Masquerade was written in 1941 by Aram Khachaturian as incidental music for a production of the play of the same name by Russian poet and playwright Mikhail Lermontov. It premiered on 21 June 1941 in the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow. The music is better known in the form of a five-movement suite.
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Aram Khachaturian – Sabre dance from Gajane
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Aram Khachaturian - Waltz from Masquerade
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Aram Khachaturian — “Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia“ from the ballet Spartacus
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Anderson and Roe: Khachaturian Sabre Dance
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Mikhail Pletnev Performs Nocturne In C Sharp Minor, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Aram Khachaturian: Andantino
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Khachaturian: Sabre Dance / Ozawa · Berliner Philharmoniker
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Guest performance by the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia - ballet Spartacus staged by Yuri Grigorovich