Valery Gergiev - Swan lake
Valery Gergiev - Swan lake
2CD | 2006 | Classic | RS.com
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Swan Lake, Op.20 - Ballet in Three Acts (1875) (Mariinsky performing edn 1895) [106:59]
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg/Valery Gergiev
Mariinsky Theatre, 28 May- 4 June 2006
Swan Lake, Op.20 - Ballet in Three Acts (1875) (Mariinsky performing edn 1895) [106:59]
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg/Valery Gergiev
Mariinsky Theatre, 28 May- 4 June 2006
These two releases present the reviewer with something of a conundrum. Playing and conducting are of the sort of quality we have come to expect from this source, but there are compromises. Decca trumpets a ‘spectacular new studio recording of Tchaikovsky’s complete score’ over the 2-cd set, and here’s the first problem – it’s nothing of the sort. It has been recorded under studio conditions in the empty Mariinsky Theatre - of which more later - but when you see a total time of around 107 minutes, you know it’s not the full score, which generally runs at nearer 150 minutes. The clue is on the back cover, where it states in quite small print ‘Mariinsky performing version’ – and nothing else. Only in the inner booklet is the buyer filled in on the details…
CD1:
Act One
CD2
Act Two
Act Three
Links:
CD1:
http://rapidshare.com/files/203076665/Swan_Lake_1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/205501729/Swan_Lake_1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/205522746/Swan_Lake_1.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/205481057/Swan_Lake_1.part4.rar
CD2:
http://rapidshare.com/files/206304776/Swan_Lake_2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/205937390/Swan_Lake_2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/205557455/Swan_Lake_2.part3.rar