Kristjan Jarvi, Gstaad Festival Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Ballet Music (2015) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Kristjan Järvi, Gstaad Festival Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Ballet Music (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:03 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Classical
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Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake is one of the most popular of all ballets. Fashioned from Russian folk tales, the ballet tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by the curse of evil sorcerer, Odile, the Black Swan. In this new version by conductor Kristjan Järvi, the chronological order of the pieces has been newly arranged to achieve a dramatic arc of tension. The arrangement also brings some new transitions and some new musical endings.

ABOUT THE GSTAAD FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Every year the Menuhin Festival Gstaad (Switzerland) thrills its audience with unique concerts and top-class musical programmes set amidst magnificent Swiss countryside. The Gstaad Festival Orchestra (GFO) grew out of the vision to spread the innovative, inspiring spirit of the Menuhin Festival abroad and to enable this celebrated annual music festival to resonate on an international platform. Since its foundation in 2010, the GFO put its self-imposed challenge into practice and has soared again and again to new musical heights. The Gstaad Festival Orchestra is made up of the best musicians from Switzerland’s leading orchestras.

Tracklist

Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
01. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Introduction
02. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act I: Scène 1
03. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act I: Valse
04. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act I: Scène 2
05. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act I: Pas de trois
06. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act II: Pas de deux
07. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act II: Danse de coupes-Valse-Scene
08. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act II: Danses des cygnes
09. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act III: Allegro giusto-Danses
10. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act III: Scène
11. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act III: Pas de six
12. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act III: Pas de deux
13. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act III: Czardas-Danse Hongroise
14. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act III: Danse Russe
15. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act III: Danse Espagnole
16. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act III: Danse Napolitaine
17. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act III: Mazurka
18. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act IV: Danses des petits cygnes
19. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act IV: Scène finale