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great compositions/performances: Khachaturian – Masquerade Suite, Neeme Järvi, Scottish National Orchestra


Khachaturian – Masquerade Suite,  Neeme Järvi,
Scottish National Orchestra

Scenes de ballet, Op. 52: III. Mazurka, #TheRoyalScottishNationalOrchestra


Scenes de ballet, Op. 52: III. Mazurka

Glazunov: The Seasons – Autumn / Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi



The Seasons is an allegorical ballet in one act, four scenes, by the choreographer Marius Petipa, with music by Alexander Glazunov, his Op. 67. The work was composed in 1899, and was first performed by the Imperial Ballet in 1900 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus – Ballet Suite No. 2 ( “a well known and often depended upon composition, of rare beauty”)



1. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
2. Entrance of Merchants, Dance of a Roman Courtesan, General Dance 8:52
3. Entrance of Spartacus, Quarrel, Harmodius’ Treachery 13:15
4. Dance of the Pirates 19:21

Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi – conductor