Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. The Hebrides, Op.26 (Fingal's Cave)
2. Overture "Les francs-juges", Op.3
3. Overture
4. Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op.31
5. España - Rhapsody for Orchestra
6. The Fountain of Valle Giulia (La fontana di Valle Giulia all'alba)
7. The Triton Fountain (La fontana di Tritone al mattino)
8. The Fountain of Trevi (La fontana di Trevi al meriggio)
9. The Villa Medici Fountain (La fontana di Villa Medici al tramonto)
10. Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture

Disc 2:

1. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
2. The Story of the Calender Prince
3. The Young Prince and the Young Princess
4. Festival at Bagdad - The Sea - The Shipwreck against a rock surmounted
5. Promenade - The gnome
6. Promenade - The old castle
7. Promenade - Tuileries
8. Bydlo - Promenade
9. Ballet of the Chickens in Their Shells
10. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
11. The Market-place at Limoges
12. Catacombae - Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
13. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
14. The Great Gate of Kiev

Disc 3:

1. Prelude; the fairy tale begins
2. Viennese musical clock
3. Song
4. The battle and defeat of Napoleon
5. Intermezzo
6. Entrance of the emperor and his court
7. 1. Lento - maestoso
8. 2. Allegretto moderato
9. 3. Allegro con moto, grazioso
10. 4. Allegro
11. 5. Allegro vivace
12. 1. Introduzione (Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace
13. 2. Giuoco della coppie (Allegretto scherzando)
14. 3. Elegia (Andante, non troppo)
15. 4. Intermezzo interrotto (Allegretto)
16. 5. Finale (Pesante - Presto)

Disc 4:

1. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
2. Rome - Palermo (Calme)
3. Tunis - Nefta (Modéré très rythmé)
4. Valencia (Animé)
5. Bacchanale
6. Prélude
7. Danse du Rouet et Scène
8. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
9. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête
10. Petit Poucet
11. Laideronette; Apothéose. Le jardin féerique
12. An American in Paris

Disc 5:

1. 1. Bransle de Bourgogne
2. 2. Pavane
3. 3. Petite marche militaire
4. 4. Complainte
5. 5. Bransle de Champagne
6. 6. Sicilienne
7. 7. Carillon
8. Rondeau
9. Adagietto
10. Rag - Mazurka
11. Andantino
12. Final
13. 1. Moderato alla breve - Tempo agitato senza troppo accelerar - Tempo I
14. 2. Larghetto concertante -
15. 3. Allegretto - Meno mosso - Tempo I - Più mosso - Tempo I
16. 4. Largo - Tempo giusto, alla breve - Poco meno mosso
17. 1. Allegro
18. 2. Andante - Interlude (L'istesso tempo)-
19. 3. Con moto

Disc 6:

1. The Shrovetide Fair
2. In Petrushka's Room
3. In the Moor's Room
4. The Shrovetide Fair (evening)
5. Danse
6. Excentrique
7. Cantique
8. Madrid
9. 1. Introduction
10. 2. The Harbingers of Spring, Dance of the Adolescents
11. 3. Mock Abduction
12. 4. Spring Rounds
13. 5. Games of the Rival Tribes
14. 6. Procession of the Sage
15. 7. Adoration of the Earth (The Sage), Dance of the Earth
16. 1. Introduction
17. 2. Mystical Circle of the Adolescents
18. 3. Glorification of the Chosen One
19. 4. Evocation of the Ancestors
20. 5. Ritual of the Ancestors
21. 6. Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #196248 in Music
• Released on: 2006-11-14
• Number of discs: 6
• Formats: Box set, Collector's Edition

Album Description
"To understand Dutoit's gift, you have only to watch him lead an orchestra. Animated by the music, his conducting technique is perhaps the most graceful among living conductors. His gestural vocabulary is elegant, expressive, energetic yet tasteful, the perfect visual correlative of the music his orchestra plays. His long thin arms swirl in seamless semaphore movements, he sways like a willow tree, rising and falling like a cresting wave. He beats time with his left foot, but the rest of his body language is balletic, with the lithe grace of a man half his age. When he walks off the stage he regains his Apollonian composure, but no one would deny they were lucky to have seen him." --Philip Anson-La Scena Musicale

Orchestre symphonique de Montreal Philharmonia Orchestra* Orchestre National de France ** L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*** Charles Dutoit, conductor

Customer Reviews

Buy for DVD alone
If you like dance and ballet, then get this boxset for the DVD alone. The antics for Prokofiev's 'The Classical Symphony' are entertaining enough. However it's the 40mins or so of the Romeo & Juliet Suite that is so wonderful. This is dancing & choreography of the absolute first rank, a truly wonderful achievement for all those involved.

Essential Dutoit
Charles Dutoit is an amazing conductor and has done a lot of good for Classical Music by leading the pack in utilizing CD as a medium [back when CDs were a new thing]. This is a broad CD collection, including some old war horses (Rite of Spring, Pictures at an Exhibition) as well as some lesser known French pieces (Les Biches). All the music is wonderfully recorded, interpreted, and played. However, what REALLY makes this set shine is the additional DVD featuring Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Classical Symphony." I assure everyone, it is worth purchasing for the DVD alone. The rest of the music is a great addition.