Catalogue

Summary:

Gramophone Young Artist of the Year in 2007, Vasily Petrenko has been lighting up the podium and winning wide-spread accolades since he became Principal Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in 2006, the youngest in the orchestra’s 165-year history. His first recording for AVIE was a rare double-bill of Russian operas – Rothschild’s Violin by Fleishman and Shostakovich’s The Gamblers (AV 2096). He follows up with more Russian fare, though of a lighter, more popular nature – excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s ballets Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker.

Tracklist:

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Swan Lake, Op.20 – excerpts
1. Scène (2:32)
2. Valse (6:47)
3. Danse des cygnes (1:34)
4. Danse hongroise (3:13)
5. Danse espagnole (2:24)
6. Danse napolitaine (2:08)
7. Mazurka (4:29)

Sleeping Beauty, Op.66 – excerpts
8. Introduction: La Fée des lilas (4:52)
Pas de quatre (L’oiseau bleu)
9. Entrée (2:16)
10. Variation de l’oiseau bleu (0:57)
11. Variation de la Princesse Florine (0:42)
12. Coda (1:18)
13. Valse (4:41)

The Nutcracker, Op.71 – excerpts
14. Overture Miniature (3:19)
15. Marche (2:40)
16. Danse de la Fée Dragée (2:00)
17. Danse Russe (Trépak) (1:13)
18. Danse Chinoise (1:08)
19. Danse des Mirlitons (2:48)
20. Valse des fleurs (6:55)
Total time: 57:56

Recorded live 7 & 8 December 2005 (The Nutcracker), 19 – 22 September 2006 (Swan Lake), 22 June 2007 (The Sleeping Beauty) at Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England
Recorded and Edited by Merseyside Sound Recordings
Recording Producers: Michael Ogonovsky and David A. Pigott
Sound Engineer: David A. Pigott