Farandole: Dance (Allegro Non Troppo)
    1:36

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    No.14 Scene: Prince Florimund And The Lilac Fairy
    5:23
  2. 2.
    No.15 Pas D'Action: Pas D'Action: Aurora And Florimund (Andante Cantabile)
    5:27
  3. 3.
    No.15 Aurora's Variation (Allegro Con Mote)
    1:22
  4. 4.
    No.15 Coda (Presto)
    1:29
  5. 5.
    No.16 Scene (Allegro Agitato)
    0:43
  6. 6.
    No.17 Panorama (Andantino)
    4:00
  7. 7.
    No.18 Entr'Acte
    5:55
  8. 8.
    No.19 Symphonic Entr'Acte (The Sleep) And Scene (Andante Misterioso)
    7:43
  9. 9.
    No.20 Finale: The Awakening (Allegro Agitato)
    2:17
  10. 10.
    No.21 March (Allegro Non Troppo)
    3:25
  11. 11.
    No.22 Polonaise: Procession Of Fairy-Tale Characters (Allegro Moderato E Brillante)
    4:34
  12. 12.
    No.23 Pas De Quatre: Introduction (Allegro Non Tanto)
    2:07
  13. 13.
    No.23 Variation I: The Golden Fairy (Allegro: Tempo di Valse)
    1:05
  14. 14.
    No.23 Variation II: The Silver Fairy (Allegro Giusto)
    0:49
  15. 15.
    No.23 Variation III: The Sapphire Fairy (Vivacissimo)
    0:44
  16. 16.
    No.23 Variation IV: The Diamond Fairy (Vivace)
    0:44
  17. 17.
    No.23 Coda (L'istesso Tempo)
    0:54
  18. 18.
    No.24 Pas De Caractère: Puss-in-Boots And The White Cat (Allegro Moderato)
    1:53
  19. 19.
    No.25 Pas De Quatre: Introduction (Adagio)
    2:00
  20. 20.
    No.25 Variation I: Cinderella And Prince Charming (Allegro: Tempo di Valse)
    0:57
  21. 21.
    No.25 Variation II: The Bluebird And Princess Florine (Andantino)
    0:47
  22. 22.
    No.25 Coda (Presto)
    1:24
  23. 23.
    No.26 Pas De Caractère: Red Riding Hood And The Wolf (Allegro Moderato)
    1:21
  24. 24.
    No.26 Cinderella And Prince Charming (Allegro Agitato - Tempo di Valse - Vivace Assai)
    2:36
  25. 25.
    No. 28 Pas De Deux (Aurora And Florimund): Entrée (Allegretto - Allegro Moderato)
    1:41
  26. 26.
    No. 28 Adagio (Andante Non Troppo)
    4:36
  27. 27.
    No. 28 Variation I: Florimund (Vivace Prestissimo)
    1:04
  28. 28.
    No. 28 Variation II: Aurora (Andantino)
    1:56
  29. 29.
    No. 28 Coda (Allegro Vivace)
    1:20
  30. 30.
    No.30 Finale And Apotheosis: Finale (Allegro Brillante: Tempo di Mazurka)
    5:43
  31. 31.
    No.30 Apotheosis (Andante Molto Maestoso)
    2:22

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