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BALLET FAVORITES - ERICH KUNZEL-CINCINNATI POPS *Hybrid SACD5.1*

BALLET FAVORITES/ERICH KUNZEL-CINCINNATI POPS *Hybrid SACD5.1*

On this recording of Ballet Favorites, Kunzel and the Pops perform music from many well-known works, as well as a few rare compositions—a total of 18 tracks, including two bonus tracks. The core repertoire of Ballet Favorites includes Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers from Act II of The Nutcracker, as well as his Waltz from Act 1 of Swan Lake; Stravinsky’s Finale from The Firebird; Shostakovich’s Polka from The Golden Age; and some lesser known ballets, including Kabalevsky’s Galop from The Comedians and Pugni’s Finale, No. 8 from Pas de Quatre. The bonus tracks are Offenbach’s Galop from La Parisienne and his Can-Can from Orpheus in the Underworld.

1. Paul Dukas: Fanfare to La Peri
2. Frederic Chopin: Finale: Grand Valse Brilliante, Op. 18 from Les Sylphides
3. Leo Delibes: Waltz from Act I, Coppelia
4. Leo Delibes: cortege de Bacchus from Act III, Don Quixote
5. Leon Minkus: Grand Pas De Deux from Act III, Don Quixote
6. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers from Act II, The Nutcracker, Op. 71
7. Aram Khachaturian: Sabre Dance from Gayane
8. Adolphe Adam: Grand Pas de Deux from Act II, Giselle
9. Dmitri Shostakovich: Polka from The Golden Age, Op. 22
10. Manuel de Falla: Spanish Dance from La Vida Breve, Act II Tableau I
11. Cesare Pugni: Finale No. 8 from Pas de Quatre
12. Reinhold Gliere: Russian Sailor's Dance from Act I, The Red Poppy