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
1. Scène (Swan Theme) 2:32
2. Valse in A Major 6:47
3. Danse des Cygnes 1:34
4. Danse Hongroise (Czardas) 3:13
5. Danse Espagnole 2:24
6. Danse Napolitaine 2:08
7. Mazurka 4:29

The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
8. Introduction, La Fée des Lilas 4:52
Pas de Quatre (L’Oiseau Bleu)
9. I. Entrée 2:16
10. II. Variation de l’Oiseau Bleu 0:57
11. III. Variation de la Princesse Florine 0:42
12. IV. Coda 1:18
13. V. Valse 4:41

The Nutcracker, Op. 71
14. Overture Miniature 3:19
Danses Caractéristiques
15. I. Marche 2:40
16. II. Danse de la Fée Dragée 2:00
17. III. Danse Russe (Trépak) 1:13
18. IV. Danse Chinoise 1:08
19. V. Danse des Mirlitons 2:48
20. Valse des fleurs 6:55

Total Duration: 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