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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote many works well-known to the general classical public, including Romeo and Juliet, the 1812 Overture, and the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. These, along with two of his four concertos , three of his symphonies and two of his ten operas, are among his most familiar works.
Barbie of Swan Lake (2003) is a direct-to-video children's movie featuring Tchaikovsky's music and motion capture from the New York City Ballet and based on the Swan Lake story. In this version, Odette is not a princess by birth, but a baker's daughter; instead of being kidnapped by Rothbart and taken to the lake against her will, she discovers ...
The 1895 Petipa/Ivanov/Drigo revival of Swan Lake is a famous version of the ballet Swan Lake, (ru. Лебединое Озеро), (fr. Le Lac des Cygnes).This is a ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky based on an ancient German legend, presented in either four acts, four scenes (primarily outside Russia and Eastern Europe), three acts, four scenes (primarily in Russia and Eastern Europe) or ...
Where Delibes' music remains decorative, Tchaikovsky's touches the senses and achieves a deeper significance. [8] Tchaikovsky's three ballets, Maes says, forced an aesthetic re-evaluation of music for that genre. [9] Brown calls Tchaikovsky's first ballet, Swan Lake, "a very remarkable and bold achievement."
He recorded all three Tchaikovsky ballets, recording Swan Lake for Decca three times—once, in 1952, (slightly abridged) with the London Symphony—a second performance (of highlights), in stereo with the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam in February 1961; and (uncut) in 1973, a Decca Phase 4 three disc set, featuring Ruggiero Ricci as ...
The film features Tchaikovsky's score from Swan Lake performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, [13] with 15-year-old violinist Nicola Benedetti performing the violin solos. [14] [15] In addition, the film has a theme song that plays over the end credits, "Wings", written by Jason Blume and performed by Leslie Mills. [16]
On this Mercury Living Presence Stereo recording, the spoken commentary was also given by Deems Taylor and the 1812 was coupled with Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien. Later editions coupled the 1812 Overture with Dorati's recording of Beethoven's Wellington's Victory, which featured the London Symphony Orchestra and real cannon. [34]
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