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NBC Symphony Orchestra
Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake -- Selections
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (27) - Disc #1
1. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 2. No. 10. Scène
2. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 2. No. 11. Scène
3. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 2. No. 12. Scène
4. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 2. No. 13. Danses des cygnes. 1. Tempo di Valse
5. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 2. No. 13. Danses des cygnes. 5. Pas d'action
6. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 2. No. 13. Danses des cygnes. 4. Allegro moderato
7. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 2. No. 13. Danses des cygnes. 6. Tempo di Valse
8. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 2. No. 13. Danses des cygnes. 2. Moderato assai
9. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 2. No. 13. Danses des cygnes. 7. Coda
10. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 2. No. 14. Scène
11. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 3. No. 15. Allegro giusto
12. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 3. No. 17. Scène
13. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 3. No. 18. Scène
14. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 3. No. 21. Danse espagnole
15. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 3. No. 22. Danse napolitaine
16. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 3. No. 20. Danse hongraise
17. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 3. No. 23. Mazurka
18. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 1. No. 5. Pas de deux. No. 1. Tempo di Valse
19. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 1. No. 5. Pas de deux. No. 2(a). Andante
20. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 1. No. 5. Pas de deux. No. 3. Tempo di Valse
21. Morceaux (18) for piano, Op. 72: Espiègle, Op. 72/12
22. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 1. No. 5. Pas de deux. No. 4. Coda
23. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 3. No. 24. Scène
24. An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad lib), Op. 314 (RV 314)
25. Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), waltz for orchestra, Op. 325 (RV 325)
26. Ruins of Athens, incidental music, Op. 113: Turkish March
27. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major ('Alla Turca') K. 331 (K. 300i): Turkish March

CD Details

All Artists: NBC Symphony Orchestra
Title: Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake -- Selections
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Cala
Original Release Date: 11/20/2006
Release Date: 11/20/2006
Genre: Classical
Styles: Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Forms & Genres, Sonatas, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 667549054323

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Stokowski in great form (but not so great sound)

Santa Fe Listener | Santa Fe, NM USA | 12/30/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I notice almost no response to Cala's ongoing series of Stokowski reissues, now numbering into the dozens. This English label, in cooperation with major record companies (this Swan Lake was licensed from RCA) and the Stokowski Society, has unearthed any number of treasures. More than anyone they are restoring Stokowski's reputation, erasing decades of caricature about the "man who conducted with Mickey Mouse" in Disney's Fantasia.

Here we have 57 min. of Swan Lake from 1954-55 with the NBC Sym., recorded just after the departure of Toscanini. Strings were reduced to save money, which is too bad, but the sprightly woodwind solos stand out all the more. Stokowski indulged in a complete rearrangement of numbers, putting the ballet's three acts in reverse order--it makes no sense on stage but sounds fine as a concert suite. The orchestra plays beautifully, and the conducting is vivid and lively, as good as Stokowski's sparkling Sleeping Beauty from 1947. Too bad that the sonics are only middling, sounding rather thin. But they are far better than Toscanini's from Studio 8-H, being not nearly as cramped and boxy.

Usually I find that Tchaikovsky's music tempted Stoki into all kinds of rhythmic distortions -- I'm thinking in particular of a ghastly Sym. 5 done late in life for Decca's souped up Phrase 4 line -- but not here. This is a 'straight' Swan Lake, a little faster than the norm, that's phrased with the dance in mind from beginning to end. Highly recommended."