The music selected by Diaghilev from Sleeping Beauty to form a one-act "balletic fantasy" was recorded twice by Stokowski, this performance being from 1976 when the maestro was 94. Also included are some of his crowd-pleasing encores in his own arrangements.
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Tchaikovsky |
Aurora's
Wedding |
42:59 |
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1 |
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Introduction
(Prologue) |
3:11 |
|
2
|
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Polacca
(Act 3) |
4:41 |
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3 |
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Pas
de Six (Prologue) |
8:58 |
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|
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Scene; Danse des Duchesses; Danse des Marquises |
2:11 |
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5 |
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Farandole;
Danse—Tempo di Mazurka (Act 2) |
2:18 |
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6 |
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Pas
de Quatre (Act 3) |
2:33 |
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7 |
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Pas
de Caractère—Chaperon Rouge et de Loup (Act 3) |
1:08 |
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8 |
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Pas
de Quatre (Act 3) |
4:52 |
|
9 |
|
Coda—The
Three Ivans (Act 3) |
1:23 |
|
10 |
|
Pas
de Deux (Act 3) |
3:56 |
|
11 |
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Finale—Tempo
di Mazurka; Apothéose |
7:42 |
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arr.
Stokowski |
Stokowski Encores |
|
|
12 |
Debussy |
Clair de
lune |
4:48 |
|
13
|
Debussy |
Night
in Granada La Soirée dans Grenade |
6:10 |
|
14 |
Albeniz |
Festival
in Seville Fête-Dieu à Seville |
8:30 |
|
15 |
Novacek |
Perpetuum
Mobile |
3:35 |
|
16 |
Shostakovich |
Prelude
in E-flat minor |
3:12 |
|
17 |
Rimsky-Korsakov |
The
Flight of the Bumble-Bee |
1:20 |
|
18 |
Tchaikovsky |
Humoresque |
1:54 |
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19 |
Chopin |
Mazurka
in B-flat minor |
2:35 |
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20 |
Chopin |
Prelude in D minor |
2:29 |
TT:
78:29 |
Review:
"...the electricity crackles throughout, and his charisma is felt in every bar. The Sony recording is vividly brilliant..." Penguin Record Guide
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