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TCHAIKOVSKY: Ballet Suites (Transcriptions for Piano 4 Hands)
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It is astonishing to recall that five years after the première of Swan Lake, one of the greatest of all Russian ballets, and of Tchaikovsky’s three full-length ballets the one with the greatest number of memorable tunes, the composer wrote to his editor: “To save this music from sinking into oblivion, I would like to make it into a concert suite modelled on Delibes… published both as a symphonic score and as a transcription for four hands.” The original transcription by the pianist Eduard Langer is heard on this recording with piano duet versions of concert suites from The Sleeping Beauty, commissioned from Rachmaninov and Ziloti, though later corrected by the composer himself, and from The Nutcracker, transcribed by Stepan Esipoff.
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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich Rachmaninov, Sergey, arranger(s)

The Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a (arr. S. Rachmaninov for 2 pianos)
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I. Introduction - The Lilac Fairy
00:04:43
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2.
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II. Adagio - Pas d'action
00:05:30
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3.
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III. Characteristic Dance
00:02:11
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4.
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IV. Panorama
00:03:33
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V. Waltz
00:03:58
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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich Langer, Edouard, arranger(s)

Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a (arr. for 2 pianos)
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I. Scene
00:02:48
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II. Waltz
00:06:25
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8.
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III. Dance of the Swans
00:01:36
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IV. Scene
00:05:17
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V. Hungarian Dance, "Csardas"
00:02:14
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VI. Scene
00:04:23
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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich Esipoff, Stepan, arranger(s)

The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (arr. for 2 pianos)
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I. Overture
00:03:10
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13.
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II. March
00:02:18
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III. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies
00:02:00
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IV. Russian Dance, "Trepak"
00:01:09
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V. Arab Dance
00:02:58
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VI. Chinese Dance
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VII. Dance of the Reeds
00:02:16
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VIII. Waltz of the Flowers
00:05:39
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Total Playing Time:
01:03:12
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