Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Filatov - Anthology of Russian Ballet Music (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. The Firebird Suite, K010 (1919 Version): IV. The Round Dance of the Princesses
02. The Firebird Suite, K010 (1919 Version): V. Infernal Dance of Tsar Koschey
03. Raymonda, Op. 57, Act I: Grand Adagio
04. Raymonda, Op. 57, Act II: Spanish Dance
05. The Red Poppy, Op. 70, Act I: Yablochko. Russian Sailors’ Dance
06. The Flames of Paris: Dance of the Basques
07. Armida's Pavilion, Op. 29: VIa. Armida's Variation
08. Armida's Pavilion, Op. 29: VI. The Grand Waltz
09. Anyuta, Ballet Suite: Tarantella
10. The Limpid Stream, Ballet Suite, Op. 39a: Adagio
11. The Golden Age, Op. 22, Act III Scene 5: Tango
12. Spartacus, Ballet Suite No. 1: Aegina's Variation and Bacchanalia
13. Cinderella, 1st Suite, Op. 107: No. 7, Cinderella's Waltz
14. Cinderella, 1st Suite, Op. 107: No. 8, The Clock Scene
15. The Nutcracker, TH 14, Op. 71, Act II Scene 3: Pas de deux

The music on this album reflects the rich tradition of Russian ballet, from 19th-century classics such as Swan Lake to the innovations of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and the ballets of the Soviet era. While ballet music had long been treated as little more than functional accompaniment, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky transformed the genre by giving it symphonic scale and psychological depth. “Ballet is a symphony in its own right,” he declared, and after him ballet scores became true concert works, inspiring generations of leading Russian and European composers. Recorded at the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic, this album brings together a century of Russian ballet music in performances by the Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra under Dmitry Filatov.