ESOTERIC ESLD-10002 – TCHAIKOVSKY SWAN LAKE (LP)

Swan Lake, Op.20 – Highlights

A masterpiece of "Swan Lake" performed by an encounter between ballet god Fistulari and the prestigious Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Kenneth Wilkinson + Gordon Parry captured the miraculous DECCA sound.

Genre: Orchestral music
Conducted by Anatole Fistoulari
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

TRACK LIST

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (184-1893)
Swan Lake, Op.20 (Highlights)

Side A
Introduction (Moderato assai)
Act I
No.1: Scène (Allegro giusto)
No.2: Valse
No.8: Danse des coupes (Tempo di polacca)

Act II
No.10: Scène (Modeato)
No.11: Scène (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: Scène (Allegro)

Act IV
No.27: Danse des petits cygnes (Moderato)
No.29: Scène final (Andante - Allegro agitato)

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)