Riccardo Drigo
Riccardo Eugenio Drigo (ru. Риккардо Эудженьо Дриго), (30 June 1846 – 1 October 1930) was an Italian composer of ballet music and Italian opera, a theatrical conductor, and a pianist.
Drigo is most noted for his long career as kapellmeister and Director of Music of the Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg, Russia, for which he composed music for the original works and revivals of the choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Drigo also served as Chef d'orchestre for Italian opera performances of the orchestra of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre. During his career in St. Petersburg, Drigo conducted the premieres and regular performances of nearly every ballet and Italian opera performed on the Tsarist stage.
Drigo is equally noted for his original full-length compositions for the ballet as well as his large catalog of supplemental music written ad hoc for insertion into already-existing works. Drigo is also noted for his adaptations of already-existing scores, such as his 1895 edition of Tchaikovsky's score for Swan Lake. Many pieces set to the music of Drigo are still performed today, and are considered cornerstones of the classical ballet repertory.
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик, Балет-феерия / Shchelkunchik, Balet-feyeriya; French: Casse-Noisette, ballet-féerie) is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (op. 71). The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on Sunday, December 18, 1892, on a double-bill with Tchaikovsky's opera Iolanta.
Although the original production was not a success, the 20-minute suite that Tchaikovsky extracted from the ballet was. However, the complete Nutcracker has enjoyed enormous popularity since the late 1960s, and is now performed by countless ballet companies, primarily during the Christmas season, especially in North America. Major American ballet companies generate around 40 percent of their annual ticket revenues from performances of The Nutcracker.
Tchaikovsky's score has become one of his most famous compositions, in particular the pieces featured in the suite. Among other things, the score is noted for its use of the celesta, an instrument that the composer had already employed in his much lesser known symphonic ballad The Voyevoda.
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ALBUMS
- The Greatest Hits released: 2012
- The Heifetz Collection, Volume 40: Gershwin and Encores released: 2008
- Rahvusooper Estonia 100 released: 2006
- Man with the Golden Flute released: 2001
- Salon Orchestra Favorites, Volume 1 released: 2000
- Ballet Gala (Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet feat. conductor: Terence Kern) released: 1996
- The Heifetz Collection, Volume 2 (1925-1934) released: 1994
- Ballet Gala: The Art of the Prima Ballerina (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Richard Bonynge) released: 1992
- Ballet Gala: Pas de deux (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Richard Bonynge) released: 1992
- Virtuoso Violin released: 1992
- The World of Immortal Serenades released: 1958
- Grigori Sedukh Performing on Treble Violin, Soprano Violin and Mezzo Violin released:
- Serenade / Spanish Dance released:
- Serenade released:
- Serenade released:
- Emanuel Feuermann (Magic Talent) released:
- The Simply Classical Collection, Volume II: Relaxing released:
- Immortal Classics Flute 2 released:
The Greatest Hits
Released 2012- Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise, Op. 26
- The Flight of the Bumblebee
- Minute Waltz
- Dance of the Blessed Spirits from "Orfeo ed Euridice"
- Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
- Hora Staccato
- Humoresque
- Liebesfreud
- Schon Rosmarin
- Traumerei
- Serenade from "Les Millions d'Arlequin"
- Carnival of Venice, Op. 77
- Minuet and Badinerie from Suite No. 2
- Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
- Syrinx
- Carmen Fantasy
The Heifetz Collection, Volume 40: Gershwin and Encores
Released 2008- Preludes: I. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
- Preludes: II. Andante con moto e poco rubato
- Preludes: III. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
- Porgy and Bess: Summertime
- Porgy and Bess: A Woman is a Sometime Thing
- Porgy and Bess: My Man's Gone Now
- Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So
- Porgy and Bess: Bess, You Is My Woman
- Porgy and Bess: Tempo di Blues
- Garden Scene (from "Much Ado About Nothing")
- Oriental Sketch, Op. 2 No. 2
- Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3
- March (from "The Love for Three Oranges")
- Ave Maria, D. 839
- Sabre Dance (from Gayaneh)
- Alt Wien (Triakontameron No. 11)
- On Wings of Song, Op.34 No.2
- Hora Staccato
- La plus que lente
- Valse bluette (Air de ballet No. 2)
- Presto in B-flat major
- Estrellita
- Zapateado, Op. 23 No. 2
- Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
- Banjo and Fiddle
- Hebrew Melody, Op. 33
- Scherzo-tarantelle, Op. 16
Rahvusooper Estonia 100
Released 2006- Lendav hollandlane: Senta ballaad
- Sevilla habemeajaja: Figaro kavatiin
- Jevgeni Onegin: Tatjana kirjastseen (katkend)
- Aida: Radamese romanss
- Trubaduur: Manrico stretta
- Madama Butterfly: Butterfly aaria
- Kaupo: Lembitu aaria
- Tsaari mõrsja: Ljubaša aaria
- Padaemand: Hermani aaria
- Lakmé: Kellukeste aaria
- Lakmé: Lakmé ja Mallika duett
- Don Giovanni: Leporello aaria
- Don Pasquale: Malatesta ja Don Pasquale duett
- Zaza: Caspari aaria
- Don Carlo: Eboli aaria
- Othello: Othello ja Jago duett
- Hamlet: Ophelia ja Hamleti duett
- Turandot: Calafi aaria
Man with the Golden Flute
Released 2001- Hora Staccato
- Serenade (from Les Millions d'Arlequin)
- Moto perpetuo, op. 11
- Minuet & Badinerie (from Suite no. 2)
- Haro no umi
- Waltz (from Suite of Three Pieces, op. 116)
- The Flight of the Bumblebee
- Adagio & Variation (from Ascanio)
- "Minute" Waltz
- Dance of the Blessed Spirits
- Fantaisie pastorale hongroise, op. 26
Salon Orchestra Favorites, Volume 1
Released 2000- Drunt' in der Lobau
- Serenade no. 1 "Kubelík-Serenade"
- Tango
- Brise de mer
- Il bacio
- Sie hören Paul Lincke: Potpourri
- Serenata
- Poème
- Spiel auf deiner Geige das Lied von Leid und Lust
- Mattinata
- Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume
- El relicario
- Die Millionen des Harlekin: Serenade
- Die Schlittschuhläufer
- Mélodie in F major
Ballet Gala (Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet feat. conductor: Terence Kern)
Released 1996- Night Shadow: Introduction
- Night Shadow: Entrée du Poète
- Night Shadow: Divertissement
- Night Shadow: Divertissement
- Night Shadow: Divertissement
- Night Shadow: Divertissement
- Night Shadow: Divertissement
- Night Shadow: Divertissement
- Night Shadow: Pas de deux
- Night Shadow: Polonaise
- Night Shadow: Variation de la Somnambule
- Night Shadow: Pas de deux
- Night Shadow: Danse générale
- Night Shadow: Élégie
- La Fête des fleurs à Genzano: Pas de deux & Variations
- Le Corsaire: Pas de deux & Variations (Interpolation for 1899 revival)
The Heifetz Collection, Volume 2 (1925-1934)
Released 1994- La plus que lente
- Menuets I & II (from Partida No. 3)
- Les petits moulins a vent, XVII, No. 2
- La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
- Scherzo-Impromptu (No. 2, Moods, Op. 73)
- Hebrew Melody, Op. 33
- Rondo (from Sonata in D)
- Ave Maria D. 839
- Zapateado, Op. 23, No. 2
- Estrellita
- Jota (Canciones populares españolas, No. 4)
- Puck / Småtrold / Kobold (No. 3, Lyric Pieces, Op. 71)
- On Wings of Song, Op. 34, No. 2
- Sonata, Op. 45 in C Minor. II Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza
- Valse bluette (Air de ballet No. 2)
- Rondo, Op.11 "Rondo Favori" in E Flat
- Sea Murmurs (Deux études d'ondes)
- The Flight of the Bumblebee (Der Hummelflug)
- Impromptu, D. 899/ Op. 90, No. 3 in G
- Sarabande (from English Suite No. 3, BWV 808)
- Alt Wien (Triakontameron No. 11)
- Holzapfel und Schlehwein (from Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11 / Viel Lärmen um Nichts)
Ballet Gala: The Art of the Prima Ballerina (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Richard Bonynge)
Released 1992Virtuoso Violin
Released 1992- Prelude and Allegro in the style of Gaetano Pugnani
- Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
- Romance "The Gadfly"
- Valse bluette
- Poeme
- Danse espagnole
- Legende Op 17
- Introduction and Tarantella
- Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor
- Nigun
- Beau Soir
- Caprice Viennois Op.2
- The Bumble Bee
- Serenade
- Ave Maria
- Banjo and Fiddle
- Tzigane - Rapsodie de Concert
The World of Immortal Serenades
Released 1958- Serenade, Op. 6, No. 1
- Serenade From "The Fair Maid Of Perth"
- Serenade From "The Student Prince"
- Serenade From "Don Giovanni" (Deh Vieni Alla Finestra)
- Serenade
- Barcarolle From "Tales Of Hoffmann"
- Love Theme From "Romeo And Juliet"
- Serenade From "Les Millions D'Arlequin"
- Serenade From "Don Pasquale" (Act III)
- Serenade (Standchen From "Schwanengesang")
- Serenade (Angel's)
- Serenade To A Mandarin
- Mephistopheles' Serenade From "The Damnation Of Faust"
- Siciliano From "Cavalleria Rusticana"
Grigori Sedukh Performing on Treble Violin, Soprano Violin and Mezzo Violin
- Suite for Flute in B in minor No. 3, Op. 10, RV428: Polonaise
- Suite for Flute in B in minor No. 3, Op. 10, RV428: Badinerie
- Adagio
- Sonatina for violin and guitar No. 1
- Sonatina for violin and guitar No. 3
- Cavatina No. 3, Op. 85
- Swan Lake: Entre and Adagio
- Song of the Lark
- Swan Lake: Adagio
- Swan Lake: Russian Dance
- Meditation
- Flight of the Buble-Bee
- Les ilions d'Arlequin: Adagio
- March of the Toy Sodiers
- O, Holy Night
- Silent Night
Serenade
- Serenade / Standchen, D. 957
- Nocturne, op. 9 no. 2 in E-flat
- Reverie
- Serenade: Largo alla siciliana
- Suite No. 3: Air
- La fille aux cheveux de lin
- Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299: II. Andantino
- Consolation No. 3
- Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
- Thais: Meditation
- Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria
- Hamabe no Uta: Song of the Seashore (feat. harp: Ayako Shinozaki)
- Vocalise, Op. 34 No.14
- Fantaisie
- I Milioni d'Arlecchino: Serenade
- La plus que lente
Emanuel Feuermann (Magic Talent)
- Spring Song, Op. 62/6
- Hindu Song (from 'Sadko')
- Serenade (from 'Les Millions d'Arlequin')
- Traumerei (Dreaming) (from 'Kinderszenen')
- Orentale (from 'Kaleidoscope', Op. 50/9)
- Ave Maria
- Danse espanola Op. 37/5
- Allegro appassionate, Op. 43
- Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20: Part 1
- Caro Mio Ben
- Minuet
- Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 - I. Allegro ma non troppo
- Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 - II. Allegretto quasi Menuetto
- Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 - III. Allegro
- Serenade, Op. 54/2
- Hungarian Phapsody, Op. 68
The Simply Classical Collection, Volume II: Relaxing
- String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile
- Grand Sonata in A: II. Romanza
- Serenade
- Carnaval, Op. 9: XII: Chopin
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216: II. Adagio
- Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice
- Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27 No. 2
- Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra in C, K. 299: II. Andantino
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-flat major, K. 281: Andante Amoroso
- Espanoleta
- Serenade from Les Millions d’Arlequin
Born: 1846-06-30
Died: 1930-10-01
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by Amerie
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by Tiger Lillies
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by Regina Spektor
The Flowers
by: AmerieNow it's just a memory,
And it's hard to think(hard to think about it)
Bout the love I left behind
I can't help but think(what could I have done about it)
But deep inside I know it's your fault that I'm not there
Once you put aside your pride, I know that you saw it so clearly
That your nearly losing your mind
Tryna rewind
Do what you did and didn't do
So I'm telling you...
You should have did so much more to show you loved me
I'm wishing
I wish you would have gave me The Flowers(when I could smell them)
And I'm wishing
I wish you would have held me for hours(when I was around)
Now there's nothing you can do...
But to wish I was with you...
But it's too little too late, to late to late
Press rewind(to go back in time)
So there's nothing you can do...
Cause I'm no longer missing you...
You should have gave me The Flowers(when I could smell them)
Cause now I'm gone
And baby it's so hard to believe ya when you say that you promise your be better
Cause everything your saying right now, you can saying forever
You should of showed you loved me, You should have spent more time
You should have been the answers to the questions in my mind
But your here ain't going no where you'll never let me go
(you'll never let me go)
Cause baby, I could'ntfeel your love was real, you took for granted what we had
So I'm telling you...
You should of did so much more to show you loved me
I'm wishing
I wish you would have gave me The Flowers(when I could smell them)
And I'm wishing
I wish you would have held me for hours(when I was around)
Now there's nothing you can do...
But to wish I was with you...
But it's too little too late, to late to late
Press rewind(to go back in time)
So there's nothing you can do...
Cause I'm no longer missing you...
You should have gave me The Flowers(when I could smell them)
Cause now I'm gone
And it hurts so much inside for me to let you go(let you go yea)
But it hurts me so much more to stay with you and I know that
You can explain how much you changed
But it remains the same
It's just to late for us... (it's just to late for us)
There's no way to get back
All the love that we had...
But I still can't help but wish that...
I'm wishing
I wish you would have gave me The Flowers(when I could smell them)
And I'm wishing
I wish you would have held me for hours(when I was around)
Now there's nothing you can do(and there's nothing you can do about it)
But to wish I was with you (but to think about it)
But it's too little too late, to late to late
Press rewind(to go back in time)
So there's nothing you can do... (No)
Cause I'm no longer missing you...
You should have gave me The Flowers(when I could smell them)
(Hey Hey Hey Hey)
I'm wishing
I wish you would have gave me The Flowers(when I could smell them)
And I'm wishing
I wish you would have held me for hours(when I was around)
Now there's nothing you can do... (Nothing You Can Do)
But to wish I was with you... (But To Wish I Was With You)
But it's too little too late, to late to late
Press rewind(to go back in time) (Said It's To Late)
So there's nothing you can do...
Cause I'm no longer missing you...
You should have gave me The Flowers(when I could smell them)
MhmmmmmnnOhhhh