ESSENTIAL BALLET

CD1

1. Swan Lake Op.20 - No.10: Scene (Moderato) - John Lanchbery

2. 13. Dances of the Swans - IV. Dance of the Cygnets (Allegro moderato) - John Lanchbery

3. 13. Dances of the Swans - V. Andante - Andante non troppo - Allegro (Christopher Warren-Green, violin; Robert Truman, cello) - John Lanchbery

4. Act III - 21. Spanish Dance (Allegro non troppo: tempo di bolero) - Philharmonia Orchestra

5. 8. Pas d'action: - Rose Adagio (Andante - Adagio maestoso) - John Lanchbery

6. 8. Pas d'action: - 6. Waltz (Allegro: Tempo di valse) - John Lanchbery

7. Divertissement - Variation 2: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy - Coda (to Pas de deux) - John Lanchbery

8. Divertissement - Dance of the Reed Flutes - John Lanchbery

9. Divertissement - Waltz of the Flowers - John Lanchbery

10. Pas de deux: Kitri and Basilio (Act III) - I. Entrée - Robert Irving

11. Pas de deux: Kitri and Basilio (Act III) - II. Adage - Robert Irving

12. Pas de deux: Kitri and Basilio (Act III) - III. Basilio's Solo - Robert Irving

13. Pas de deux: Kitri and Basilio (Act III) - IV. Kitri's Solo - Robert Irving

14. Pas de deux: Kitri and Basilio (Act III) - V. Coda - Robert Irving

15. La Fille mal gardèe - Widow Simone - Clog Dance (Act II) - Barry Wordsworth

16. Act II - 29. Pas de deux - Barry Wordsworth

17. Cinderella: Fairies - No. 12 Spring Fairy (Allegro) - André Previn

18. Cinderella: Fairies - No. 13 Summer Fairy (Andantino sognando) - André Previn

19. Cinderella: Fairies - No. 15 Autumn Fairy (Allegro moderato) - André Previn

20. Cinderella: Fairies - No. 16 Winter Fairy (Allegro moderato) - André Previn

21. Act II - Pas de deux: The Prince and Cinderella (Adagio) - André Previn

22. Spartacus_Ballet Suite No. 2 – Adagio - Yuri Temirkanov

23. Romeo and Juliet (1987 Digital Remaster) - Dance of the Knights - André Previn

24. Romeo and Juliet (1987 Digital Remaster) - Balcony Scene (Act1) (3 tracks as one) - André Previn

CD2

1. Giselle (2008 Digital Remaster) - Valse (Act I) - Robert Irving

2. Giselle (2008 Digital Remaster) - Pas de deux (Act II) - Robert Irving

3. Le Corsaire - Pas de deux and Variations (1996 Digital Remaster) - I. Pas de deux - Terence Kern

4. Le Corsaire - Pas de deux and Variations (1996 Digital Remaster) - II. Variation 1 - Terence Kern

5. Le Corsaire - Pas de deux and Variations (1996 Digital Remaster) - III. Variation 2 - Terence Kern

6. Le Corsaire - Pas de deux and Variations (1996 Digital Remaster) - IV. Coda - Terence Kern

7. Coppélia (1988 Digital Remaster) – Waltz - New Philharmonia Orchestra

8. Coppélia (1988 Digital Remaster) – Czárdás - New Philharmonia Orchestra

9. Gaîté Parisienne (1989 Digital Remaster) - Overture (La Vie Parisienne) - Manuel Rosenthal

10. Sylvia (Suite) – Pizzicati - New Philharmonia Orchestra

11. Première tableau - Le tour de passe-passe - Danse russe - Peter Donohoe

12. Deuxième tableaux - Coda (Apollon et les Muses) - John Tattersdill

13. Les Sylphides (1994 Digital Remaster) - Grande Valse brillante in E flat, Op. 18 - Robert Irving

14. Les Biches (1981 Digital Remaster) – Rondeau - Georges Prêtre

15. Part III - 4. Danse générale – Bacchanale - London Symphony Chorus

16. Part III - Variations symphoniques - Jean-Philippe Collard

17. Monotones - Gnossienne No. 1 (Lent) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

18. Tales of Beatrix Potter - Music from the Royal Ballet film - Mrs Tiggy-Winkle's Laundry - John Lanchbery

19. Pineapple Poll - Suite - I. Opening Dance - London Philharmonic Orchestra

20. Rodeo (1999 Digital Remaster) - Hoe-Down - Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

21. Serenade in C Op. 48 - II. Valse. (Moderato: Tempo di valse) - City of London Sinfonia

22. Shylock - incidental music Op.57 (2001 Digital Remaster) – Final - Michel Plasson

23. Symphony in C - IV. Final : Allegro vivace - City of London Sinfonia

These 2CD mid-price sets, drawn from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics, present a selection of the best-loved and most popular ballet music by the great composers, performed by the world’s leading artists.

This is a collection of many of the best-known and most familiar items from across the whole spectrum of classical ballet. It starts with the swan theme from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake and encompasses other famous ‘white’ ballets like Adam’s Giselle and Chopin’s Les Sylphides as well as Prokofiev’s two favourites love stories: Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella. Lively and colourful music is heard from Coppélia, La Fille mal gardée and Gayaneh, and witty sophistication is represented by Poulenc’s Les Biches and Satie’s Monotones. Stravinsky unique musical style is heard in extracts from Petrushka and Apollo and pure dance is not neglected in Franck’s Symphonic Variations, the waltz from Tchaikovsky’s Serenade and the glorious finale from Bizet’s Symphony in C that ends the programme.

EMI Classics 2cds 6486502