Tchaikovsky/ Yablonsky/ Russian State So - Swan Lake

2002 release. Swan Lake performed by the Russian State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dmitry Yablonsky recorded at Studio 5 at the Moscow Sate Broadcasting & Recording House July 2001. It was the first of Tchaikovsky's (1840-1893) three full length ballets & had it's premiere in Moscow in 1875. In it's music it represents the height of romantic ballet in a colourful and evocative score that reflects the palace celebrations of the Prince's coming of age & evokes the nocturnal mystery of the forest and the bewitched Swan Princess.