Michel Fokine’s ballet to orchestrated piano music by Chopin. The first Chopiniana production appeared in St Petersburg in 1907; the Paris Les Sylphides version premiered on 2 June 1909. The date... Read more

Michel Fokine’s ballet to orchestrated piano music by Chopin. The first Chopiniana production appeared in St Petersburg in 1907; the Paris Les Sylphides version premiered on 2 June 1909. The date refers to the ballet, created after Chopin’s death. Orchestrations and the selection of pieces vary by production; orchestrators include Alexander Glazunov, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Taneyev, Anatoly Lyadov and Nikolai Tcherepnin.

1. Prelude in A major, Op. 28 No. 7
2. Nocturne in A-flat major, Op. 32 No. 2
3. Waltz in G-flat major, Op. 70 No. 1
4. Mazurka in D major, Op. 33
5. Mazurka in C major, Op. 67 No. 3
6. Prelude in A major, Op. 28 No. 7
7. Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
8. Grande valse brillante in E-flat major, Op. 18

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