Artist: Bolshoi Theatre Ensemble
Author: Peter Iljitsj Tsjaikovski
Year: 1876
Ballet in four acts, Op. 20, better known as Swan Lake or Le Lac des cygnes. Based upon a German fairytale. First public performance under direction of Semen Riabov with the dancers Pelegaya Karpakova (as Odette) and Stanislav Gillert (as Siegfried). Choreography by Julius Reisinger.
Covers:
Marius Petipa & Lev Ivanov [new version created in the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg following Tsjaikovski's death; this version is regarded as an ultimate masterpiece for the art of ballet]
Ray Conniff [as Theme From Swan Lake Ballet]
Cougars [as Saturday Night At The Duck Pond]
René & The Alligators [as Black Swan]
Cats [(UK) as Swan Lake; reggae hit]
Wallace Collection [in Daydream; n°1 B]
Claude François [covering Daydream as Rêveries; hit Fr]
Günter Kallmann Chor [as Daydream; frequently sampled since]
Isaac Hayes [Daydream's bass pattern throughout Ike's Rap II from Black Moses]
Madness [inspired by the Cats' version]
Public Image Ltd [guitar riff in Death Disco]
Portishead [Isaac Hayes' bass-sample in Glory Box]
Tricky [idem in Hell Is Around The Corner]
Beta Band [sample Daydream in Squares]
Paul Michiels [idem]
Brave Combo [as Swan Lake]
Guru [elements in Hood Dreamin']
Lupe Fiasco feat. Jill Scott [as Daydreamin']
Alessia Cara [sample Isaac Hayes throughout Here]
The Daydream motiv appears on four occasions: in Act I - Finale N°9, Act II - Scène N°10 & N°14 and in Act IV - Scène finale N°29.
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