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Tchaikovsky was ideally equipped to write the music for the ballet Swan Lake. His gift for vivid theatricality, for lively, memorable melodies, and for rich characterisation was allied to a mastery of dance rhythms. These qualities were augmented by his command of orchestral colour. And yet early performances were disappointingly received. It was only after some structural and choreographic revisions in 1895, two years after the composer’s death, that the work was fully appreciated for the masterpiece that it is.
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
Introduction
Act I: Scene
Act I: Waltz
Act I: Pas de trois: Intrada
Act I: Pas de trois: Allegro semplice - Presto
Act I: Pas de trois: Moderato
Act I: Pas de trois: Allegro
Act I: Pas de trois: Coda: Allegro vivace
Act I: Dance of the goblets
Act I: Finale: Flight of the Swans
Act II: Dances of the swans: I. Tempo di valse
Act II: Dances of the swans: II. Moderato assai
Act II: Dances of the swans: IV. Allegro moderato
Act II: Dances of the swans: V. Andante- Allegro
Act II: Dances of the swans: VII. Coda: Allegro vivace
Act II: Scene: Moderato
Act III: Allegro giusto
Act III: Dance of the corps de ballet and dwarves
Act III: Arrival of the guests and waltz
Act III: Mazurka
Act III: Scene: Allegro
Act IV: Dance of the cygnets: Moderato
Act IV: Scene: Allegro agitato
Act IV: Finale
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Introduction