This two-disc set marks the beginning of a new project devoted to Tchaikovsky's ballet scores. We start the survey with the complete score of The Sleeping Beauty, recorded on SACD. Swan Lake and The Nutcracker will follow in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Tchaikovsky was approached by the Director of the Imperial Theatres in St Petersburg, Ivan Vsevolozhsky, in 1888 about a possible ballet adaptation of Charles Perrault's La Belle au bois dormant (The Sleeping Beauty).
This two-disc set marks the beginning of a new project devoted to Tchaikovsky’s ballet scores. We start the survey with the complete score of The Sleeping Beauty, recorded on SACD. Swan Lake and The Nutcracker will follow in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Tchaikovsky was approached by the Director of the Imperial Theatres in St Petersburg, Ivan Vsevolozhsky, in 1888 about a possible ballet adaptation of Charles Perrault’s La Belle au bois dormant (The Sleeping Beauty). The vision was to stage the production in the style of Louis XIV, allowing the musical fantasy to run high and melodies to be written in the spirit of Lully, Bach, and Rameau. This proposal for a fairy-tale ballet rooted firmly in both the rococo and baroque periods appealed to Tchaikovsky, and The Sleeping Beauty was premiered in 1890, with choreography by Petipa, the principal choreographer of his day.
Lu par l'auteur, Olivier Chauvel, François Jerosme et Julie Kremer.
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2 - Motordu papa : La princesse Dézécolle attend la venue au monde de son dédé. Le prince de Motordu s'inquiète déjà : "Sera-t-il poulanger, spécialiste en chirurscie esthétique ou bien mécanichien ? " …
Automne 1671. Élisabeth-Charlotte de Bavière, 19 ans, princesse à l'éducation rustique, épouse Philippe d'Orléans, dit "Monsieur", frère efféminé du roi de France.
Installée dans de somptueux châteaux, elle fréquente au quotidien le plus grand roi du monde. Sa vie ordinaire devient alors extraordinaire. …