Orchestral Adaptation
Khachaturian extracted and arranged music from the ballet in 1955 for three orchestral suites:
- Spartacus Suite No.1
- Introduction - Dance of the Nymphs
- Adagio of Aegina and Harmodius
- Variation of Aegina and Bacchanalia
- Scene and Dance with Crotala
- Dance of the Gaditanae - Victory of Spartacus
- Spartacus Suite No.2
- Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
- Entrance of the Merchants - Dance of a Roman Courtesan -
- General Dance
- Entrance of Spartacus - Quarrel -
- Treachery of Harmodius
- Dance of the Pirates
- Spartacus Suite No.3
- Dance of a Greek Slave
- Dance of an Egyptian Girl
- Night Incident
- Dance of Phrygia - Parting Scene
- At the Circus
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