Discography T-Z - New York City Ballet

Discography T-Z

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Tarantella, Choreography by George Balanchine
© The George Balanchine Trust, Photo © Paul Kolnik

Tarantella 
Music by Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Nibley, Abravanel, Utah Symphony Orchestra
Vanguard Classics OVC 4051; also, SVC 9
Tritt, Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc CD 80112

Telemann Overture Suite in E Minor 
Music by Philipp Telemann
Overture (Suite) in E Minor for Flute, Strings and Continuo
Rampal, Rolla, Lisze CO
CBS MK 42362: CD

The Beethoven Seventh 
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A Major. Op. 92
Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Grammophon (The Originals) Nonesuch: 47400
Szell, Cleveland Orchestra
Sony Classical (Essential Classics): 48158

The Cage 
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Concerto in D for String Orchestra, "Basler," 1946
Dutoit, Montreal Sinfonietta
London 440327-2, with Apollo
Guildhall String Ensemble
RCA Red Seal 60156-2-RC, with Apollo
Stravinsky, RAI Symphony Orchestra
Diamante ARCD 2031, with Apollo and Firebird
Stravinsky, Swiss Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ermitage 156

The Chairman Dances
Music byJohn Adams
Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
EMI Classics CDC 55051

The Concert (or The Perils of Everybody) 
Music by Frederic Chopin
Polonaise "Militaire"; Berceuse Op. 57; Prelude Op. 28, No. 18; Prelude Op.29, No. 16; Waltz in E Minor; prelude Op. 28, No. 7; Prelude Op. 28, No. 4; Mazurak in G Major; Ballade Op. 47, No.3
The individual numbers are all available in their original solo piano versions, but no recording of the ballet per se exists.

The Four Seasons 
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Ballet music from I Vespri Siciliani
Chailly, Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra
London 425108-2-LH: Cassette

The Four Temperaments
Music by Paul Hindemith
The Four Temperaments: Theme with Four Variations for String Orchestra and Piano
Irving, New York City Ballet Orchestra
(This recording is called "A Balanchine Album" and also includes the music from Rubies, Serenade, and Agon)
Elektra/Nonesuch 79135-2: CD
Mauser, Albert, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
CPO 999 078-2: CD
Rosenberger, DePriest, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Delos: DCD 1006: CD

The Goldberg Variations 
Music by J.S. Bach
The Goldberg Variations (Aria and 30 Variations)
Gould
CBS MK-37779: CD
CBS IMT-37779: Cassette
Schiff
London 417116-2 LH: Cassette

The Infernal Machine
Music by Christopher Rouse
The Infernal Machine (from the trilogy Phantasmata)
Zinman, Baltimore Symphony
CD: 79230-2
Tape: 79230-4

Theme And Variations 
Music by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55 (last movement)
Marriner, Stuttgart Radio Symphony (with Mozartiana)
Capriccio 10200: CD

Them Twos
Music by Wynton Marsalis
Forever, First Love, Almost, Horror, Sex, Loss
No recording available

The New Blondes 
Music by Johann Pachelbel
Chaconne in F minor
Butt, Hexachordum Apollinis
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907029: CD
Harmonia Mundi HMU 407029: Cassette
Chaconne in D minor
Jacob
Virgin Classics CDC 7 59197: CD
Kee
Chandos CHAN 0520: CD
Chandos EBTD 0520: Cassette

The Nutcracker 
Music by Peter llyitch Tschaikovsky
Dorati, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Philips 442562-2 (2 CDs), (with selections from The Sleeping Beauty)
Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra
London 440477-2 (2 CDs), (with selections from The Sleeping Beauty)
Gergiev, Kirov Theater Orchestra
PPHI 462114
Jansons, London Philharmonic Orchestra
EMI Classics CDQB 54649 (2 CDs); 4D2Q 54649 (2 cassettes)
This includes an interactive children's book.
Mackerras, London Symphony Orchestra
Telarc CD 80137 (2 CDs)
CS 30137 (2 cassettes)
Previn, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Angel CDCB 47267 (2 CDs)
4D2S 47267 (2 cassettes)
Rodzinski, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of London
MCA Classics MCAD2-9801 (2 CDs), (with selections from Swan Lake)
Svetlanov, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra
Melodiya MEL 10000409 (2 CDs), (with Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2)
Temirkanov, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA Red Seal 60465-2-RC (2 CDs)
Thomas, Philharmonia Orchestra
CBS M2K 42173 (2 CDs)

The Sleeping Beauty 
Music by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Dorati, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Philips 420792-2 PH3: CD
Lanchbery, The Philharmonia Orchestra
Angel CDCB-49216: CD
Weldon, The Philharmonia Orchestra
Angel CDMB-62560: CD

The Steadfast Tin Soldier 
Music by Georges Bizet
Jeux d'Enfants
Giulini, Philharmonic Orchestra
Seraphim 4XG-60022: Cassette (includes the music for Mother Goose and a suite from Firebird)
Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Philips 416437-2: CD (includes the music for Symphony in C)

The Unanswered Question 
Music by Charles Ives
Calcium Light Night
Columbia
Fugue in Four Keys
Columbia
Mists
Columbia
From the Housatonic at Stockbridge
Columbia
Nonesuch
Etcetera
Sonata No. 2 for Piano and Violin (In the Barn)
Nonesuch
Musical Heritage Society
Remembrance
Columbia
An Old Song Deranged
Columbia
The Unanswered Question
Columbia
Deutsche Grammophone
Pro Arte
Thomas, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CBS Records: LP, CD, tape

The Waltz Project
Music by Robert Moran, et al.
Various pianists
Elektra/Nonesuch D-79011: LP
Elektra/Nonesuch D1-79011: Cassette

Thou Swell
Music by Richard Rodgers
Some of the songs may be found on the following albums:
On Your Toes
Jay B00002EQ6J
Babes in Arms
DRG B00002EZ6J
Boys from Syracuse
DRG B000000PL8

Todo Buenos Aires
Music by John Adams
Orchestration of Astor Piazzolla's tango music
No recording available

Touch
Music by Richard Peaslee
No recording available

Tributary 
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento No. 2 for Oboe, 2 Horns and Strings, K 251
Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic
Sony Classical 53277
Vegh, Salzburg Camerata Academin
Laserlight 15648 or 15863

Triptych 
Music by Bela Bartok
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106
Bernstein, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
HUNB 12631
Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
DEUT 47747
Cantelli, New York Philharmonic Orchestra
STRV 13591
Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra
MRCR 34357

Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux 
Music by Peter llyitch Tschaikovsky
The following recordings contain the complete ballet music for Swan Lake, and includes the music used for Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux and Tschaikovsky Pas de Quatre.
Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra of London
London (Jubilee) 425413-2 LM3 (3 CDs)
Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra
London 436212-2 LH2 (2 CDs)
Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
RCA 7804-4-RC (2 cassettes)
RCA Red Seal 09026-62557-2 (2 CDs)
The CD edition comes in a gift box with a fold-out stage, figures, and a storybook.
Lanchbery, Philharmonia Orchestra
Classics for Pleasure CFPCDCFP 4727 (2 CDs)

Tschaikovsky Pas de Quatre 
Music by Peter llyitch Tschaikovsky
The following recordings contain the complete ballet music for Swan Lake, and includes the music used for Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux and Tschaikovsky Pas de Quatre.
Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra of London
London (Jubilee) 425413-2 LM3 (3 CDs)
Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra
London 436212-2 LH2 (2 CDs)
Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
RCA 7804-4-RC (2 cassettes)
RCA Red Seal 09026-62557-2 (2 CDs)
The CD edition comes in a gift box with a fold-out stage, figures, and a storybook.
Lanchbery, Philharmonia Orchestra
Classics for Pleasure CFPCDCFP 4727 (2 CDs)

Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 
Music by Peter llyitch Tschaikovsky
Douglas, Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra
RCA Red Seal 09026-61633-2 (with Allegro Brillante)
Gilels, Svetlanov, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra
Melodiya MEL 10000409 (2 CDs) (with The Nutcracker)
Lowenthal, Comissiona, London Symphony Orchestra
Arabesque Z6583, (with Allegro Brillante)
Pletnev, Fedoseyev, Philharmonic Orchestra
Virgin Classics CDC 59631 (with Allegro Brillante)

Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 
Music by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55
Marriner, Stuttgart Radio Symphony (with Mozartiana)
Capriccio 10200: CD

Twilight
Music by Michael Torke
July
No recording available

Twilight Courante
Music by George Frideric Handel
Keyboard Suites
Cuckston, harpsichord
Naxos CD:8.550415
Naxos CD:8.550416
Gilbert, harpsichord
HMA CD: 190447.48

Two's Company 
Music by Antonin Dvorák
String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, American
Smetana Quartet
Denon C37-7338: CD
Talich Quartet
Calliope CAL 9617: CD
Calliope CAL 4617: Cassette

Tzigane 
Music by Maurice Ravel
Accardo, Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra (with La Valse)
Deutsche Grammophon 427314-2 GH: CD
Deutsche Grammophon 427314-4 GH: Cassette
Perlman, Mehta, New York Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon 423063-2 GH: CD
Deutsche Grammophon 423063-4 GH: Cassette

Union Jack 
Music: traditional British sources adapted by Hershy Kay
No recording currently available

Urban Dances 
Music by Richard Danielpour
Commissioned score
Urban Dances (Dance Suite in Five Movements)

Valse-Fantaisie
Music by Mikhail Glinka
Glinka: Overtures, etc.
Tjeknavorian, Armenian Philharmonic
ASV DCA 1075
Glinka: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1
Victor Ryabchikov
BIS CD 979

Valse Triste 
Music by Jean Sibelius
Valse Triste (Incidental music for the play Kuolema), Op. 44 (1903)
Davis, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Philips 420490-2 PM: CD
Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic
DGG 413755-2 GH: CD
DGG 413755-4 GH: Cassette

Variations on a Nursery Song
Music by Ernst von Dohnányi
Variations on a Nursery Song, for Piano and Orchestra, Op.25 (1913):
Katchen, Solti, London Symphony Orchestra
London ("The Classic Sound" series) 448604-2
Ozolins, Bernardi, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
CBC ("SM 5000" series) SMCD 5052
Prats, Bátiz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
IMP 2048
Wild, von Dohnányi, New Philharmonia Orchestra
Chesky CD 13

Variations pour une Porte et un Soupir
Music by Pierre Henry
Variations pour une Porte et un Soupir (14 of 25 numbers)
No recording available

Variations Sérieuses
Music by Felix Mendelssohn, adapted and orchestrated by Mack Schlefer
There is no recording of the orchestral adaptations of the three piano compositions used in this ballet: Variations Sérieuses, Op. 54 (1841); Songs Without Words (Lieder ohne Worte) Book VI, Op. 67, No. 6 (1844); and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14 (1824). However, all three of the original piano compositions can be found on these CD sets:
The Best of Mendelssohn (various artists)
Philips 42302 (2 CDs)
Jones, Mendelssohn: Complete Piano Music
Nimbus 1772 (6 CDs)

Vespro
Music by M. Bruno Moretti (original composition)
No recording currently available

Vienna Waltzes 
Music by Franz Lehar, Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss Jr.
Tales From the Vienna Woods Op. 325, 1868; Voices of Spring Op. 410, 1885; Explosion Polka Op. 43, 1848; Gold and Silver Waltz, 1905; the first sequence of waltzs from Der Rosenkavalier
No CD contains a recording of all of the music used in the ballet, but all the pieces are easily available individually and in a variety of combinations.

Viola Alone
Music by Paul Hindemith
Sonata for Viola Solo, Op. 25, No. 1
Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 11, No. 4
Sonata in C for Viola and Piano (1939)
Kashkashian, Levin,
ECM New Series 78118-21330-2: 2 CDs

Viva Verdi
Music by Marc-Olivier Dupin
(La Traviata premiere: 1853 by Giuseppe Verdi)
Cariations Sur La Traviata De Verdi For Violin and String Orchestra
Chandos CD: 9653726

Walpurgisnacht Ballet 
Music by Charles Gounod
Ballet music from the Walpurgisnacht scene of the opera Faust
Benzi, Paris Opéra Orchestra
Philips 411177-4 PB: Cassette (with excerpts from Delibes' Coppélia and Sylvia)
Zinman, Orchestra
Philips (Miniature) 422286-2: CD (includes the music for Les Petits Riens)

Walton Cello Concerto 
Music by Sir William Walton
Concerto for Violacello and Orchestra
Harrell, Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
EMI Classics CDC 54572: CD

Waltz Trilogy 
Music by Carl Maria von Weber, orchestrated by Hector Berlioz
Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65
Ancerl, Czech Philharmonic
Supraphon 11 0572-2: CD
Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic (album titled "Encores")
DG 413587-2 GH: CD
Music by Franz Liszt
Mephisto-Waltz
Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra
CBS MYK-37772: CD
CBS MYT-37772: Cassette
Solti, Orchestra of Paris
London 417513-2 LH: CD
Music by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Polonaise and Waltz from Eugen Onegin, Op. 24
Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophone 415855-2 GGA: CD
Deutsche Grammophone 415855-4 GGA: Cassette
Vonk, Dresden State Orchestra (with the complete The Nutcracker)
Capriccio CDC-10071/72: CD

Watermill
Music by Teiji Ito
No recording available

Western Symphony
Music by Hershy Kay
No recording available

West Side Story Suite 
Music by Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story, Complete (1957)
Kanawa, Troyanos, Carreras, Ollmann, Bernstein, Orchestra and Chorus
Deutsche Grammophon 415253-2 GH2: 2 CDs
Deutsche Grammophon 415253-4 GH2: 2 Digital Cassettes
Ballet Music:
Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (also contains Candide, On the Town, On the Waterfront)
CBS MK 45531: CD

Who Cares? 
Music by George Gershwin, orchestrated by Hershy Kay
Hershey Kay expanded and orchestrated Gershwin's own piano solo arrangements of his songs. The recordings listed below are of Gershwin's solo piano adaptations, since no recording is available of Kay's arrangements.
Achatz
BIS CD 404
Bennett
IMP ("Classics" series) 6700372
Bolcom
Elektra/Nonesuch 79151-2

Zakouski 
Music by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff, Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
Stravinsky, Parasha's Song from Mavra
Prokofiev, Cinq Melodies, No.4
Tschaikovsky, Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34
The Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Tschaikovsky selections can all be found on one CD
Mordkovitch, Gusak-Grin
Chandos CHAN 8500
For the Rachmaninoff:
Lin, Rivers
CBS MK 39133 (CD called Bravura!)