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John Lanchbery
Person · male · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · London · born 1923 · died 2003 · recording since 1987
British composer (1923–2003)
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Also known as John Lanchberry · 约翰·兰伯里
Timeline
12 events▣ Album 7✦ Award 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1920s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1990s
2000s
Biography
English biography1,257 words · 8 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1375030688
Biography
John 'Jack' Arthur Lanchbery (15 May 1923 – 27 February 2003) was an English conductor and composer who was known for his ballet arrangements, and for his ballet adaptations of non-ballet musical works.
He was the Principal Conductor of the Royal Ballet from 1959 to 1972, Principal Conductor of The Australian Ballet from 1972 to 1977, and Musical Director of the American Ballet Theatre from 1978 to 1980. He conducted for the Royal Ballet until 2001.
Rudolf Nureyev said that Lanchbery was "a conductor and music director of unmatched experience" who was "directly responsible for raising the status and the standards of musical performance". Maina Gielgud stated that he were "the finest conductor for dance of his generation and probably well beyond". One critic wrote that "the music was always on its best behaviour" when Lanchbery was conducting.
Early life
Lanchbery was born in London on 15 May 1923, and began violin lessons and music composition when he was eight years of age. He was educated at Alleyn's School, where he formed a lifetime friendship with the renowned chorister Peter Stanley Lyons, and with Kenneth Spring, who was the founder of the National Youth Theatre and whose composer mother encouraged Lanchbery's musical talent. He was also a friend of Tchaikovsky's grandniece and translator Galina von Meck (1891–1985).
Lanchbery was in 1942 awarded the Henry Smart Composition Scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied under Sir Henry Wood until the Second World War, during which he served in the Royal Armoured Corps, after which he returned to the Royal Academy of Music to study for two more years before he returned to his alma mater Alleyn's School to teach music. He was declined the job of Director of Music at Alleyn's School, and subsequently worked for a music publisher. He was a member of the Garrick Club.
Conductor of London Metropolitan Ballet and Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet: 1948–1959
Lanchbery was recommended to apply for the post of Conductor of the Metropolitan Ballet. He obtained the position and made his debut with them at Edinburgh in 1948. Two years later the orchestra collapsed for lack of funds. However, working with choreographer Celia Franca, Lanchbery wrote The Eve of St Agnes (the story was based on John Keats' poem of the same name), one of the first commissioned ballets to be shown on BBC television. He composed film scores for Eric Robinson before joining the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet (later the Royal Ballet touring company) in 1951, with whom he proceeded to orchestrate, in 1953, the first professional ballet choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan: Somnambulism whose music was composed with music by Stan Kenton. Lanchbery also orchestrated The House of Birds (La Casa de los Pájaros) in 1955, with original music by Federico Mompou.
Principal Conductor of Royal Ballet: 1959–1972
Lanchbery served as Principal Conductor of the Royal Ballet from 1959 from 1972. He arranged the music for the ballet La fille mal gardée, to choreography by Frederick Ashton, for the Royal Ballet in 1960. The pastiche score for Ashton's La fille mal gardée included music by Donizetti, Martini, Rossini, and Peter-Ludwig Hertel, as well as material composed by Lanchbery himself. The music for the famous Clog Dance, originally by Hertel, was used for many years as a theme tune for Home This Afternoon on BBC radio. In 1960 the dancer Rudolf Nureyev staged The Kingdom of the Shades scene from Marius Petipa's ballet La Bayadère for the Royal Ballet, and Lanchbery was commissioned to create a new arrangement of Ludwig Minkus's music.
In addition to the revenue from his recordings, Lanchbery had his income supplemented by the copyright he earned from his orchestral arrangements, which were used by ballet companies all over the world. With Ashton, he composed The Two Pigeons; A Month in the Country; The Dream; and one of the most critically acclaimed ballet versions of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
In 1966 Rudolf Nureyev asked Lanchbery to reorchestrate Ludwig Minkus's score for the ballet Don Quixote.
Although he resigned from the position of Director of the Royal Ballet in 1972, he continued to conduct regularly for the company until 2001.
Principal Conductor of The Australian Ballet: 1972–1977
Notable successes for Lanchbery included the arrangement of the Liszt music for Kenneth MacMillan's stormy multi-act Mayerling, which premiered at Covent Garden in 1978; and the arrangement of Franz Lehár's score for the first full-length ballet production of The Merry Widow, for The Australian Ballet in 1976.
In 1971, he composed the music for the ballet film The Tales of Beatrix Potter. His sources were varied, including the operas of Michael William Balfe and Arthur Sullivan. He also arranged the music and conducted the orchestra for Nijinsky in 1980.
Lanchbery was the first composer to successfully convert operas into ballets (The Tales of Hoffmann, The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus), and he also wrote music for some British films of the 1950s, including Deadly Nightshade (1953) and Colonel March Investigates (1955). He was involved in The Turning Point (1977), starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Leslie Browne, and his score for Evil Under the Sun (1982) was based on songs by Cole Porter, a memorable rendition of "You're The Top" by Diana Rigg. He also wrote scores for two classic silent films: D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation and John Ford's The Iron Horse.
During a 1976 visit to Australia, Lanchbery conducted the 27th Intervarsity Choral Festival choir's performance of Rossini's Petite messe solennelle and Gaudeamus igitur in Hobart.
Director of American Ballet Theatre: 1978–1980
The American Ballet Theatre used 14 Lanchbery arrangements between 1962 and 2002: he was the Musical Director of the Company between 1978 and 2002. Their productions included his arrangement, for Natalia Makarova, Minkus's La Bayadère in 1980. Lanchbery arranged more than 30 pieces by Franz Liszt for Macmillan's Mayerling, which premiered at Covent Garden in 1978. Nureyev staged the full-length La Bayadère for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1992, which was his final production before his death. Nureyev's version used Minkus's original orchestration, which Nureyev had photocopied from the Mariinsky Theatre's library. However, the poor photocopying required Lanchbery, whom Nureyev considered to be the greatest ballet conductor of his time, to interpolate the passages of the score that were missing, in accordance with his conception of Minkus's original intentions.
In addition to London, Australia, and Sweden, Lanchbery was a guest conductor at many of the world's leading opera houses, including Paris, Stockholm, Rio de Janeiro, New York, and Houston. He also toured Japan, Russia, and China.
International reputation
Lanchbery was widely considered (including by Rudolf Nureyev) to be the greatest ballet-conductor of his time, and to be "a conductor and music director of unmatched experience" who was "directly responsible for raising the status and the standards of musical performance".
Maina Gielgud, Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet, stated that he was "the finest conductor for dance of his generation and probably well beyond". One critic wrote that "the music was always on its best behaviour" when Lanchbery was conducting.
Lanchbery was the first non-Soviet conductor to receive the Bolshoi Medal. He also received the Carina Ari Medal of Sweden and the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award, which was Britain's highest award for ballet. In 1990, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Personal life
Lanchbery married the Australian-born Elaine Fifield (d. 1999), who was a principal of Sadler's Wells Ballet, in 1951, but their marriage was dissolved in 1960. They had a daughter, Margaret Lanchbery, who lived in Melbourne and survived both of her parents.
Lanchbery became an Australian citizen in 2002, and resided in Melbourne, where he died of cancer on 27 February 2003. He was also survived by his gay companion Thomas Han.
Discography & profile
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
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| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 9 | 81.7th |
| Studio albums | 7 | 87.5th |
| Awards recorded | 3 | 95.4th |
| Timeline events | 12 | 88.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 16 | 37.8th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (9 release groups · 7 studio albums)
Albums · 7
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:27:27
Disc 11The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Overture3:042The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 1: The Decoration of the Christmas Tree3:543The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 2: March2:244The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 3: Children's Galop and Entry of the Parents2:285The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 4: Arrival of Drosselmeyer5:546The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 5: Grandfather Dance6:177The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 6: Departure of the Guests: Night6:328The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 7: The Battle3:299The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 9: The Forest of Fir Trees in Winter3:5310The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 10: Waltz of the Snowflakes6:06Disc 21The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 10: Confiturembourg (The Kingdom Of Sweets)3:412The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 11: Entry Of Clara And The Nutcracker4:433The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 12: Divertissement A: Chocolate1:124The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 12: Divertissement B: Coffee (Arab Dance)3:355The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 12: Divertissement C: Tea (Chinese Dance)0:596The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 12: Divertissement D: Gigue (English Dance)0:427The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 12: Divertissement E: Trepak1:098The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 12: Divertissement F: Flutes2:349The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 12: Divertissement G: Mother Gigogne2:3610The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 13: Waltz Of The Flowers7:2711The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 14: A: Pas De Deux5:3112The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 14: B: Variation 1: Tarantella0:4313The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 14: C: Variation 2: Sugar-Plum Fairy And Coda3:4514The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 15: Final Waltz And Apotheosis4:491988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 55 tracks · 2:40:22
Disc 11Swan Lake, op. 20: Introduction (Moderato assai)2:462Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 1. Scène (Allegro giusto)2:483Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 2. Valse-Intrada (Tempo di valse)7:444Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 3. Scène (Allegro moderato)4:005Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 4. Pas de trois: I Intrada (Allegro)2:416Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 4. Pas de trois: II (Andante sostenuto)3:587Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 4. Pas de trois: III (Allegro semplice - Presto)1:348Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 4. Pas de trois: IV (Moderato)1:209Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 4. Pas de trois: V (Allegro)1:2910Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 4. Pas de trois: VI Coda (Allegro vivace)1:4511Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 5. Pas de deux: I (Tempo di valse)2:0112Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 5. Pas de deux: II (Andante-Allegro-Molto più mosso)5:3413Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 5. Pas de deux: III (Tempo di valse)1:4114Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 5. Pas de deux: IV Coda (Allegro molto vivace)1:5315Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 6. Pas a'action (Andantino quasi moderato-Allegro)2:1516Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 7. Sujet0:3317Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 8. Danse des coupes (Tempo di polacca)5:1818Swan Lake, op. 20: Act I, no. 9. Finale (Andante)2:20Disc 21Swan Lake, op. 20: Act II, no. 10. Scène (Moderato)2:312Swan Lake, op. 20: Act II, no. 11. Scène (Allegro moderato-Allegro vivo)5:313Swan Lake, op. 20: Act II, no. 12. Scène (Allegro)3:384Swan Lake, op. 20: Act II, no. 13. Danses des cygnes: I (Tempo di valse)2:455Swan Lake, op. 20: Act II, no. 13. Danses des cygnes: II (Moderato assai-Molto più mosso)1:566Swan Lake, op. 20: Act II, no. 13. Danses des cygnes: III (Tempo di valse)2:047Swan Lake, op. 20: Act II, no. 13. Danses des cygnes: IV (Allegro moderato)1:288Swan Lake, op. 20: Act II, no. 13. Danses des cygnes: V (Andante-Andante non troppo-Allegro)7:489Swan Lake, op. 20: Act II, no. 13. Danses des cygnes: VI (Tempo di valse)1:3110Swan Lake, op. 20: Act II, no. 13. Danses des cygnes: VII Coda (Allegro vivace)1:3611Swan Lake, op. 20: Act II, no. 14. Scène (Moderato)2:4112Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 15. (Allegro giusto)2:3613Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 16. Danses du Corps de Ballet et des Nains (Moderato assai-Allegro vivo)2:5514Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 17. Scène: La sortie des invités et la valse (Allegro-Tempo di valse)8:3215Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 18. Scène (Allegro-Allegro giusto)1:3516Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 19. Pas de six: Intrada (Moderato assai)2:3717Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 19. Pas de six: Variation 1 (Allegro)1:1218Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 19. Pas de six: Variation 2 (Andante con moto)3:5019Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 19. Pas de six: Variation 3 (Moderato)0:5120Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 19. Pas de six: Variation 4 (Allegro)0:5921Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 19. Pas de six: Variation 5 (Moderato-Allegro simplice)1:3622Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 19. Pas de six: Coda (Allegro molto)1:51Disc 31Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, Additional Number. Pas de deux: Introduction (Moderato-Andante)4:162Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, Additional Number. Pas de deux: Variation 1 (Allegro moderato)0:513Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, Additional Number. Pas de deux: Variation 2 (Allegro)0:474Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, Additional Number. Pas de deux: Coda (Allegro molto vivace)2:335Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 20. Danse hongroise. (Cadenza-Moderato assai-Allegro moderato-Vivace)3:076Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, Additional Number. Danse russe (Cadenza-Andante simplice-Allegro vivo)4:387Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 21. Danse espagnole (Allegro Non Troppo) (Tempo di Bolero)2:328Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 22. Danse napolitaine (Allegro moderato-Andantino quasi moderato)2:019Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 23. Mazurka3:1410Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 24. Scène (Allegro-Valse-Allegro vivo)3:1711Swan Lake, op. 20: Act IV, no. 25. Entr'acte (Moderato)2:1912Swan Lake, op. 20: Act IV, no. 26. Scène (Allegro non troppo)2:1613Swan Lake, op. 20: Act IV, no. 27. Danses des petits cygnes (Moderato)5:5514Swan Lake, op. 20: Act IV, no. 28. Scène (Allegro agitato-Allegro vivace)3:0515Swan Lake, op. 20: Act IV, no. 29. Scène finale (Andante-Allegro agitato-Alla breve. Moderato e maestoso)5:481991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 52 tracks · 2:33:46
Disc 11Swan Lake: Introduction (Moderato assai)2:462Swan Lake: Act I, No. 1: Scène (Allegro giusto)2:483Swan Lake: Act I, No. 2: Valse - Intrada (Tempo di valse)7:444Swan Lake: Act I, No. 3: Scène (Allegro moderato)4:005Swan Lake: Act I, No. 4 Pas de trois: I. Intrada (Allegro)2:416Swan Lake: Act I, No. 4 Pas de trois: II. Andante sostenuto3:587Swan Lake: Act I, No. 4 Pas de trois: III. Allegro semplice - Presto1:348Swan Lake: Act I, No. 4 Pas de trois: IV. Moderato1:209Swan Lake: Act I, No. 4 Pas de trois: V. Allegro1:2910Swan Lake: Act I, No. 4 Pas de trois: VI. Coda (Allegro vivace)1:4511Swan Lake: Act I, No. 5 Pas de deux: I. Tempo di valse2:0112Swan Lake: Act I, No. 5 Pas de deux: II. Andante - Allegro - Molto più mosso5:3413Swan Lake: Act I, No. 5 Pas de deux: III. Tempo di valse1:4114Swan Lake: Act I, No. 5 Pas de deux: IV. Coda (Allegro molto vivace)1:5315Swan Lake: Act I, No. 6: Pas d'action (Andantino quasi moderato - Allegro)2:1516Swan Lake: Act I, No. 7: Sujet0:3317Swan Lake: Act I, No. 8: Danse des coupes (Tempo di polacca)5:1818Swan Lake: Act I, No. 9: Finale (Andante)2:2719Swan Lake: Act II, No. 11: Scène (Allegro moderato - Allegro vivo)5:3120Swan Lake: Act II, No. 12: Scène (Allegro)3:3821Swan Lake: Act II, No. 13 Danses des cygnes: I. Tempo di Valse2:4522Swan Lake: Act II, No. 13 Danses des cygnes: II. Moderato assi - Molto più mosso1:5623Swan Lake: Act II, No. 13 Danses des cygnes: III. Tempo di Valse2:0424Swan Lake: Act II, No. 13 Danses des cygnes: IV. Allegro moderato1:2825Swan Lake: Act II, No. 13 Danses des cygnes: V. Andante - Andante non troppo - Allegro7:4726Swan Lake: Act II, No. 13 Danses des cygnes: VII. Coda (Allegro vivace)1:36Disc 21Swan Lake: Act III, No. 15: Allegro giusto2:372Swan Lake: Act III, No. 16: Danses du corps de ballet et des nains (Moderato assai - Allegro vivo)2:553Swan Lake: Act III, No. 17: Scène: La sortie des invités et la valse (Allegro - Tempo di valse)8:324Swan Lake: Act III, No. 18: Scène (Allegro - Allegro giusto)1:355Swan Lake: Act III, No. 19 Pas de six: Intrada2:376Swan Lake: Act III, No. 19 Pas de six: Variation 1 (Allegro)1:127Swan Lake: Act III, No. 19 Pas de six: Variation 2 (Andante con moto)3:508Swan Lake: Act III, No. 19 Pas de six: Variation 3 (Moderato)0:519Swan Lake: Act III, No. 19 Pas de six: Variation 4 (Allegro)0:5910Swan Lake: Act III, No. 19 Pas de six: Variation 5 (Moderato - Allegro semplice)1:3611Swan Lake: Act III, No. 19 Pas de six: Coda (Allegro molto)1:5112Swan Lake: Act III Pas de deux (Additional number): Introduction (Moderato - Andante)4:1613Swan Lake: Act III Pas de deux (Additional number): Variation 1 (Allegro moderato)0:5114Swan Lake: Act III Pas de deux (Additional number): Variation 2 (Allegro)0:4715Swan Lake: Act III Pas de deux (Additional number): Coda (Allegro molto vivace)2:3316Swan Lake: Act III, No. 20: Danse hongroise: Czardas (Moderato assai - Allegro moderato - Vivace)3:0717Swan Lake: Act III Danse russe (Cadenza - Andante semplice - Allegro vivo) (Additional number)4:3818Swan Lake: Act III, No. 21: Danse espagnole (Allegro non troppo: tempo di bolero)2:3219Swan Lake: Act III, No. 22: Danse napolitaine (Allegro moderato - Andantino quasi moderato)2:0120Swan Lake: Act III, No. 23: Mazurka3:1421Swan Lake: Act III, No. 24: Scène (Allegro - Valse - Allegro vivo)3:1722Swan Lake: Act IV, No. 25: Entr'acte (Moderato)2:1923Swan Lake: Act IV, No. 26: Scène (Allegro non troppo)2:1624Swan Lake: Act IV, No. 27: Danse des petits cygnes (Moderato)5:5525Swan Lake: Act IV, No. 28: Scène (Allegro agitato - Allegro vivace)3:0226Swan Lake: Act IV, No. 29: Scène finale (Andante - Allegro agitato - Alla breve - Moderato e maestoso)5:51Tales of Beatrix Potter: Music From the Royal Ballet Film
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 52:33
1The Tale of Two Bad Mice9:292The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin7:453Mrs Tiggy-Winkle's Laundry2:224The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck6:405The Tale of Jeremy Fisher (extract)3:256The Tale of Pigling Bland15:157The Mouse Waltz4:368Finale (extract)3:01The Sentimental Bloke: Ballet Music by John Lanchbery
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:09:38
1Introduction: At the Markets2:302Spadgers Lane, a Few Days Later2:213Ginger Mick3:074Bill Enters3:015Mr Smithers (The Stror 'At Coot)4:106Bill and Doreen 'Intrajuiced' At Last!3:197They Make a Date2:238Bill in Ecstasy1:079Sunday Arvo5:2110Doreen's Promise4:1411Rose and Ginger Mick's Stouch1:0212At the Ballet2:5313The Stror 'At Coot4:2014Bill Is Heartbroken1:2215The Melbourne Cup4:3116Bill and Doreen Meet Again1:3817Still in Love!2:1418Bill's Lucky Day2:1119The Stror 'at Coot's Revenge1:2420Bill Meets 'Mar'4:2721Doreen Is Heartbroken1:2422The Two-Up Game3:5123Bill and Doreen Reunited1:3824Finale: They Get Hitched!5:101999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:01:57
1Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Overture3:042Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act I - Scene I - I. The Decoration of the Christmas Tree3:543Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act I - Scene I - II. March2:274Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act I - Scene I - VII. The Battle3:295Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act I - Scene I - VIII. The Forest of Fir Trees in Winter3:546Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act I - Scene I - IX. Waltz of the Snowflakes6:137Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act II - X. Confiturembourg (The Kingdom of Sweets)3:458Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act II - XII. Chocolate - Spanish Dance1:129Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act II - XII. Coffee - Arab Dance3:3610Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act II - XII. Tea - Chinese Dance1:0011Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act II - XII. Gigue - English Dance0:4212Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act II - XII. Trepak - Russian Dance1:0913Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act II - XII. Dance of the Mirlitons2:3514Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act II - XII. Mother Gigogne2:3915Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act II - XIII. Waltz of the Flowers7:2616Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act II - XIV. Pas de Deux5:3217Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act II - XIV. Variation I - Tarentella0:4418Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act II - XIV. Variation II - Sugar-Plum Fairy - Coda3:4419Ballet, Op. 71 "The Nutcracker": Act II - XV. Finale Waltz and Apotheosis4:52The Nutcracker / Sleeping Beauty / Swan Lake
2002 · studio album
Album · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 1993 | Ballet HighlightsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:16:521Swan Lake: Waltz (Act 1)7:47 2Swan Lake: Finale (Act 1)2:46 3Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans (Act 2)1:31 4Swan Lake: Hungarian Dance (Act 3)3:11 5Swan Lake: Spanish Dance (Act 3)2:36 6Swan Lake: Neapolitan Dance (Act 3)2:04 7Swan Lake: Scene (Act 4)3:05 8Swan Lake: Finale (Act 4)5:57 9Sleeping Beauty: Introduction - March (Prologue)7:33 10Sleeping Beauty: Dance Scene (Prologue)4:31 11Sleeping Beauty: Waltz (Act 1)5:00 12Sleeping Beauty: Rose Adagio (Act 1)6:42 13Sleeping Beauty: Panorama (Act 2)3:32 14Sleeping Beauty: Apothesis (Act 3)2:38 15The Nutcracker: Miniature Overture (Act 1)3:07 16The Nutcracker: March (Act 1)2:28 17The Nutcracker: Chinese Dance (Tea) (Act 2)1:03 18The Nutcracker: Russian Dance (Trepak) (Act 2)1:13 19The Nutcracker: Dance of the Reed Flutes (Act 2)2:41 20The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers (Act 2)7:27 | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 2005 | Casse-noisette / La Belle au bois-dormant / Le Lac des cygnesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 18 July 2005 |
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
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| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 9 | 81.7th |
| Studio albums | 7 | 87.5th |
| Awards recorded | 3 | 95.4th |
| Timeline events | 12 | 88.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 16 | 37.8th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
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| 1988 | Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award | won | |
| 1990 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | won | |
| — | Australian Dance Awards | won |
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