Sleeping Beauty
Label: MELODIYA Catalog: MELCD1002243 Format: CD Svetlanov; USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra; Lyubimov; Sokolov; Fridgeym; Luzanov; TolstayaComposed by: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s great ballet music masterpiece Sleeping Beauty stands out not only for its perfect synthesis of music and choreography. He created a new type of “symphonized ballet” where the images evolve and the main idea of the victory of good over evil is realized through musical means. This 1980 recording by the USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov presents the ballet’s complete score, including numbers usually omitted in choreographed productions. Price: $63.98 |