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- Rossini, Gioachino
Duration: 13 minutes
Description: The music for The Fantastic Toy Shop (La Boutique Fantasque), a one act ballet about a love story between two can-can dancer dolls in a toy shop, is based on piano pieces that were a part of Rossini’s Péchés de vieillesse. Respighi introduced Rossini’s score to the impresario Sergei Diaghilev, whose Ballets Russes premiered the ballet in London on June, 5, 1919 to an eagerly awaiting audience. This arrangement from Respighi’s orchestration for British band is by Dan Godfrey, with additional American band parts added by Erik Leidzén. Dances included in the suite: 1. Danse Cosaque; 2. Nocturne; 3. Allegro non troppo; 4. Mazurka; 5. Tarantelle; 6. Valse Lente; 7. Can Can; 8. Andantino; 9. Galop. Reprint edition.