Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite & Bizet/Shchedrin: Carmen Suite Rachmaninoff International Orchestra & Mikhail Pletnev

• Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a:
• 1 Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a: I. Moderato assai (arr. Mikhail Pletnev) 06:10
• 2 Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a: II. Allegro (arr. Mikhail Pletnev) 06:35
• 3 Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a: III. Moderato assai (arr. Mikhail Pletnev) 08:18
• 4 Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a: IV. Allegro moderato (arr. Mikhail Pletnev) 10:13
• 5 Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a: V. Andante con moto (arr. Mikhail Pletnev) 03:41
• 6 Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a: VI. Allegro agitato (arr. Mikhail Pletnev) 07:41
• Rodion Shchedrin (b. 1932): Carmen Suite:
• 7 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: I. Introduction (after Bizet's opera) 01:32
• 8 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: II. Dance (after Bizet's opera) 02:32
• 9 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: III. First Intermezzo (after Bizet's opera) 01:07
• 10 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: IV. Changing of the Guard (after Bizet's opera) 01:59
• 11 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: V. Carmen’s Entrance and Habanera (after Bizet's opera) 03:19
• 12 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: VI. Scene (after Bizet's opera) 06:48
• 13 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: VII. Second Intermezzo (after Bizet's opera) 02:22
• 14 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: VIII. Bolero (after Bizet's opera) 01:14
• 15 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: IX. Torero (after Bizet's opera) 02:58
• 16 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: X. Torero and Carmen (after Bizet's opera) 04:28
• 17 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: XI. Adagio (after Bizet's opera) 05:42
• 18 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: XII. Fortune-Telling (after Bizet's opera) 04:47
• 19 Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: XIII. Finale (after Bizet's opera) 06:28
• Total Runtime 01:27:54

Info for Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite & Bizet/Shchedrin: Carmen Suite

The popular melodies of "Swan Lake" and "Carmen" recorded by the world-class Rachmaninoff International Orchestra (RIO) under the baton of Mikhail Pletnev.

In August 2022, the musicians of the Rachmaninoff International Orchestra gathered in Bratislava to perform their first recording under the direction of founder and artistic director Mikhail Pletnev. There is an acclaimed arrangement of Swan Lake by Mikhail Pletnev, coupled with Rodion Shchedrin's famous arrangement of the Carmen Suite from Bizet's masterpiece.

Rachmaninoff International Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

Mikhail Pletnev
is recognised as one of the finest artists of our time. He won the Gold Medal and First Prize in the 1978 International Tchaikovsky Competition at the age of 21, which brought him early recognition throughout the world. In 1990 he founded the Russian National Orchestra, joined by the best artists, and later founded the Mikhail Pletnev Fund, which supports major national cultural projects. A member of the Russian Cultural Council, in 2007 he received the President’s Award for his contribution to the country’s artistic life. The cumulative roles of pianist, conductor and composer are all important aspects of his life as an artist. However, he has the humility to always consider himself as a simple musician.

The Verbier Festival
is an international classical music event that takes place each summer in the mountain town of Verbier, Switzerland. The Festival’s mission is to build a community of exchange between great masters and young artists from all over the world and to be a leader in its field by providing meaningful music education programmes.

Launched in 1994, and now globally renowned, the Festival welcomes audiences with a distinctive and exhilarating blend of events, both large-scale and intimate. Audiences from around the globe come to experience music-making at the highest level in a setting that brings them close to star performers, rising talent and a complete process of learning, rehearsal and performance.

The Festival’s Academy is its respiratory system—a laboratory where future talents are discovered and nurtured. It sets the gold standard for the training of emerging soloists, chamber and orchestral musicians, singers and conductors. Each summer, audiences witness these musicians in action at more than 100 masterclasses, rehearsals and performances. The Verbier Festival Orchestra has become a rite of passage for today’s exceptional young orchestral musicians and the Academy’s programmes for soloists, chamber musicians and singers include an impressive list of alumni from over 60 countries who have been engaged by the world’s leading concert presenters since their time in Verbier.

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