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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (184-1893)
Swan Lake, Op.20 (Highlights)
Side A
- Introduction (Moderato assai)
Act I
- No.1: Scene (Allegro giusto)
- No.2: Valse
- No.8: Danse des coupes (Tempo di polacca)
Act II
- No.10: Scene (Modeato)
- No.11: Scene (Allegro moderato)
- No.13d: Danses des cygnes (Allegro moderato)
Side B
Act II
- No.13e: Pas d'action (Andante)
Act III
- No.20: Dabse hongroise (Czardas: Moderato assai)
- No.5b: Pas de deux (Tempo di valse - Andante - Tempo di valse - Allegro molto vivace)
- No.24: Scene (Allegro)
Act IV
- No.27: Danse des petits cygnes (Moderato)
- No.29: Scene final (Andante - Allegro agitato)
Swan Lake, Op.20 – Highlights
Kenneth Wilkinson + Gordon Parry captured the miraculous DECCA sound.
Genre: Orchestral music
Conducted by Anatole Fistoulari
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
A Historical masterpiece performed by the greatest ballet conductor of the 20th century, Anatole Fistoulari
A historical masterpiece by Anatole Fistoulari, the greatest ballet conductor of the 20th century.
Recorded in 1961 with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, this brilliant recording of "Swan Lake," which still holds Fistulari's name in recording history, is an original highlight disc with 13 excerpts from the complete ballet. It is also the only joint recording by Fistulari and the prestigious Concertgebouw, and is a popular album that has been repeatedly released in Japan since the analog record era and has almost never disappeared from the catalog. Esoteric released it in 2009 as part of the Super Audio CD Hybrid Series (ESSD-90019). This time, this is newly remastered by Esoteric Mastering system and reissued on analog vinyl record
Released in Spring 2023
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
Conducted by Anatole Fistoulari
Producer: Ray Minshull
Engineer: Gordon Parry, Kenneth Wilkinson
Recorded at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam on February 22-23, 1961
Re-mastering
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Mastering Engineer: Masaya Touno (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Technical Engineer: Tetsuya Kato (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Cutting Engineer: Katsutoshi Kitamura (MIXER'S LAB)