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Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (23) - Disc #1
1. Swan Lake: Introduction: Moderati assai - Allegro non troppo - Tempo I
2. Swan Lake: Act 1: No. 1 Scene: Allegro giusto
3. Swan Lake: Act 1: No. 2. Valse: Tempo di valse
4. Swan Lake: Act 1: No. 3. Scene: Allegro moderato
5. Swan Lake: Act 1: No. 4. Pas de trois: I. Intrada: Allegro
6. Swan Lake: Act 1: No. 4. Pas de trois: II. Andante sostenuto
7. Swan Lake: Act 1: No. 4. Pas de trois: III. Allegro simplice - Presto
8. Swan Lake: Act 1: No. 4. Pas de trois: IV. Moderato
9. Swan Lake: Act 1: No. 4. Pas de trois: V. Allegro
10. Swan Lake: Act 1: No. 4. Pas de trois: VI. Coda: Allegro vivace
11. Swan Lake: Act 1: No. 5. Pas de deux - I. Tempo di valse ma non troppo vivo, quasi moderato; II. Andante - Allegro
12. Swan Lake: Act 1: No.5. Pas de deux: III. Tempo di valse
13. Swan Lake: Act 1: No. 5. Pas de deux: IV. Coda: Allegro molto vivace
14. Swan Lake: Act 1: No. 6. Pas d'action: Andantino quasi moderato - Allegro; No. 7. Sujet
15. Swan Lake: Act 1: No. 8. Danse des coupes: Tempo di polacca
16. Swan Lake: Act 1: No. 9. Finale: Sujet: Andante
17. Swan Lake: Act 2: No. 10 - Scene: Moderato
18. Swan Lake: Act 2: No. 11. Scene: Allegro moderato - Moderato - Allegro vivo
19. Swan Lake: Act 2: No. 12. Scene: Allegro - Moderato assai quasi andante
20. Swan Lake: Act 2: No. 13. Danses des cygnes: I. Tempo di valse
21. Swan Lake: Act 2: No. 13. Danses des cygnes: II. Moderato assai
22. Swan Lake: Act 2: No. 13. Danses des cygnes: III. Tempo di valse
23. Swan Lake: Act 2: No. 13. Danses des cygnes: IV. Allegro moderato
Track Listings (22) - Disc #2
1. Swan Lake: Act 2 : No.13 Danses des cygnes : V. Pas d'action: Andante - Andante non troppo - Tempo I - Allegro
2. Swan Lake: Act 2 : No.13 Danses des cygnes : VI. Tempo di valse
3. Swan Lake: Act 2 : No.13 Danses des cygnes : VII. Coda: Allegro vivo
4. Swan Lake: Act 2 : No. 14 Scene: Moderato
5. Swan Lake: Act 3 : No. 15 Allegro giusto
6. Swan Lake: Act 3 : No. 16 Danses du corps de ballet et des nains: Moderato assai - Allegro vivo
7. Swan Lake: Act 3 : No. 17 Scene. Sortie des invites et valse: Allegro - Tempo di valse
8. Swan Lake: Act 3 : No. 18 Scene: Allegro - Allegro giusto
9. Swan Lake: Act 3 : No. 19 Pas de six. Intrada: Moderato assai
10. Swan Lake: Act 3 : No. 19 Pas de six. Intrada: Moderato assai : Var. I: Allegro; Var. II: Andante con moto
11. Swan Lake: Act 3 : No. 19 Pas de six. Intrada: Moderato assai : Var.III: Moderato; Var. IV: Allegro
12. Swan Lake: Act 3 : No. 19 Pas de six. Intrada: Moderato assai : Var. V: Moderato - Allegro simplice; Coda: Allegro molto
13. Swan Lake: Act 3 : No. 20 Danse hongroise. Czardas: Moderato assai - Allegro moderato - Vivace
14. Swan Lake: Act 3 : No. 20a Danse russe: Moderato - Andante simplice - Allegro vivo - Presto
15. Swan Lake: Act 3 : No. 21 Danse espagnole: Allegro non troppo (Tempo di bolero)
16. Swan Lake: Act 3 : No. 22 Danse napolitaine: Allegro moderato - Andantino quasi moderato - Presto
17. Swan Lake: Act 3 : No. 23 Mazurka: Tempo di mazurka
18. Swan Lake: Act 3 : No. 24 Scene: Allegro - Valse - Allegro vivo
19. Swan Lake: Act 4 : No. 25 Entr'acte: Moderato; No. 26 Scene: Allegro non troppo
20. Swan Lake: Act 4 : No. 27 Danses des petits cygnes: Moderato
21. Swan Lake: Act 4 : No. 28 Scene: Allegro agitato - Molto meno mosso - Allegro vivace
22. Swan Lake: Act 4 : No. 29 Scene finale: Andante - Allegro agitato - Alla breve. Moderato e maestoso - Moderato

CD Details

All Artists: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Title: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: 9/16/1997
Genre: Classical
Styles: Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Historical Periods, Romantic (c.1820-1910)
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 028945305523

Synopsis

Amazon.com essential recording

Swan Lake was the first of Tchaikovsky's three great ballets-- works which added a new level of depth and sophistication to what had been a purely superficial art form. Today the music is so well-known and popular that it's impossible to comprehend the difficulties the composer experienced at early performances. Audiences found the music "too symphonic," and the dancers were put off by the prominence given to the orchestra which, they felt, distracted ballet fans from the action on stage. Of course, all of these supposed "defects" are precisely what we admire about the music today, and this elegant but exciting performance reveals the music in all of its glory. --David Hurwitz

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Member CD Reviews

Karen H. from DANVILLE, CA
Reviewed on 11/3/2009...

I have always loved the music of Swan Lake. This 2-CD set is excellent!

2 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.

CD Reviews

Okay performance-bad recording!

Rick | 09/07/1999

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Swan Lake is one of the best works from Tchaikovsky. Frankly, this piece deserves more grandeur than what the Boston Symphony Orchestra gives it. The sound quality muffles the entire brass section, especially the low brass (even though the Boston Symphony low brass section is nothing to brag about anyway). You can tell what Ozawa is trying to do with this piece, but it does not work out as an outstanding performance. However, the string section is superb! It is an overall decent performance, but the recording quality almost makes a joke out of this magnificent work."

Average Recording - Beautiful Performance

Rick | Colorado | 03/17/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The other reviewer is right - this is not a really great technical recording. Typical 1970's Deutsche Grammophon 24 track sea of mud. But, if you listen past the recording, this is the most expressive, best paced, Swan Lake available. I have heard and own many different versions on CD and LP. Indeed, when I bought my first CD player in 1985 (when the first affordable ones became available) I began a personal 12 year search for the Ozawa / BSO version of Swan Lake. This was simply beacuse I loved my three-LP copy of it so much. When DG finally released it in 1997 I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it sitting in the bins. If you want to hear the prettiest version of Swan Lake available, buy this disk."

MISSING BARS FROM FIRST CD ISSUE RESTORED HERE!

Bertram christmas | Boston ,MA. | 09/15/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you stumble upon the original DG CD issue (415367-2), it will be slightly edited. About four minutes of repeated and previously herad bars will be absent. Back in the 1980's when first issued on CD, the technologhy was just not there to present the performance entirely complete on 2 CD's, as heard on its original 3 LP issue (DG 2709 099). This re-issue (DG 453055-2) has restored all the missing bars. This remains the most exciting complete "Swan Lake" out there. The only complete "Swan Lakes" which are more exciting than this, are the live Ozawa/Boston performances, dating just a week or two before this recording was made by DG; and those live performances are locked in The Boston Symphony Orchestra archives!!"

Not for Dancers!

Peter Deacon | Lanesborough, MA USA | 08/28/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Leading conductors and orchestras seldom perform ballet music in concert with ballet companies. They play the music strictly for listening audiences, and in this work Ozawa is no exception. He and the Boston Symphony Orchestra do an expectedly fine job of this Swan Lake but it could never be used to accompany live dancers. The work, written as it was for ballet would require the close collaboration of conductor and choreographer/artistic director. Many 'Barons of the Baton' would not be comfortable with this, perhaps perceiving themselves as leading an overgrown pit orchestra. It's a long, tough work to dance and some of Ozawa's up-tempo interpretations could cause severe distress, perhaps with more than one dying swan."

THIS IS NOT A MUDDY RECORDING!

C. McGovern | Beacon Falls, CT USA | 01/24/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I just got this recording. Unfortunately I don't have another version of SL to compare to it, and I've only ever heard the complete score twice before in my life on radio and television, and up until now I've only had fragments of the ballet score in various "suites" available on several LP's (in which some cases moments like the A Major Waltz from Act One and the Act 4 Finale are edited in various degrees), but for the price I paid on this collection, it was a steal! A powerful performance from Ozawa and the Boston Symphony, and I don't understand why people criticize the sound quality--It's a 1978 analog recording transferred to digital, and it's not at all "muddy" or weak like everybody says. I think its clarity and power rivals even certain digital recordings (in general, perhaps not necessarily ones of SL). It's such a lively piece of music (which is typical of Tchaikovsky anyway!), you don't even need to see the ballet--The music tells you the story. My only bone of contention is that on this recording the "arrival of guests" scene in Act 3 and the En'tracte and opening scene of Act 4 are abridged--Why this was done and whether it appeared this way on the original release of the Ozawa recording I don't know, but because the first CD is 71 mins. and the 2nd one is 78, I cringe knowing they could have shifted the White Swan dance over to disc one and made room for the edited music on disc two. But this is spilt milk--It's a great recording of a masterpiece. Even though it's become sort of a cliche because of its standard status as a dance piece, it never loses its visceral power."