Or. Royal Opera House
Eloquence The World of Ballet CD

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Australian Eloquence
Release date: 19/Nov/2010

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Style:	Symphonic Music

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Details / Tracklist:

1.1 Dance of the Moorish Slaves - March

1.2 Dance of the Persian Slaves

1.3 Bacchanale

1.4 Passo a Sei - Soldiers' Dance

1.5 The Compere

1.6 The Drummer

1.7 La Sylphide and the Scotsman

1.8 Impromptu Dance

1.9 Dance-Step Competition

1.10 Mathematics and Natural History Lessons

1.11 Perpetuum Mobile

1.12 Mazurka Flirtation

1.13 Grand Finale

2.1 Aufforderung Zum Tanze, Op. 65

2.2 Pas de Deux

2.3 Overture

2.4 Mazurka

2.5 Tempo Di Marcia - Gavotte

2.6 Allegro - Gavotte

2.7 Allegro - Presto XII. Adagio

2.8 Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35

2.9 Fanfare - Scotch Rhapsody

2.10 Valse

2.11 Tango - Pasodoble

2.12 Swiss Yodelling Song

2.13 Country Dance

2.14 Polka

2.15 Noche Espanola

2.16 Popular Song

2.17 Old Sir Faulk

2.18 Tarantella Sevillana

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The music on this pair of CDs falls into one of two categories: ballet music from an opera, or ballet music that was not originally intended for dancing at all, but that was subsequently adapted for that purpose. (The exception is Don Quixote, a full-length ballet with an original score.) Many famous conductors had unusual lives, but the life of Anatole Fistoulari (1907-1995) was more unusual than most. When he was just seven, he conducted a performance of Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony in his native city of Kiev. At thirteen, he conducted Saint-Saens's Samson and Delilah in Bucharest. While a young man, he travelled throughout Europe and North America, accompanying bass Feodor Chaliapin and conducting the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Escaping the European mainland in World War II, he came to England, where he soon married Gustav Mahler's sole surviving daughter, Anna, and was named principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He became a British citizen in 1948. Under a re.

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ELQ4802391

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