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 Pelagaya 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 ballet masterpiece]
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]
Libertines [used Swan Lake's main theme throughout Night Of The Hunter, a title loaned from Charles Laughton's eponymous film ('55) starring Robert Mitchum as both preacher and serial killer with the words LOVE and HATE tattooed on his knuckles, just like in Pete Doherty's opening line]
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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