Tchaikovsky: The Ballets (Swan Lake / The Sleeping Beauty / The Nutcraker)

André Previn - Tchaikovsky: The Ballets (Swan Lake / The Sleeping Beauty / The Nutcraker)

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Artist: André Previn
Conductor: André Previn
Conductor: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2002-08-05
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Swan Lake,Op.20: Act 1: Introduction - No.1 Scene
  2. Swan Lake,Op.20: Act 1: No.2 Valse--Intrada
  3. Swan Lake,Op.20: Act 1: No.3 Scene
  4. Swan Lake,Op.20: Act 1: No.4 Pas de trois(a) Intrada (b) Adagio (c) Allegro semplice - Presto (d) Moderato (e) Allegro (f) Coda
  5. Swan Lake,Op.20: Act 1: No.5 Pas de deux: (a) Tempo di valse (b) Andante - Allegro - Molto piu mosso (c) Tempo di valse (d) Coda
  6. Swan Lake,Op.20: Act 1: No.6 Pas d'action
  7. Swan Lake,Op.20: Act 1: No.7 Sujet
  8. Swan Lake,Op.20: Act 1: No.8 Danse des coupes
  9. Swan Lake,Op.20: Act 1: No.9 Finale
  10. Swan Lake,Op.20: Act 2: No.10 Scene
  11. Swan Lake,Op.20: Act 2: No.11 Scene
  12. Swan Lake,Op.20: Act 2: No.12 Scene
  13. Swan Lake,Op.20: Act 2: No.13 Danse des cygnes: (a) Tempo di valse (b) Moderato assai - Molto piu mosso (c) Tempo di valse (d) Andante - Andante non troppo - Allegro (f) Tempo di Valse (g) Coda
Music CD 2
  1. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act 2: No. 14 Scene - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  2. The Ballets: Act 3: No. 15 Scene - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  3. The Ballets: Act 3: No. 16 Danse du crops de ballet et des nains - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  4. The Ballets: Act 3: No. 17 La sortie des invites et la valse - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  5. The Ballets: Act 3: No. 18 Scene - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  6. The Ballets: Act 3: No. 19 Pas de six: (a) Intrada - Variation I 0 (b) Variation II - (c) Variation III - (d) Variation IV - (e) Variation V - (f) Coda - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  7. The Ballets: Act 3: Appendix I: Pas de deux: (a) Introduction - (b) Variation I - (c) Variation II - (d) Coda - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  8. The Ballets: Act 3: No. 20 Danse hongrois (Csardas) - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  9. The Ballets: Act 3: Appendix II: Danse russe - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  10. The Ballets: Act 3: No. 21 Danse espagnole - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  11. The Ballets: Act 3: No. 22 Danse napolitaine - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  12. The Ballets: Act 3: No. 23 Mazurka - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  13. The Ballets: Act 3: No. 24 Scene - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  14. The Ballets: Act 4: No. 25 Entr'acte - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  15. The Ballets: Act 4: No. 26 Scene - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  16. The Ballets: Act 4: No. 27 Danse des petits cygnes - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  17. The Ballets: Act 4: No. 28 Scene - P.I. Tchaikovsky
  18. The Ballets: Act 4: No. 29 Scene finale - P.I. Tchaikovsky
Music CD 3
  1. Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Introduction
  2. Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Prologue - The Christening: No.1 Marche
  3. Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Prologue - The Christening: No.2 Scene dansante
  4. Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Prologue - The Christening: Pas de six (a) Introduction (b) Adagio (c) Variation I (d) Variation II (e) Variation III (f) Variation IV (g) Variation V (h) Variation VI (i) Coda
  5. Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Prologue - The Christening: No.4 Finale
  6. Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 1 The Spell: No.5 Scene
  7. Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 1 The Spell: No.6 Valse
  8. Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 1 The Spell: No.7 Scene
  9. Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 1 The Spell: No.8 Pas d'action (a) Adagio a la rose (b) Danse (c) Variaton d'Aurore (d) Coda
  10. Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 1 The Spell: No.9 Finale
  11. Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 2 The Vision: No.10 Entr'acte et Scene
  12. Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 2 The Vision: No.11 Colin-maillard
  13. Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 2 The Vision: No.12 Scene (a) Scene (b) Danse des duchesses (c) Danse des baronnes (d) Danse des comtesses (e) Danse des marquises
  14. Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 2 The Vision: No.13 Farandole (a) Scene (b) Danse
Music CD 4
  1. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 2 The Vision: No.14 Scene
  2. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 2 The Vision: No.15 Pas d'action (a) pas d'action (b) Variation d'Aurore (c) Coda
  3. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 2 The Vision: No.16 Scene
  4. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 2 The Vision: No.17 Panorama
  5. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 2 The Vision: No.18 Entr'acte
  6. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 2 The Vision: No.19 Entr'acte et Scene
  7. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 2 The Vision: No.20 Finale
  8. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 3 The Wedding: No.21 Marche
  9. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 3 The Wedding: No.22 Polacca
  10. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 3 The Wedding: No.23 Pas de quatre (a) Variation I (b) Variation II (c) Variation III (d) Variation IV (e) Coda
  11. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 3 The Wedding: No.24 Pas de caractere
  12. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 3 The Wedding: No.25 Pas de quatre (a) Variation I (b) Variation II (c) Coda
  13. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 3 The Wedding: No.26 Pas de caractere (a) Chaperon rouge et le loup (b) Cendrillon et le Prince Fortune
  14. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 3 The Wedding: No.28 Pas de deux (a) Entree (b) Adagio (c) Variation I (d) Variation II (e) Coda
  15. The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Act 3 The Wedding: No.30 Finale et Apotheose
Music CD 5
  1. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Miniature Overture
  2. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 1: No.1 The Decoration Of The Christmas Tree
  3. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 1: No.2 March
  4. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 1: No.3 Children's Galop And Entry Of The Parents
  5. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 1: No.4 Arrival Of Dosselmeyer
  6. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 1: No.5 Grandfather's Dance
  7. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 1: No.6 Scena (Clara And The Nutcracker)
  8. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 1: No.7 Scena (Battle)
  9. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 1: No.8 Scena (In The Pine Forest)
  10. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 1: No.9 Waltz Of The Snowflakes
Music CD 6
  1. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 2: No.10 Scena - (The Kingdom Of Sweets)
  2. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 2: No.11 Scena (Clara And The Prince)
  3. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 2: No.12 Divertissement (a) Cocolate (Spanish Dance)
  4. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 2: Divertissement (b) Coffee (Arab Dance)
  5. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 2: Divertissement (c) Tea (Chinese Dance)
  6. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 2: Divertissement (d) Trepak (Russian Dance)
  7. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 2: Divertissement (e) Flutes (Dance Of The Reed Pipes)
  8. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 2: Divertissement (f) Mother Gigogne
  9. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 2: No.13 Waltz Of The Flowers
  10. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 2: No.14 Pas De Deux
  11. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 2: No.14 Pas De Deux (a) Variation 1 - Tarantella
  12. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 2: No.14 Pas De Deux (b) Variation II Sugar Plum Fairy And Coda
  13. The Nutcracker, Op.71: Act 2: No.15 Final Waltz And Apotheosis

Free Music Notes for Tchaikovsky: The Ballets (Swan Lake / The Sleeping Beauty / The Nutcraker)

Free Music Review: 4 1/2 STARS! Do not underestimate this box set at this low price!
Hit: 5 Stars

Many of the previous reviewers have been quite correct in criticism of EMI for including an abridged version of The Sleeping Beauty in this box set. What isn't clear, however is if Previn EVER recorded the complete version - if memory serves correctly this is the version released in the 1970s during Previn's heyday as a conductor of the LSO.

Previn was never a firebrand as a conductor. If you are looking for Russian passion, you will not find it in these performances. What you will find, however, is beautifully fluid conducting and gorgeously languid melody. As ballet music it is beautiful, but dances never quite lift off into full flights of terpsichorean fancy. (I apologize for that last sentence - I couldn't resist it). What this means is that in the aforementioned Sleeping Beauty the Prologue and Intro to Scene 5 may be furious and exciting, but the Valse of Act I/6 and Aurora Variations of Act 1/8 do not thrill and make the hairs stand on the back of your neck in the manner that they should. (Peter Ilyich's mastery of ballet music also reflects his weakness as a symphonies. Never at a loss for beautiful melodies, he flung them as beautiful bouquets to his audience, rather than spend the time developing them individually in symphonic form). Still, I do love those symphonies, even 1,2, and 3. (BTW, if your looking for an affordable, exciting set of those symphonies - with somewhat dated sonics - you can't go wrong with Bernstein and the NYP Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies in another great bargain of the CD era. A 5 disc set with the symphonies, the 1812 (another guilty pleasure!) Romeo & Juliet and Hamlet overtures. But I digress.

Why 4 1/2 stars then - and why is this box sitting on my shelf? Because in terms of "bang-for-the-buck" it simply can't be beat. It is currently selling under $20 from any number of amazon re-sellers. To get these ballets - even with the questionable cuts in The Sleeping Beauty - for about $3 apiece is astoundingly good value.

My passion is piano music. If I were evaluating an abridged version of a cycle of Beethoven Sonatas, I would not view it as kindly. So I understand any lovers of ballet music, or Tchaikovsky, who may take umbrage at my advocacy for this set.

But for those of us who want a (fairly) complete set of Tchaikovsky ballets sitting on the shelf to take down and listen to once every so often (and I'd wager it's for Nutcracker in December) this set is one tough deal to beat.

I stand behind my recommendation: 4 1/2 stars!
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Andre Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra perform three of the greatest ballets ever composed: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty , and The Nutcracker. From EMI-Angel.

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