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Leon Minkus

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Ludwig Minkus a.k.a. Léon Fyodorovich Minkus (1826–1917) was an Austrian composer of ballet music, a violin virtuoso and teacher. Minkus is most noted for the music he composed while serving as Ballet Composer of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres in Russia, where he wrote for the original works and revivals of the renowned Ballet Masters Arthur Saint-Léon and Marius Petipa. Among the composer's most celebrated compositions for these Ballet Masters were La Source (1866; composed jointly with Léo Delibes)

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  1. Act I: Don Quixote invites Quiteria to a Minuet
  2. Overture
  3. Act 2 - Gypsy Camp: Gypsy Dance 2
  4. La Bayadère (Andante)
  5. Act III: Quiteria's Variation (The Fan)
  6. Adagio (from La Bayadere) [Boris Spassov, Sofia National Opera Orchestra & Chorus]
  7. Coda (from La Bayadere) [Boris Spassov, Sofia National Opera Orchestra & Chorus]
  8. Moderato (from La Bayadere) [Boris Spassov, Sofia National Opera Orchestra & Chorus]
  9. Pas de Deux (Act III)
  10. Don Quixote: Act III: Quiteria's Variation (The Fan)
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  1. Don Quixote: Act III: Coda
  2. Act I - No. 6: Moderato assai
  3. Paquita, Pas de Trois, Variation 2 (Boris Spassov, Sofia Natinoal Opera Orchestra)
  4. Act I - No. 1: Moderato
  5. Act I - No. 7: Allegro molto
  6. Act I - No. 8: Moderato con moto
  7. Act I - No. 3: Andante delicato
  8. Act I - No. 14: Molto moderato
  9. Act I - No. 2: Maestoso
  10. Act I - No. 5: Andante sostenuto
  11. Don Quixote: Grand Pas De Deux
  12. Kitri Enters - Don Quixote
  13. Act I - No. 4: Maestoso
  14. Introduction
  15. Act I - No. 10: Allegro appassionato
  16. Act I - No. 11: Allegro moderato, No. 12: Moderato con moto, No. 13: Allegro ...
  17. Act I - No. 15: Maestoso
  18. Act II - No. 29: (Andante)
  19. Don Quixote: Act II: Carmencita
  20. Act I - No. 16: Moderato, No. !7: Allegro vivo
  21. Act I - No. 9: Allegro non troppo
  22. Act I - No. 14a: Vivo
  23. Act I - No. 18: Tempo di marcia giocosa
  24. Overture Don Quixote
  25. Act I - No. 27: Allegro
  26. Act I - No. 20: Moderato
  27. Act I - No. 21: Allegretto
  28. Act I - No. 19: Allegro moderato e soave
  29. Moderato from La Bayadere (Boris Spassov, Sofia National Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
  30. Act I - No. 24: Allegro pesante
  31. Act I - No. 22: Andante
  32. Act I - No. 23: Allegretto delicato
  33. Act II - No. 31: Allegro
  34. Act II - No. 32: Andantino
  35. Act II - No. 35: Allegro moderato
  36. Act I: Quiteria (Kitri) enters
  37. Act II - No. 33: Andante
  38. Coda
  39. Act I - No. 25: Allegro
  40. Adagio from La Bayadere (Boris Spassov, Sofia National Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
  41. Act II - No. 30: Tempo di valse
  42. Act II - No. 34: Allegro
  43. Act II - No. 36: Moderato
  44. Act II - No. 37: Allegretto
  45. Prologue: Allegro assai
  46. Act II - No. 38: Allegro con spirito
  47. Act III - No. 45: Vivo assai, No. 46: Finale: vivo, agitato
  48. Act I: Quiteria and Basilio
  49. Act I - No. 26: Tempo di valse brillante
  50. Act III: Entree
  51. La Bayadre (Andante)
  52. Act III: Basilio's Variation
  53. Act II: Gypsy Dance II
  54. Act II: Allegretto
  55. Act II: Scene
  56. Act II: Souvenir du bal
  57. Coda from La Bayadere (Boris Spassov, Sofia National Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
  58. Act II - No. 28: Maestoso, ma non troppo lento
  59. Act III - No. 41: Alla marcia, No. 42: Allegro vivo
  60. Act III - No. 43: Moderato con moto
  61. Prologue: Sancho Panza, saved from his pursuers, is appointed Don Quixote's squire
  62. Don Quixote: Grand Pas De Deux From Act III
  63. Act I: Seguidilla
  64. Act II: Coda
  65. Act III: Flower Waltz
  66. Act III: Classical Variation II
  67. Variation de Kitri
  68. Act III - No. 44: Allegro
  69. Moderato
  70. Act I: Coda
  71. Act II - No. 39: Vivace
  72. Act III - No. 42a
  73. Don Quixote
  74. Act II: Sailor's Dance
  75. Act I: Moderato
  76. Act I: Scene of the Toreadors
  77. Act II: Sola a gitana
  78. Act I: Their Friends
  79. Act I, Scene: Lorenzo, Quiteria and Basilio
  80. Act III: Scene
  81. Act III: Classical Variation I
  82. Don Quixote - Variation de Kitri
  83. Variation Allegro
  84. Prologue: Entrance of Don Quixote
  85. Act I: Moreno
  86. Act II: Amour
  87. Act III: Coda
  88. Act III: Finale: Spanish Dance
  89. Apertura
  90. Act III: March

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