Waltz Suite (Prokofiev)

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Sergei Prokofiev composed his Waltz Suite (Op. 110) in 1946-7. The waltzes are extracted from 3 of his works: the opera War and Peace, the ballet Cinderella, and music to the film Lermontov.

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[edit] Movements

The suite is composed of 6 waltzes:

  1. Since We Met, from War and Peace
  2. In the Palace, from Cinderella
  3. Mephisto Waltz, from Lermontov
  4. End of the Fairy Tale, from Cinderella
  5. New Year's Eve Ball, from War and Peace
  6. Happiness, from Cinderella

[edit] Premiere

13-May-1947, Moscow, conducted by Prokofiev

[edit] Recordings

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