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Jacques Offenbach, Léo Delibes, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Charles Gounod, Fryderyk Chopin, Amilcare Ponchielli, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan - Famous Ballet Music ~ Gaîté Parisienne, The Sleeping Beauty, Coppélia, Les Sylphides / von Karajan, Berlin PO
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Jacques Offenbach, LA©o Delibes, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Charles Gounod, Fryderyk Chopin, Amilcare Ponchielli, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan - Famous Ballet Music ~ GaA®tA© Parisienne, The Sleeping Beauty, CoppA©lia, Les Sylphides / von Karajan, Berlin PO

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Famous Ballet Music ~ Gaîté Parisienne, The Sleeping Beauty, Coppélia, Les Sylphides / von Karajan, Berlin PO
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Artist(s)Jacques Offenbach, Léo Delibes, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Charles Gounod, Fryderyk Chopin, Amilcare Ponchielli, Berliner Philharmoniker and Herbert von Karajan
StudioDeutsche Grammophon
Release DateSeptember 14, 1999
UPC Code028945944524
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Tracks

Disc 1
  1. Ouverture
  2. 1. Allegro brillante
  3. 2. Polka
  4. 6. Allegro
  5. 8. Valse: Lento
  6. 9. Marche
  7. 10. Valse: Moderato
  8. 11. Allegro vivo
  9. 12. Valse
  10. 13. Allegro vivace - Misterioso - Lento
  11. 14. Valse Moderato
  12. 15. Allegro vivo
  13. 16. Cancan: Allegro
  14. 17. Polka
  15. 18. (without Tempo indication)
  16. 22. Vivo
  17. 23. Barcarolle: Allegro moderato
  18. Ballet Music: Allegretto: Tempo de valse
  19. Ballet Music: Adagio (Hélène et les jeunes Troyennes - Cléopâtre et les jeunes Nubiennes)
  20. Ballet Music: Allegretto (Entrée des jeunes Nubiennes)
  21. Ballet Music: Moderato maestoso (Variation de Cléopâtre}
  22. Ballet Music: Moderato con moto (Entrée des jeunes Troyennes)
  23. Ballet Music: Allegretto (Variation d'Hélène)
  24. Ballet Music: Allegro vivo (Final - Entrée de Phryné)
  25. Ballet Music: Valse - Waltz: Tempo di Valse
  26. Introduction. la Fée des lilas
  27. Adagio. Pas d'action
  28. Pas de caractère. le Chat Botté et la Chatte Blanche
  29. Panorama
  30. Valse
Disc 2
  1. Ballet Suite: Prélude et Mazurka
  2. Ballet Suite: Scène et Valse de Swanhilde
  3. Ballet Suite: Csardas
  4. Ballet Suite: Scène et Valse de la Poupée
  5. Ballet Suite: Ballade
  6. Ballet Suite: Variation sur un thème slave
  7. 1. Prelude
  8. 2. Nocturne
  9. 3. Valse
  10. 4. Mazurka
  11. 5. Mazurka
  12. 6. Prélude
  13. 7. Valse
  14. 8. Valse
  15. Dance of the Hours

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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.5 (6 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteEXCELLENTQuote
I don't pretend to know fancy shmancy terminologies of classical music, but I do know what I like. Finally, after a long search I found Gounod's Faust Waltz, which is the reason I purchased this cd. I am delighted with the other exceptional ballet music. Very good. I am so happy with it I could burst. March 29, 2008

rating: 4 QuoteGreat ballet music compilationQuote
Good not usual ballet music compilation (includes Gounod's Faust and whole Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda). In spite of being a 1961 and 1972 original image bit processing ADD, the quality of the Berlin Philarminic Orchestra and Herbert Von Karajan recording justify his adquisition. March 2, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteBallet Quote
I was away for a long time. I feel very better now. I love this music and I am grateful to it. July 1, 2007

rating: 5 QuoteMasterful recording of masterful compositionsQuote
This recording has become rare to find (in Europe), which surprises me, for I find both the compositions and the performance excellent. Especially the Sylphides, which are orchestral arrangements of some of Chopin's finest piano pieces - are heavenly. Highly recommended. January 18, 2007

rating: 4 QuoteBallet bon bons German styleQuote
Herbert von Karajan was the most recorded conductor in history. For that reason, he made a lot of records (that turned into CDs) like this one -- collections of well-known music that the public wants to hear over and over again. This group of ballet music is good, done in Karajan's typical highly chiseled style with a minimum of sentimentality. I once read a critic who called the style Karajan and Szell popularized the "school of industrial perfection", meaning every note in its place every time. That's true here, too. My favorite among these bon bons is the Tchaikovsky music from "Sleeping Beauty". Karajan is still hailed today for his later stereo version of the final Tchaikovsky troika of symphonies. Many critics put him up there with the best Tchaikovksy recordings ever. You can tell why critics were so persuaded by listening to his bleeding chuncks from "Sleeping Beauty". Not only does it contain the essential Berlin Philharmonic perfection and polish, it goes a little further than everything else on this set in terms of emotional attachment. The first two sections of the music, "Introduction. La Fee da Lilas" and "Adagio. Pas d'action" pack an enormous wallop. The final section is monumentally done by Karajan and the Berliners, surging forward in waves of sound and emotion until the listener is swept away during the crescendo in almost unconscious grandeur. I urge you to listen to this magnificent music-making and try not to develop goose flesh at the peak. This connection between perfection, music and emotion is what set Karajan apart from every other conductor in the 20th Century, and the reason he is as vivid and a larger than life figure today, 15 years after his death. June 26, 2004

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