James Ehnes (violin), Robert deMaine (cello)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Release date:3rd Dec 2012
Barcode:0095115511329
This two-album set marks the beginning of a new project devoted to Tchaikovsky’s ballet scores. We start the survey with the complete score of The Sleeping Beauty, recorded on SACD. Swan Lake and The Nutcracker will follow in 2013 and 2014, respectively.
Tchaikovsky was approached by the Director of the Imperial Theatres in St Petersburg, Ivan Vsevolozhsky, in 1888 about a possible ballet adaptation of Charles Perrault’s La Belle au bois dormant (The Sleeping Beauty). The vision was to stage the production in the style of Louis XIV, allowing the musical fantasy to run high and melodies to be written in the spirit of Lully, Bach, and Rameau. This proposal for a fairy-tale ballet rooted firmly in both the rococo and baroque periods appealed to Tchaikovsky, and The Sleeping Beauty was premiered in 1890, with choreography by Petipa, the principal choreographer of his day.
Elaborately constructed, the ballet places its focus undeniably on the two main conflicting forces of good (the Lilac Fairy) and evil (Carabosse). Each has a representative leitmotif, which runs through the entire ballet, serving as an important thread to the underlying plot. Tchaikovsky’s use of what, at the time, were considered new and unorthodox instrumental combinations went on to inspire a new generation of composers, among them Stravinsky, who declared The Sleeping Beauty to be Tchaikovsky’s chef d’œuvre.
The Sleeping Beauty is here performed by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under Neeme Järvi, who is celebrating two major milestones this year: a thirty-year recording career with Chandos Records, and his own seventy-fifth birthday. Orchestra and conductor are joined by the pre-eminent violinist James Ehnes, one of the most dynamic and exciting performers in classical music today.
曲目:
Disc: 1
1. Introduction. Allegro Vivo - Andantino - Moderato
2. Marche. Moderato
3. Scène Dansante. Moderato Con Moto - Un Poco Più Animato - Allegro Moderato - Tempo Di Valse - Grazioso
4. Intrada. Adagio
5. Adagio. Andante - Allegro Vivo
6. Variation I. Candide. Allegro Moderato
7. Variation II. Coulante. Fleur De Farine. Allegro
8. Variation III. Fée Aux Miettes. Allegro Moderato
9. Variation IV. Canari Qui Chante. Moderato
10. Variation V. Violente. Allegro Molto Vivace
11. Variation VI. La Fée Des Lilas. Tempo Di Valse
12. Coda. Allegro Giusto - Poco Più Animato
13. Finale. Andantino - Allegro Vivo - L'istesso Tempo - Moderato Assai - Andantino - Allegro Vivo - Allegro Risoluto - Allegro Vivo - Andante
14. Scène. Allegro Vivo - Moderato - Allegro Vivo - Moderato - Allegro Vivo - Moderato Con Moto
15. Valse. Allegro
16. Scène. Andante Espressivo E Cantabile - Un Poco Stringendo - Poco Più Animato - Allegro Giusto - L'istesso Tempo
17. Adagio. Andante - Adagio Maestoso - Più Mosso - Tempo I - Molto Sostenuto, Quasi Più Andante - Tempo I
18. Danse Des Demoiselles D'honneur Et Des Pages. Allegro Moderato - Più Mosso
19. Variation D'Aurore. Allegro Moderato - Meno Mosso Quasi Andantino - Tempo I - Allegro Vivace
20. Coda. Allegro Giusto - Poco Più Mosso - Tempo I - L'istesso Tempo
21. Finale. Allegro Giusto - Allegro Vivo - Presto - Andante Con Moto - Grave - Allegro Vivo - Poco Più Vivace
22. Entr'acte Et Scène. Allegro Con Spirito - Un Poco Più Tranquillo
23. Colin-maillard. Allegro Vivo
24. Scène. Moderato
25. Danse Des Duchesses. Moderato Con Moto
26. Danse Des Baronnes. Allegro Moderato
27. Danse Des Comtesses. Allegro Non Troppo
28. Danse Des Marquises. Allegro Non Troppo
29. Scène. Poco Più Vivo
30. Danse. Allegro Non Troppo (Tempo Di Mazurka) - Presto
Disc: 2
1. Scène. Allegro Con Spirito - Andantino - Allegro Vivace
2. Pas D'action. Andante Cantabile - Pochissimo Più Animato - Tempo I - Più Mosso - Allegro
3. Variation D'Aurore. Allegro Con Moto
4. Coda. Presto
5. Scène. Allegro Agitato
6. Panorama. Andantino
7. Entr'acte. Andante Sostenuto
8. Entr'acte Symphonique Et Scène. Andante Misterioso - Allegro Vivace
9. Finale. Allegro Agitato - Un Pochettino Più Tranquillo - Tempo I
10. Marche. Allegro Non Troppo
11. Polacca. Allegro Moderato E Brillante
12. Pas De Quatre. Allegro Non Tanto
13. Variation I. La Fée-or. Allegro
14. Variation II. La Fée-argent. Allegro Giusto
15. Variation III. La Fée-saphir. Vivacissimo
16. Variation IV. La Fée-diamant. Vivace
17. Coda. L'istesso Tempo
18. Pas De Caractère. Allegro Moderato
19. Pas De Quatre. Adagio
20. Variation I. Cendrillon Et Prince Fortuné. Allegro
21. Variation II. L'oiseau Bleu Et La Princesse Florine. Andantino
22. Coda. Presto
23. Chaperon Rouge Et Le Loup. Allegro Moderato - Più Mosso
24. Cendrillon Et Le Prince Fortuné. Allegro Agitato - Tempo Di Valse - Vivace Assai - Presto
25. Pas Berrichon. Allegro Vivo
26. Coda
27. Pas De Deux. Allegretto
28. Entrée. Allegro Moderato
29. Adagio. Andante Non Troppo - Poco Più Mosso - Tempo I
30. Variation I. Désiré. Vivace - Prestissimo
31. Variation II. Aurore. Andantino
32. Coda. Allegro Vivace
33. Sarabande. Andante
34. Finale. Allegro Brillante - Presto
35. Apothéose. Andante Molto Maestoso