Cesare Pugni
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Cesare Pugni (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtʃeːzare ˈpuɲɲi, ˈtʃɛː-]; Russian: Цезарь Пуни, romanized: Cezar' Puni; 31 May 1802, in Genoa – 26 January [O.S. 14 January] 1870) was an Italian composer of ballet music, a pianist and a violinist. He studied composition with Bonifazio Asioli and violin with Alessandro Rolla. In his early career he composed operas, symphonies, and various other forms of orchestral music. Pugni is most noted for the ballets he composed for Her Majesty's Theatre in London (1843–1850), and for the Imperial Theatres in St. Petersburg, Russia (1850–1870). The majority of his ballet music was composed for the works of the ballet master Jules Perrot, who mounted nearly every one of his ballets to scores by Pugni. In 1850 Perrot departed London for Russia, having accepted the position of Premier maître de ballet of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres at the behest of Carlotta Grisi, who was engaged as Prima ballerina. Cesare Pugni followed Perrot and Grisi to Russia, and remained in the imperial capital even after Grisi's departure in 1853 and Perrot's departure in 1858. Pugni went on to compose for Perrot's successors Arthur Saint-Léon and Marius Petipa, serving as the Imperial Theatre's official composer of ballet music until his death in 1870. He was also the grandfather of Russian painter Ivan Puni, also known as Iwan Puni and Jean Pougny.
Cesare Pugni was one of the most prolific composers of ballet music, having composed close to 100 known original scores for the ballet and adapting or supplementing many other works. He composed myriad incidental dances such as divertissements and variations, many of which were added to countless other works.
Of Pugni's original scores for the ballet, he is best known today for Ondine, ou La Naïade, (also known as La Naïade et le pêcheur) (1843); La Esmeralda (1844); Catarina, ou La Fille du Bandit (1846); The Pharaoh's Daughter (1862); and The Little Humpbacked Horse (1864). Of his incidental dances, etc., he is most noted for the Pas de Six from La Vivandière (also known as Markitenka) (1844); the Pas de Quatre (1845); La Carnival de Venise pas de deux (also known as Satanella pas de deux) (1859); the Diane and Actéon Pas de Deux (1868); and his additional music for the ballet Le Corsaire (1863 and 1868).
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- The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II Scene 14: Variation I (Tarantella) - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Carmen Suite No. 2: V. The Changing of the Guard (Children's Chorus from Act I) - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Carmen Suite No. 1: IV. Seguidilla (Act I) - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a, TH 219, Act II: No. 10, Scene - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- 4 Dance Episodes from Rodeo: No. 2, Corral Nocturne - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- The Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a, TH 234: V. Valse - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Giselle, Act II: Grand pas de deux - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Ma mère l'oye (Cinq pièces enfantines), M. 62: IV. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Ma mère l'oye (Cinq pièces enfantines), M. 62: I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Carmen Suite No. 2: I. March of the Smugglers (Act III) - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80: II. Fileuse - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Ma mère l'oye (Cinq pièces enfantines), M. 62: II. Petit Poucet - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- La vida breve, G. 35, Act II, Tableau I: Spanish Dance - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo (Transcr. A. Romero) - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Carmen Suite No. 2: IV. Song of the Toreador (Act II) - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- The Comedians, Op. 26: Galop - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Come, Gentle Night - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Coppélia, Act I: Waltz - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- L’arlésienne Suite No. 1, Op. 23bis, WD 40: III. Adagietto - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2, M. 57b: III. Danse générale - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a, TH 219, Act III: No. 20, Hungarian Dance - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Préludes, Book 1, L. 117: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Carmen Suite No. 2: II. Habañera (Act I) - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II Scene 14: Variation II (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy) - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2, M. 57b: I. Lever du jour - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Madama Butterfly, SC 74, Act II: Humming Chorus - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 6 No. 5, HWV 323: V. Allegro - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Otello, Act IV: Ave Maria, piena di grazia - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Les sylphides: Finale. Grand valse brilliante, Op. 18 (Arr. C. Dragon) - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Sylvia, Act III: Cortège de Bacchus - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II Scene 12: Trepak - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II Scene 13: Waltz of the Flowers - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Carmen Suite No. 1: I. Prélude to Act I - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- The Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a, TH 234: II. Adagio. Pas d'action (Rose Adagio) - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- 3 Gymnopédies: No. 1 in D Major - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, FP 152: No. 3, Videntes stellam - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act I Scene 2: March - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14: Overture - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Ma mère l'oye (Cinq pièces enfantines), M. 62: V. Le jardin féerique - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Rêverie, L. 68 (Transcr. Y. Kondonassis) - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 3 in G-Flat Major - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- The Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a, TH 234: IV. Panorama - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- La vie parisienne: Galop - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- The Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a, TH 234: III. Pas de caractere (Puss-in-Boots and the White Cat) - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Carmen Suite No. 1: III. Intermezzo (Entr'acte to Act III) - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, TH 13, Act III: Polacca - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Pas de quatre: Finale No. 8 (Orch. W. McDermott) - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II Scene 12: Coffee (Arabian Dance) - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- 3 Gymnopédies: No. 1 in D Major - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Nocturne No. 1 in E-Flat Major. Molto moderato - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80: III. Sicilienne - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- 12 Danzas Españolas: No. 2, Oriental (Arr. A. Romero for 2 Guitars) - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Orpheus in the Underworld: Can-Can - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Gayane: Sabre Dance - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- The Firebird: Finale - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- The Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a, TH 234: I. Introduction. The Lilac Fairy - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Music As Popularized in "Kismet": Pt. 1, Symphony No. 2 - In the Steppes of Central Asia - String Quartet No. 2 - Symphony No. 1 (Excerpts) [Arr. E. Kunzel] - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
- Music As Popularized in "Kismet": Pt. 2, String Quartet No. 2 - Overture to "Prince Igor" - Petite Suite - Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor" (Excerpts) [Arr. E. Kunzel] - Chillout Classical III - Cesare Pugni
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