The Sleeping Beauty

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet

The Sleeping Beauty is a full-length ballet by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, premiered in 1890. The score exemplifies late-Romantic orchestral ballet music with rich, colourful orchestration, sweeping melodies and classical formal structures, and it occupies a central place in Tchaikovsky's output as a culmination of his work for the ballet stage and an influence on subsequent ballet composition.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Prologue: no. 1: March (Moderato)
    7:52
  2. 2.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Prologue: no. 2: Dance Scene (Moderato con moto)
    4:13
  3. 3.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Prologue: no. 3: Pas de six: Introduction - Adagio
    4:14
  4. 4.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Prologue: no. 3: Pas de six: Variation I: The Fairy of the Crystal Fountain (Allegro moderato)
    0:44
  5. 5.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Prologue: no. 3: Pas de six: Variation II: The Fairy of the Enchanted Garden (Allegro)
    0:34
  6. 6.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Prologue: no. 3: Pas de six: Variation III: The Fairy of the Woodland Glades (Allegro moderato)
    0:56
  7. 7.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Prologue: no. 3: Pas de six: Variation IV: The Fairy of the Songbirds (Moderato)
    0:30
  8. 8.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Prologue: no. 3: Pas de six: Variation V: The Fairy of the Golden Vine (Allegro molto vivace)
    0:56
  9. 9.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Prologue: no. 3: Pas de six: Variation VI: The Lilac Fairy (Tempo di valse)
    0:57
  10. 10.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Prologue: no. 3: Pas de six: Coda (Allegro giusto)
    1:29
  11. 11.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Prologue: no. 4: Finale
    8:09
  12. 12.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act I: no. 5: Scene (Allegro vivo - Moderato)
    6:35
  13. 13.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act I: no. 6: Waltz (Allegro: Tempo di valse)
    4:20
  14. 14.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act I: no. 7: Scene (Andante)
    1:49
  15. 15.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act I: no. 8: Pas d'action: Rose Adagio (Andante - Adagio maestoso)
    6:05
  16. 16.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act I: no. 8: Pas d'action: Dance of the Maids of Honour and the Pages
    1:58
  17. 17.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act I: no. 8: Pas d'action: Aurora's Variation
    2:38
  18. 18.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act I: no. 8: Pas d'action: Coda (Allegro giusto)
    3:37
  19. 19.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act I: no. 9: Finale
    5:39

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II: no. 10: Entr'acte and Scene (Allegro con spirito - Un poco più tranquillo)
    2:46
  2. 3.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II: no. 11: Blind Man's Buff (Allegro vivo)
    1:39
  3. 4.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II: no. 12: Scene: Dances of the Courtiers: Scene
    0:39
  4. 5.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II: no. 12: Scene: Dances of the Courtiers: Dance of the Duchesses (Minuet: Moderato con moto)
    0:51
  5. 6.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II: no. 12: Scene: Dances of the Courtiers: Dance of the Baronesses (Gavotte)
    0:46
  6. 7.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II: no. 12: Scene: Dances of the Courtiers: Dance of the Countesses (Allegro non troppo)
    0:31
  7. 8.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II: no. 12: Scene: Dances of the Courtiers: Dance of Marchionesses (Allegro no troppo)
    0:45
  8. 9.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II: no. 13: Farandole: Scene (Poco più vivo) - Dance (Allegro non troppo)
    1:35
  9. 10.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II: no. 14: Scene: Prince Florimund and the Lilac Fairy
    4:46
  10. 11.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II: no. 15: Pas d'action: Aurora and Florimund (Andante cantabile)
    5:00
  11. 12.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II: no. 15: Pas d'action: Aurora's Variation (Allegro con moto)
    1:25
  12. 13.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II: no. 15: Pas d'action: Coda (Presto)
    1:22
  13. 14.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II: no. 16: Scene (Allegro agitato)
    0:46
  14. 15.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II: no. 17: Panorama (Andantino)
    2:49
  15. 16.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II: no. 19: Symphonic Entr'acte (The Sleep) and Scene (Andante misterioso) / no. 20: Finale: The Awakening (Allegro agigato)
    4:19
  16. 17.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 21: March (Allegro non troppo)
    2:25
  17. 18.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 22: Polonaise: Procession of Fairy-Tale Characters (Allegro moderato e brillante)
    4:29
  18. 19.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 23: Pas de quatre: Introduction (Allegro non tanto)
    1:51
  19. 20.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 23: Pas de quatre: Variation I: The Golden Fairy (Allegro tempo di valse)
    1:03
  20. 21.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 23: Pas de quatre: Variation II: The Silver Fairy (Allegro giusto)
    0:57
  21. 22.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 23: Pas de quatre: Variation IV: The Diamond Fairy (Vivace) - Coda (L'istesso tempo)
    1:27
  22. 23.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no 24: Pas de caractére: Puss-in-Boots and The White Cat (Allegro moderato)
    1:55
  23. 24.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 25: Pas de quatre: Introduction (Adagio)
    2:14
  24. 25.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 25: Pas de quatre: Variation I: Cinderella and Prince Charming (Allegro: Tempo di valse)
    0:47
  25. 26.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 25: Pas de quatre: Variation II: The Bluebird and Princess Florine (Andantino)
    0:45
  26. 27.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 25: Pas de quatre: Code (Presto)
    1:30
  27. 28.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 26: Pas de caractére: Red Riding Hood and the Wolf (Allegro moderato)
    1:19
  28. 29.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 27: Tom Thumb (Allegro agitato - Tempo di valse - Vivace assai)
    1:16
  29. 30.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 28: Pas de deux: Cinderella and Prince Fortune
    2:31
  30. 31.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 28: Pas de deux: Entrée (Allegretto - Allegro moderato) - Adagio (Andante non troppo)
    3:40
  31. 32.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 28: Pas de deux: Variation I: Florimund (Vivace - Prestissimo)
    1:00
  32. 33.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 28: Pas de deux: Variation II: Aurora (Andantino)
    1:26
  33. 34.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 28: Pas de deux: Coda (Allegro vivace)
    1:23
  34. 35.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 29: Sarabande
    2:03
  35. 36.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 30: Finale and Apotheosis: Finale - (Allegro brillante: Tempo di mazurka)
    3:55
  36. 37.
    Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III: no. 30: Finale and Apotheosis: Apotheosis (Andante molto maestoso)
    1:54

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