Tcherepnin: Le Pavillon d'Armide
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Henry Shek
Tcherepnin’s rarely recorded 1906 ballet La Pavillon d’Armide is heard here in a 1994 recording with surprisingly clear, vivid sound quality. A strong case for this ballet to be better known.
Tcherepnin: Le Pavillon d'Armide
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Henry Shek
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Tcherepnin’s rarely recorded 1906 ballet La Pavillon d’Armide is heard here in a 1994 recording with surprisingly clear, vivid sound quality. A strong case for this ballet to be better known.
About
Nikolay Tcherepnin, a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov in St Petersburg, achieved fame as a conductor, directing the premiere of his ballet Le Pavillon d'Armide as the opening to Diaghilev's first Ballets Russes season in 1911 which also marked the Paris debut of Nijinsky. A work of great importance in the history of modern ballet, with choreography by Fokin, this enchanting score brings to life a Gobelin tapestry in a mysterious and haunted pavilion in the grounds of a French chateau. Cocteau described its effect as better than a poem by Heine, than a story of Poe, than any dream, this is nostalgia for things partly seen, insubstantial and insistent.
Contents and tracklist
- Moscow Symphony Orchestra
- Henry Shek
No. 6a, Variation - No. 6b, Variation pour Vicomte - No. 6c, Variation pour Armide - No. 6d, Code finale - No. 7, Scène mimique
Track length7:53
Awards and reviews
March 2021
Tcherepnin’s rarely recorded 1906 ballet La Pavillon d’Armide is heard here in a 1994 recording with surprisingly clear, vivid sound quality. A strong case for this ballet to be better known.
