Khachaturian: Excerpts from Gayane & Spartacus Ernest Ansermet

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  • Release Date: 04/11/2000
  • Sales Rank: 108,525
  • Label: DECCA
  • UPC: 028946031520

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Khachaturian: Excerpts from Gayane & Spartacus

1LISTENSpartacus, ballet: Adagio
2LISTENSpartacus, ballet: Variat
3LISTENSpartacus, ballet: Scene
4LISTENSpartacus, ballet: Dance
5LISTENGayane, ballet in 4 acts:
6LISTENGayane, ballet in 4 acts:
7LISTENGayane, ballet in 4 acts:
8LISTENGayane, ballet in 4 acts:
9LISTENGayane, ballet in 4 acts:
10LISTENThe Seasons, ballet, Op.
11LISTENThe Seasons, ballet, Op.
12LISTENThe Seasons, ballet, Op.
13LISTENThe Seasons, ballet, Op.

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Aram Khachaturian went before Decca's microphones in 1962 to record his best-known music: highlights from the brightly colorful and rhythmically vibrant ballets "Spartacus," set in Ancient Rome, and "Gayaneh," which in good Social Realist fashion takes place on a collective farm. One excerpt from each ballet had already achieved the status of a hit pop song: the languorous "Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia" from "Spartacus," and the irresistibly garish "Sabre Dance" from "Gayaneh." Khachaturian's readings spare no expense in lush indulgence or frantic energy, and the recorded sound, state-of-the-art at the time, still sounds remarkably vivid today. For those who only know the famous bits, rest assured that the other excerpts offer more of the same, resulting in a nonstop sonic spectacular. For this reissue, Decca has included a very different ballet score by an earlier, pre-Soviet Russian master, Alexander Glazunov. "The Seasons" is graceful and delicate, much in the tradition of Tchaikovsky's ballets, and Ernest Ansermet's 1966 recording of the score captures its elegant flavor with perfect balance and restraint. Scott Paulin, Barnes & Noble

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