Schnittke: Sketches (1985)

Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)

Sketches (Esquisses, 1985)
Ballet in one act, "choreographic fantasia" by Andrey Petrov after the themes by Nikolai Gogol.

March - The Swan, the Pike and the Crayfish
[1:55] Overture
[3:16] The Childhood of Chichikov
[5:38] The Portrait
[12:02] Major Kovalyov
[12:45] Morning
[14:16] In Search of the Nose
[15:47] Despair
[17:40] The Nose is found
[20:00] The Overcoat
[22:16] Ferdinand VIII
[23:25] The Civil Servants
[25:55] The Barrel-Organ
[28:05] The Unknown Woman
[29:28] Pas de deux
[33:01] The Debauch
[34:30] The Sabbath
[36:32] The Barrel-Organ
[37:41] Spanish Royal March
[39:21] The Ball
[45:21] The Testament
[50:38] March - The Swan, the Pike and the Crayfish

Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Andrey Chistiakov

Cover image: "Le cirque" by Fernand Léger

Видео Schnittke: Sketches (1985) канала Alejandro Vidal