Famous Ballet Music [CD de audio] Interpreti Vari

For lovers of ballet music, this magnificent 5-disc set contains some of the best ballet music ever written. Tchaikovsky's three great ballets, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, need no introduction. They contain not only some of the composer's best music, but also some of the most famous ever composed. On this disc you will hear the popular orchestral suites that have made Tchaikovsky's ballet music an essential part of the concert hall, from the enchanting Swan Lake theme to the enchanting miniature overture and the Dance of the Fairy. The Nutcracker candy factory. Khachaturian's two ballets have also become great orchestral favorites; the famous Spartacus adagio even entered the UK top 10 singles. The second disc of this set contains excerpts from Spartacus and Gayaneh, including the fiery saber dance, as well as Khachaturian's incidental music for Mikhail Lermontov's Masquerade. Léo Delibes' graceful and charming ballet music is performed on the third disc, in suites by Sylvia and Coppélia, along with dances written to accompany Victor Hugo's Le Roi Samuse and two extremely popular songs from the opera Lakmé, the duet of flowers and the song of the bell. The fourth disc highlights the ballet music of Adolphe Adams' Giselle, the dramatic story of death through dance. The collection concludes with the ballets from Massenet's operas Le Cid, Cendrillon and Thaïs. This captivating exploration of 19th and 20th century ballet music, in which listeners will find popular favorites alongside new discoveries, is an ideal introduction to the world of ballet.