Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Act I of The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 - Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra 2018

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY In 1888, Ivan Vsevolozhsky, then Director of Imperial Theatres in Saint Petersburg, proposed The Sleeping Beauty to Tchaikovsky as the subject for a ballet. Tchaikovsky was immediately enthusiastic upon receiving the libretto, and replied in a letter: “I am delighted and enchanted beyond all description...