Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
[Pletnev's] devotion to Tchaikovsky is manifest in this performance. He knows the orchestra he created well, and how much he can ask of it; it is the orchestra as virtuoso that dominates.
Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
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[Pletnev's] devotion to Tchaikovsky is manifest in this performance. He knows the orchestra he created well, and how much he can ask of it; it is the orchestra as virtuoso that dominates.
About
This CD release has the potential of becoming a new reference recording: it features star conductor Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra with the complete Swan Lake by Peter Tchaikovsky – an absolute masterpiece of Russian orchestral music.
Swan Lake has come to be regarded as the very quintessence of Russian ballet, and its music benefits from an unchanged popularity worldwide and among a wide range of audiences.
The CD release marks the 20th anniversary of the Russian National Orchestra; since being founded by Mikhail Pletnev in 1990, the RNO has quickly reached a position at the top of Russian orchestras, as well as among the top ten of international orchestras (as listed by Gramophone).
This is Mikhail Pletnev’s and the RNO’s debut on Ondine.
Contents and tracklist
Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 4. Pas de trois: I. Intrada
Track length2:07
Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 4. Pas de trois: II. Andante sostenuto
Track length2:54
Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 4. Pas de trois: III. Allegro semplice - Presto
Track length1:17
Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 4. Pas de trois: IV. Moderato
Track length1:10
Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 4. Pas de trois: V. Allegro
Track length1:09
Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 4. Pas de trois: VI. Coda: Allegro vivace
Track length1:31
Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 5. Pas de deux: I. Tempo di valse ma non troppo vivo, quasi moderato
Track length2:34
Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 5. Pas de deux: II. Andante - Allegro
Track length5:41
Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 5. Pas de deux: III. Tempo di valse
Track length1:32
Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 5. Pas de deux: IV. Coda: Allegro molto vivace
Track length1:49
Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 8. Dance of the goblets: Tempo di polacca
Track length5:31
Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 9. Finale: Andante: The flight of swans
Track length2:48
Act III in the Castle of Prince Siegfried: A Ball at the Castle: No. 15. Allegro giusto
Track length2:34
Act III in the Castle of Prince Siegfried: A Ball at the Castle: No. 16. Dance of the corps de ballet and dwarves: Moderato …
Track length2:30
Act III in the Castle of Prince Siegfried: A Ball at the Castle: No. 17. Arrival of the guests and waltz Allegro - Tempo di valse
Track length7:51
Act III in the Castle of Prince Siegfried: A Ball at the Castle: No. 18. Scene: Allegro
Track length1:37
Act III in the Castle of Prince Siegfried: A Ball at the Castle: No. 19. Pas de six: I. Intrada: Moderato assai
Track length2:37
Act III in the Castle of Prince Siegfried: A Ball at the Castle: No. 19. Pas de six: II. Variation I: Allegro
Track length1:12
Act III in the Castle of Prince Siegfried: A Ball at the Castle: No. 19. Pas de six: III. Variation II: Andante con moto
Track length3:10
Act III in the Castle of Prince Siegfried: A Ball at the Castle: No. 19. Pas de six: IV. Variation III: Moderato
Track length0:41
Act III in the Castle of Prince Siegfried: A Ball at the Castle: No. 19. Pas de six: V. Variation IV: Allegro
Track length0:57
Act III in the Castle of Prince Siegfried: A Ball at the Castle: No. 19. Pas de six: VI. Variation V: Moderato - Allegro semplice
Track length1:32
Act III in the Castle of Prince Siegfried: A Ball at the Castle: No. 19. Pas de six: VII. Coda: Allegro molto
Track length1:39
Act III In the Castle of Prince Siegfried: A Ball at the Castle: No. 20. Hungarian Dance: Moderato assai - Allegro moderato - Vivace
Track length2:59
Act III In the Castle of Prince Siegfried: A Ball at the Castle: No. 21. Spanish Dance: Allegro non troppo (Tempo di bolero)
Track length2:42
Act III In the Castle of Prince Siegfried: A Ball at the Castle: No. 22. Neapolitan Dance: Allegro moderato - Andantino
Track length2:00
Act III In the Castle of Prince Siegfried: A Ball at the Castle: No. 23. Mazurka: Tempo di mazurka
Track length4:04
Act III in the Castle of Prince Siegfried: A Ball at the Castle: No. 24. Scene: Allegro
Track length3:40
Awards and reviews
June 2010
[Pletnev's] devotion to Tchaikovsky is manifest in this performance. He knows the orchestra he created well, and how much he can ask of it; it is the orchestra as virtuoso that dominates.
8th April 2010
With his Russian National Orchestra on devastating form, Pletnev does it supremely well...he's particularly good at all those slightly sinister character dances in the third act and at whipping up a tragic frenzy...It's a superb achievement
