NIKOLAI TCHEREPNIN (1873-1945): Ballet Le Pavillon d’Armide.

Description: This ballet provided the opening to Diaghilev’s first Ballets Russes season in 1911 which also marked the Paris debut of Nijinsky. A work of great importance in the history of modern ballet, with choreography by Fokin, this enchanting score brings to life a Gobelin tapestry in a mysterious and haunted pavilion in the grounds of a French chateau. Moscow Symphony Orchestra; Henry Shek. Original 1995 Marco Polo release.