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Shchedrin’s Carmen Suite is a genius transcription in which the composer has revealed some new musical characteristics of the images in Bizet’s score without distorting the original. The Little Humpbacked Horse was his first ballet, composed when he was a student.
Carmen Suite - Introduction
Carmen Suite - Dance
Carmen Suite - First Intermezzo
Carmen Suite - Changing of the Guard
Carmen Suite - Carmen's Entrance and Habenera
Carmen Suite - Scene
Carmen Suite - Second Intermezzo
Carmen Suite - Bolero
Carmen Suite - Torero
Carmen Suite - Torero and Carmen
Carmen Suite - Adagio
Carmen Suite - Fortune-telling
Carmen Suite - Finale
"The Little Humpbacked Horse" Suite from the ballet for symphony orchestra - Dance with balalaikas
"The Little Humpbacked Horse" Suite from the ballet for symphony orchestra - Scherzino
"The Little Humpbacked Horse" Suite from the ballet for symphony orchestra - Firebird's Feather
"The Little Humpbacked Horse" Suite from the ballet for symphony orchestra - The White Mare presents Ivan with Little Humpbacked Horse
"The Little Humpbacked Horse" Suite from the ballet for symphony orchestra - Duettino of Ivan and Tsar Maiden
"The Little Humpbacked Horse" Suite from the ballet for symphony orchestra - Tsar is waiting for Tsar Maiden
"The Little Humpbacked Horse" Suite from the ballet for symphony orchestra - Adagietto
"The Little Humpbacked Horse" Suite from the ballet for symphony orchestra - Bathing in the Cauldrons and Tsar's Funeral
"The Little Humpbacked Horse" Suite from the ballet for symphony orchestra - The Maiden's Ring Dance and Quadrille
August 2010
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“The Bolshoi players enjoy themselves in Shchedrin's lurid reworkings of excerpts from Bizet's Carmen.”
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Carmen Suite - Introduction
