Boulez,Pierre Serge Diaghilev: Ballets Russes CD

A transformative force in music, dance and the visual arts, the Ballets russes was founded in Paris in 1909 by the visionary impresario Serge Diaghilev. Innovative and flamboyant, he had a genius for bringing together the most brilliant composers, dancers, choreographers and designers, for nurturing creativity, and for galvanising audiences. Emblematic of the influence of the Ballets russes was the 1913 premiere of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps: it caused a notorious scandal, but it also changed musical history. This 22CD set traces the company's path through the 20 years of it's existence - a tumultuous, but artistically fertile period - and comprises the vast majority of Ballets russes scores that have been recorded. Encompassing epoch-making works and rarities awaiting rediscovery, it offers a number of CD premieres and landmark interpretations by major musicians of the 78, LP and digital eras.

1. Le Pavillon d'Armide, Op. 29: I. Introduction et scene premiere 2. Le Pavillon d'Armide, Op. 29: II. Courante. Danse des heures 3. Le Pavillon d'Armide, Op. 29: III. Scene d'animation du Gobelin 4. Le Pavillon d'Armide, Op. 29: IV. La Plainte d'Armide 5. Le Pavillon d'Armide, Op. 29: V. Scene. Grand pas d'action 6. Le Pavillon d'Armide, Op. 29: VI. Grande valse noble 7. Le Pavillon d'Armide, Op. 29: VII. Variation - Allegro - Moderato tranquillo - Vivace - Grave 8. Le Pavillon d'Armide, Op. 29: VIII. Danse des gamins (de petits esclaves ethiopiens) 9. Le Pavillon d'Armide, Op. 29: IX. Danse des confidentes 10. Le Pavillon d'Armide, Op. 29: X. Bacchus et les bacchantes 11. Le Pavillon d'Armide, Op. 29: XI. Entree des magiciens et danse des ombres 12. Le Pavillon d'Armide, Op. 29: XII. Danse des bouffons 13. Le Pavillon d'Armide, Op. 29: XIII. Pas d'echarpe 14. Le Pavillon d'Armide, Op. 29: XIV. Pas de deux 15. Le Pavillon d'Armide, Op. 29: XV. Grande valse finale 16. Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtisan Maidens ; Polovtsian Dance (Instrumental Version) [Orch. Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov] 17. Scheherazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship 18. Scheherazade, Op. 35: II. The Kalendar Prince 19. Scheherazade, Op. 35: III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess 20. Scheherazade, Op. 35: IV. The Festival at Baghdad - The Sea - The Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior 21. Giselle: Introduction (Arr. B?sser) 22. Giselle, Act 1: No. 2, Entree du Comte Albrecht (Arr. Busser) 23. Giselle, Act 1: No. 3, Entree de Giselle - Scene avec Hilarion (Arr. B?sser) 24. Giselle, Act 1: No. 4a, Retour de la vendange (Arr. B?sser) 25. Giselle, Act 1: No. 4b, Valse (Arr. B?sser) 26. Giselle, Act 1: No. 5, Pas de deux (Arr. B?sser) 27. Giselle, Act 1: No. 7a, Marche des vignerons (Arr. Busser) 28. Giselle, Act 1: No. 7b, Variation de Giselle (Arr. B?sser) 29. Giselle, Act 1: No. 8a, Grand galop (Arr. B?sser) 30. Giselle, Act 1: No. 8b, Scene finale. Scene de folie (Arr. B?sser) 31. Giselle, Act 2: No. 9, Minuit sonne - Effroi des chasseurs (Arr. Busser) 32. Giselle, Act 2: No. 10a, Apparition et scene de Myrtha (Arr. B?sser) 33. Giselle, Act 2: No. 10b, Apparition des Wilis (Arr. B?sser) 34. Giselle, Act 2: No. 10c, Danse des Wilis (Arr. B?sser) 35. Giselle, Act 2: No. 11a, Apparition et danse de Giselle (Arr. B?sser) 36. Giselle, Act 2: No. 11b, Entree d'Albrecht et de Wilfried (Arr. Busser) 37. Giselle, Act 2: No. 14, Scene des Wilis (Arr. B?sser) 38. Giselle, Act 2: No. 15, Grand pas de deux. Giselle et Albrecht (Arr. Busser) 39. Giselle, Act 2: No. 16, Finale (Arr. B?sser) 40. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 1, Preambule (Orch. Glazunov) 41. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 2, Pierrot (Orch. Glazunov) 42. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 3, Arlequin (Orch. Klenovsky) 43. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 4, Valse noble (Orch. Petrov) 44. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 5, Eusebius (Orch. Glazunov) 45. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 6, Florestan (Orch. Rimsky-Korsakov) 46. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 7, Coquette (Orch. Kalafati) 47. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 8, Replique (Orch. Kalafati) 48. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 9, Papillons (Orch. Tcherepnin) 49. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 10, A.S.C.H. - S.C.H.A. "Lettres dansantes" (Orch. Lyadov) 50. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 11, Chiarina (Orch. Kalafati) 51. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 12, Chopin (Orch. Glazunov) 52. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 13, Estrella (Orch. Winkler) 53. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 14, Reconnaissance (Orch. Wihtol) 54. arnaval, Op. 9: No. 15, Pantalon et Colombine (Orch. Arensky) 55. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 16, Valse allemande (Orch. Lyadov) 56. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 17, Paganini (Orch. Lyadov) 57. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 18, Aveu (Orch. Sokolov) 58. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 19, Promenade (Orch. Klenovsky) 59. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 20, Pause (Orch. Glazunov ; Kalafati) 60. Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 21, Marche des "Davidsbundler" contre les Philistins (Orch. Glazunov ; Kalafati) 61. The Firebird: Introduction 62. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Kashchei's Enchanted Garden 63. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Appearance of the Firebird Pursued by Ivan Tsarevich 64. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Dance of the Firebird 65. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Ivan Tsarevich Captures the Firebird 66. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Supplication of the Firebird 67. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Appearance of 13 Enchanted Princesses 68. The Firebird, Tableau 1: The Princesses' Game with the Golden Apples 69. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Sudden Appearance of the Ivan Tsarevich 70. The Firebird, Tableau 1: The Princesses' Khorovod 71. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Daybreak 72. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Ivan Tsarevich Enters Kashchei's Palace 73. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Magic Carillon - Appearance of Kashchei's Guardian Monsters - Capture of Ivan Tsarevich 74. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Arrival of Kashchei the Immortal 75. The Firebird, Tableau 1: His Dialogue with Ivan Tsarevich 76. The Firebird, Tableau 1: The Intercession of the Princesses 77. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Appearance of the Firebird 78. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Dance of Kashchei's Retinue Under the Firebird's Spell 79. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Infernal Dance of All Kashchei's Subjects 80. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Lullaby 81. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Kashchei Awakes 82. The Firebird, Tableau 1: Death of Kashchei 83. The Firebird, Tableau 2: Disappearance of the Palace and Dissolution of Kashchei's Enchantments, Animation of the Petrified Warriors, General Thanksgiving 84. Narcisse et echo, Op. 40: I. Un paysage pantheiste 85. Narcisse et echo, Op. 40: II. Un sylvain se reveille, il joue de la fl?te 86. Narcisse et echo, Op. 40: III. Entree des jeunes Beotiens et Beotiennes 87. Narcisse et echo, Op. 40: IV. Danse de la bacchante 88. Narcisse et echo, Op. 40: V. Chants lointains 89. Narcisse et echo, Op. 40: VI. Danse de Narcisse 90. Narcisse et echo, Op. 40: VII. echo est abandonnee 91. Narcisse et echo, Op. 40: VIII. Entre Narcisse, epuise par la fatigue 92. Narcisse et echo, Op. 40: IX. Arrivee d'echo 93. Narcisse et echo, Op. 40: X. Narcisse se transforme en une fleur 94. L'Invitation ? la valse, H. 90 (Orch. Berlioz) 95. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Introduction (Moderato assai) 96. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 1 Scene (Allegro giusto) 97. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 2, Waltz 98. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 3 Scene (Allegro moderato) 99. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 4 Pas de trois - I. Intrada (Allegro) 100. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 4 Pas de trois - II. Andante sostenuto 101. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 4 Pas de trois - III. Allegro semplice - Presto 102. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 4 Pas de trois - IV. Moderato 103. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 4 Pas de trois - V. Allegro 104. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 4 Pas de trois - VI. Coda (Allegro vivace) 105. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 5 Pas de deux - I. Tempo di valse 106. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 5 Pas de deux - II. Andante - Allegro - Molto pi? mosso 107. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 5 Pas de deux - III. Tempo di valse 108. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 5 Pas de deux - IV. Coda (Allegro molto vivace) 109. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 6 Pas d'action (Andantino quasi moderato - Allegro) 110. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 7 Sujet 111. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 8 Danse with Goblets (Tempo di polacca) 112. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 1: No. 9 Finale (Andante) 113. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: No. 10, Scene 114. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: No. 11 Scene (Allegro moderato - Allegro vivo) 115. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: No. 12 Scene (Allegro) 116. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: No. 13 Dances of the Swans - I. Tempo di valse 117. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: No. 13 Dances of the Swans - II. Moderato assai - Molto pi? mosso 118. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: No. 13 Dances of the Swans - III. Tempo di valse 119. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: No. 13d Dances of the Swans. Dance of the Little Swans 120. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: No. 13e Dances of the Swans. Andante 121. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: No. 13 Dances of the Swans - VI. Tempo di valse 122. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: No. 13 D