Anthology of Russian Ballet Music
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IGOR STRAVINSKY / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV / REINHOLD GLIÈRE / BORIS ASAFIEV / NIKOLAI TCHEREPNIN / VALERY GAVRILIN / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH etc
Anthology of Russian Ballet Music
Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Filatov
[ Fuga Libera / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 30 October 2026
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The music on this album reflects the rich tradition of Russian ballet, from 19th-century classics such as Swan Lake to the innovations of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and the ballets of the Soviet era. While ballet music had long been treated as little more than functional accompaniment, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky transformed the genre by giving it symphonic scale and psychological depth. "Ballet is a symphony in its own right," he declared, and after him ballet scores became true concert works, inspiring generations of leading Russian and European composers. Recorded at the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic, this album brings together a century of Russian ballet music in performances by the Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra under Dmitry Filatov.
Tracks:
IGOR STRAVINSKY
The Firebird Suite, K010 (1919 version):
I. The Round Dance of the Princesses (Khorovod)
II. Infernal Dance of Tsar Koschey
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Raymonda, Op. 57:
Act I: Grand Adagio
Act II: Spanish Dance
REINHOLD GLIÈRE
The Red Poppy, Op. 70:
Act I: Yablochko (Little Apple): Russian Sailors' Dance
BORIS ASAFIEV
The Flames of Paris:
Dance of the Basques
NIKOLAI TCHEREPNIN
Armida's Pavilion, Op. 29:
Armida's Variation
Grand Waltz
VALERY GAVRILIN
Anyuta, Ballet Suite:
Tarantella
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
The Limpid Stream, Ballet Suite, Op. 39a:
Adagio
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
The Golden Age, Op. 22a:
Tango
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
Spartacus, Ballet Suite No. 1:
Aegina's Variation and Bacchanalia
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Cinderella (1st Suite), Op. 107:
Cinderella's Waltz
The Clock Scene
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker, Op. 71:
Act II: Pas de Deux
