Ernest Ansermet – The Royal Ballet Gala Performances (Half Speed)

Side I

• The Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)

  • March

  • Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

  • Arabian Dance

  • Chinese Dance

  • Dance of the Toy Flute

  • Waltz of the Flowers

• La Boutique Fantasque (Gioacchino Rossini / Ottorino Respighi)

  • Tarantella

  • Andante mosso

  • Can-Can

Side II

• Coppélia (Léo Delibes)

  • Act 1: Introduction and Mazurka

  • Introduction and Waltz

  • Czárdás

  • Act 2: Valse de la Poupée

• Giselle (Adolphe Adam)

  • Act 1: Introduction and Waltz

  • Act 2: Pas de Deux and Variation

Side III

• Swan Lake (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)

  • Act 2: Scene;

  • Dance of the Little Swans

  • Scene – Pas de Deux;

  • Waltz

• Carnaval (Robert Schumann)

  • Pierrot

  • Reconnaissance

  • Aveu

  • Pantalon and Columbine

Side IV

• The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66a (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)

  • Introduction; Prologue: The Lilac Fairy

  • Act 1: Rose Adagio; Pas d’Action;

  • Waltz

• Les Sylphides (Frédéric Chopin)

  • Overture: Prelude in A, Op. 28, No. 7

  • Mazurka in C, Op. 67, No. 3

  • Grande Valse Brillante in E-Flat, Op. 18