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 Ballet Greatest Hits Vol I
Release Date: 1989 
Label:  Cbs Composers'greatest Hits Catalog #: 45658   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Dmitri ShostakovichAaron CoplandOttorino RespighiLouis Moreau GottschalkDmitri Kabalevsky
Léo DelibesMaurice RavelManuel de FallaIgor Stravinsky
Jacques OffenbachAram Khachaturian
Conductor:  Eugene OrmandyAaron CoplandAndré KostelanetzPierre BoulezIgor Stravinsky

Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia OrchestraLondon Symphony OrchestraNew York PhilharmonicColumbia Symphony Orchestra

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 16 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording  
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1.  Age of Gold Suite, Op. 22a: Polka by Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1930; USSR 
Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs. 
2.  Variations on a Shaker Melody by Aaron Copland
Conductor:  Aaron Copland
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1967; USA 
Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs. 
3.  Ballet Suite no 1, Op. 84b: Music Box Waltz by Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor:  André Kostelanetz
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1949; USSR 
Length: 2 Minutes 30 Secs. 
4.  Ballet Suite no 1, Op. 84b: Galop by Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor:  André Kostelanetz
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1949; USSR 
Length: 1 Minutes 28 Secs. 
5.  La boutique fantasque: Tarantella by Ottorino Respighi
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1919; Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs. 
Notes: This ballet is based on themes by Gioacchino Rossini. 
6.  La boutique fantasque: Mazurka by Ottorino Respighi
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1919; Rome, Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs. 
Notes: This ballet is based on themes by Gioacchino Rossini. 
7.  La boutique fantasque: Cossack Dance by Ottorino Respighi
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1919; Rome, Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 10 Secs. 
Notes: This ballet is based on themes by Gioacchino Rossini. 
8.  La boutique fantasque: Can-Can by Ottorino Respighi
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1919; Rome, Italy 
Length: 1 Minutes 58 Secs. 
Notes: This ballet is based on themes by Gioacchino Rossini. 
9.  La boutique fantasque: Galop by Ottorino Respighi
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1919; Rome, Italy 
Length: 1 Minutes 42 Secs. 
Notes: This ballet is based on themes by Gioacchino Rossini. 
10.  Cakewalk: Grand walkaround by Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: USA 
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Hershy Kay 
11.  Comedians Suite, Op. 26: Comedian's Galop by Dmitri Kabalevsky
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1940; USSR 
Length: 1 Minutes 33 Secs. 
12.  Coppélia: Mazurka by Léo Delibes
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1870; France 
Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs. 
13.  Coppélia: Waltz(es) by Léo Delibes
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1870; France 
Length: 2 Minutes 3 Secs. 
14.  Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2: Danse générale by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:  Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New York Philharmonic
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1913; France 
Length: 4 Minutes 19 Secs. 
15.  El amor brujo: Danza rituel del fuego "Ritual Fire Dance" by Manuel de Falla
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1914-1915; Spain 
Length: 4 Minutes 12 Secs. 
16.  Firebird Suite: Danse infernale by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Igor Stravinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1945; USA 
Length: 3 Minutes 21 Secs. 
17.  Firebird Suite: Final Hymn by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Igor Stravinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1945; USA 
Length: 3 Minutes 21 Secs. 
18.  Gaîté Parisienne: Grande Valse by Jacques Offenbach
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: France 
Length: 3 Minutes 18 Secs. 
Notes: 'Gaîté Parisienne' is a pastiche of various works by Jacques Offenbach, selected and arranged as a ballet score by Manuel Rosenthal. 
19.  Gaîté Parisienne: Can-can from "Orphée aux enfers" by Jacques Offenbach
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: France 
Length: 2 Minutes 20 Secs. 
Notes: 'Gaîté Parisienne' is a pastiche of various works by Jacques Offenbach, selected and arranged as a ballet score by Manuel Rosenthal. 
20.  Gaîté Parisienne: Barcarolle from "Les contes d'Hoffmann" by Jacques Offenbach
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: France 
Length: 3 Minutes 23 Secs. 
Notes: 'Gaîté Parisienne' is a pastiche of various works by Jacques Offenbach, selected and arranged as a ballet score by Manuel Rosenthal. 
21.  Gayaneh: Lezghinka by Aram Khachaturian
Conductor:  André Kostelanetz
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1942/1957; USSR 
Length: 2 Minutes 33 Secs. 
22.  Gayaneh: Dance of the Young Kurds by Aram Khachaturian
Conductor:  André Kostelanetz
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1942/1957; USSR 
Length: 3 Minutes 5 Secs. 
23.  Gayaneh: Dance of the Rose Maidens by Aram Khachaturian
Conductor:  André Kostelanetz
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1942/1957; USSR 
Length: 2 Minutes 14 Secs. 
24.  Gayaneh: Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian
Conductor:  André Kostelanetz
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1942/1957; USSR 
Length: 2 Minutes 24 Secs. 
25.  Masquerade: Waltz by Aram Khachaturian
Conductor:  André Kostelanetz
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1941; USSR 
Length: 3 Minutes 42 Secs. 
26.  Masquerade: Galop by Aram Khachaturian
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1941; USSR 
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs. 
27.  Billy the Kid: Celebration [after Billy's capture] by Aaron Copland
Conductor:  Aaron Copland
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1938; USA 
Length: 2 Minutes 15 Secs. 
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