Ultimate Russian Classics - CD

CD: 1

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

 

1. Overture 1812, Op.49

15:57

 

2. Capriccio italien, Op.45

15:16

Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a

 

3. Miniature Overture

03:22

 

4. March

02:17

 

5. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

01:46

 

6. Russian Dance (Trepak)

01:08

 

7. Arabian Dance (Coffee)

03:21

 

8. Chinese Dance (Tea)

01:12

 

9. Dance of the Reed-Pipes (Merlitons)

02:19

 

10. Waltz of the Flowers

06:58

 

11. Slavonic March, Op.31

10:47

CD: 2

Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov

Scheherazade, Op.35

 

1. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

10:03

 

2. The Story of the Calender Prince

11:09

 

3. The Young Prince and the Young Princess

09:34

 

4. Festival at Bagdad - The Sea - The Shipwreck against a rock surmounted by a bronze warrior (The Shipwreck)

12:26

Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin

Polovtsian Dances, from: Prince Igor

 

5. Dance No.8

02:26

 

6. Dance No.17

11:14

CD: 3

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

Pictures At An Exhibition

 

1. Promenade

01:33

 

2. Gnomus

02:29

 

3. Promenade

00:55

 

4. The Old Castle

04:26

 

5. Promenade

00:30

 

6. The Tuileries Gardens

01:09

 

7. Bydlo

02:47

 

8. Promenade

00:43

 

9. Ballet of the Chickens in Their Shells

01:13

 

10. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle

02:23

 

11. The Market-place at Limoges

01:20

 

12. The Catacombs (Sepulchrum romanum)

01:54

 

13. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua

02:10

 

14. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)

03:34

 

15. The Great Gate of Kiev

05:30

 

16. A Night on the Bare Mountain

10:41

CD: 4

Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev

The Love for Three Oranges, Symphonic Suite, Op.33 bis

 

1. 1. The Ridiculous People

03:07

 

2. 2. Infernal Scene

03:24

 

3. 3. March

01:41

 

4. 4. Scherzo

01:25

 

5. 5. The Prince and the Princess

03:49

 

6. 6. The Escape

02:08

Lieutenant Kijé, Symphonic Suite, Op.60

 

7. 1. Naissance de Kijé

04:21

 

8. 2. Romance

04:32

 

9. 3. Noces de Kijé

02:48

 

10. 4. Troïka

02:47

 

11. 5. Enterrement de Kijé

06:08

Symphony No.1 in D, Op.25 "Classical Symphony"

 

12. 1. Allegro

04:25

 

13. 2. Larghetto

03:54

 

14. 3. Gavotta (Non troppo allegro)

01:32

 

15. 4. Finale (Vivace)

04:28

CD: 5

Igor Stravinsky

The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu)

 

1. Introduction

02:44

 

2. Kashchei's enchanted garden

01:39

 

3. Appearance of the Firebird pursued by Ivan Tsarevich

02:10

 

4. Dance of the Firebird

01:34

 

5. Ivan Tsarevich captures the Firebird

01:03

 

6. Supplication of the Firebird

07:20

 

7. Game of the Princesses with the golden apples

02:29

 

8. Sudden appearance of Ivan Tsarevich

01:14

 

9. Round dance of the Princesses

03:48

 

10. Daybreak

01:19

 

11. Magic carillon, appearance of Kashchei's guardian monsters and capture of Ivan Tsarevich

05:04

 

12. Dance of Kashchei's retinue under the spell of the Firebird

00:51

 

13. Infernal dance of all Kashchei's subject's

04:58

 

14. Lullaby of the Firebird

04:36

 

15. Collapse of Kashchei's palace and dissolution of all enchantments - Reanimation of the petrified prisoners - General rejoicing

02:45

Le Sacre du Printemps

 

16. Part 1: L'Adoration de la Terre

15:53

 

17. Part 2: Le Sacrifice

17:47