Best 100 - Ballet - CD

CD: 1

 

1. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Act 2. Scene

 

2. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Act 1. Waltz

 

3. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Act 2. Dance of the Little Swans

 

4. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Act 2. Pas de deux

 

5. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Act 3. Hungarian Dance

 

6. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Act 3. Spanish Dance

 

7. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Act 3. Neapolitan Dance

 

8. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Act 3. Mazurka

 

9. The Sleeping Beauty, suite for orchestra, Op. 66a: Introduction

 

10. The Sleeping Beauty, suite for orchestra, Op. 66a: Act 1. Rose Adagio

 

11. The Sleeping Beauty, suite for orchestra, Op. 66a: Act 2. Panorama

 

12. The Sleeping Beauty, suite for orchestra, Op. 66a: Act 1. Waltz

 

13. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Miniature Overture

 

14. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 1. March

 

15. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

 

16. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Trepak: Russian Dance

 

17. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Chocolate: Spanish Dance

 

18. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Coffee: Arab Dance

 

19. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Tea: Chinese Dance

 

20. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Dance of the Reed Flutes

 

21. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Waltz of the Flowers

CD: 2

 

1. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Polonaise

 

2. Don Quixote, ballet: Act 3. Pas de deux

 

3. La Bayadere, ballet: Act 4. Conclusion. The Kingdom of the Shades

 

4. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. Dance of the Knights

 

5. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. Balcony Scene

 

6. Cinderella, ballet, Op. 87: Act 1. Shawl Dance

 

7. Cinderella, ballet, Op. 87: Adt 1. Fairies: Spring - Summer - Autumn - Winter

 

8. Cinderella, ballet, Op. 87: Act 2. Pas de deux (The Prince and Cinderella)

 

9. Spartacus, ballet: Act 3. Adago of Spartacus and Phrygia

 

10. The Age of Gold, ballet, Op. 22: Polka

 

11. Gayane, ballet in 4 acts: Act 3. Sabre Dance

 

12. Gayane, ballet in 4 acts: Act 3. Dance of the Rose Maidens

 

13. Gayane, ballet in 4 acts: Act 1. Lezhginka

CD: 3

 

1. La Fille Mal Gardée, ballet: Act 1. Introduction - Dance of the Cock and Hens

 

2. La Fille Mal Gardée, ballet: Act 2. Widow Simone - Clog Dance

 

3. La Fille Mal Gardée, ballet: Act 2. Pas de deux

 

4. La Fille Mal Gardée, ballet: Act 2. Finale

 

5. Giselle, ballet: Act 1. Valse

 

6. Giselle, ballet: Act 2. Pas de deux

 

7. Le Corsaire, ballet

 

8. Faust, opera: Ballet Music. Les Nubiennes / Variation du miroir / Danse de Phryné

 

9. Coppélia, suite for orchestra: Act 1. Prélude & Mazurka

 

10. Coppélia, suite for orchestra: Act 1. Valse

 

11. Coppélia, suite for orchestra: Act 1. Czárdás

 

12. Gaité Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Overture

 

13. Sylvia, suite from the ballet: Act 1. Les Chasseresses

 

14. Sylvia, suite from the ballet: Act 1. Intermezzo & Valse lente

 

15. Sylvia, suite from the ballet: Act 3. Pizzicati

 

16. Les Deux Pigeons, ballet: Pas de deux pigeons

 

17. Les Deux Pigeons, ballet: Dance of the Gypsies

 

18. Les Deux Pigeons, ballet: Hungarian Dance

 

19. Boléro, ballet for orchestra: [Conclusion]

CD: 4

 

1. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version): First Tableau: Russian Dance

 

2. Les sylphides, ballet (arrangement): Prelude in A, Op. 28 No. 7

 

3. Les sylphides, ballet (arrangement): Grande Valse brillante in E flat, Op. 18

 

4. La boutique fantasque, ballet after Rossini, P. 120: Can Can

 

5. Les biches, suite for orchestra (from the ballet), FP 36: Rondeau

 

6. Les biches, suite for orchestra (from the ballet), FP 36: Adagietto

 

7. Les biches, suite for orchestra (from the ballet), FP 36: Rag-mazurka

 

8. Prélude a l'apra..s-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86

 

9. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: L'Adoration de la terre (Opening)

 

10. El Amor brujo, suite from the revised ballet for orchestra, G. 69: The Corregidor's Dance & Confrontation

 

11. Apollon musaga..te, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra: The Birth of Apollo

 

12. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Danse générale - Bacchanale

 

13. Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35: Opening Scene: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince

 

14. Parade, ballet in 1 scene for orchestra: Finale

 

15. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra: Final Scene

CD: 5

 

1. Birthday Offering (after Glazunov): Overture - Entré - Grand Adagio and Coda

 

2. Symphonic Variations, for piano & orchestra (also arr. for 2 pianos), M. 46: Final Section

 

3. Façade, for reciter & ensemble: Swiss Yodeling Song

 

4. Façade, for reciter & ensemble: Polka

 

5. Façade, for reciter & ensemble: Waltz

 

6. Façade, for reciter & ensemble: Popular Song

 

7. Façade, for reciter & ensemble: Tango - Pasodoble

 

8. Façade, for reciter & ensemble: Tarantella - Sevillana

 

9. Work(s): A Month in the Country~No. 8. Alla polacca

 

10. Gnossienne for piano No. 1

 

11. Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: Nimrod

 

12. Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: Finale

 

13. Tales of Beatrix Potter, ballet: Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle's Laundry

 

14. Tales of Beatrix Potter, ballet: The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck

 

15. Tales of Beatrix Potter, ballet: The Mouse Waltz

 

16. Les Patineurs, ballet (arranged by Constant Lambert; music from 'Le Propha..te,' Act 3): Allegro moderato e pesante - Andante esprressi

 

17. Pineapple Poll, ballet (compiled & arranged by C. Mackerras): Opening Dance

 

18. The Lady and the Fool, romantic ballet suite (after Verdi): Grand Adage

CD: 6

 

1. Serenade for strings (or piano, 4 hands) in C major, Op. 48: Pezzo in forma di Sonatina [extract]

 

2. Serenade for strings (or piano, 4 hands) in C major, Op. 48: Valse

 

3. Symphony in C major ('No. 1'): Finale: Allegro vivace

 

4. Shylock, incidental music and suite for tenor & orchestra, Op. 57: Finale

 

5. Symphony No. 3 in D major ('Polish'), Op. 29: 2. Alla tedesca

 

6. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44: Finale: Allegro con fuoco

 

7. Billy the Kid, ballet: Celebration

 

8. Fancy Free, ballet: Opening Dance

 

9. Rodeo, ballet: Buckaroo Holiday

 

10. Rodeo, ballet: Hoe-Down

 

11. Symphonic Dances (9) from 'West Side Story', for orchestra (orchestrated with Ramin & Kostal): 2. Somewhere

 

12. Appalachian Spring, concert suite for full orchestra: Variations on a Shaker Hymn ('Simple Gifts')

 

14. On the Town, musical: Times Square

 

15. The Stars and Stripes Forever, march for band