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The Most Incredible Thing ballet score release date: 16th March 2011 artwork: Hans Christian Andersen composed by: Tennant/Lowe concertmaster: Bartek Bober conductor: Dominic Wheeler contractor: Joris Bartsch Buhle design, art direction: Farrow, PSB edited by: Tobias Lehmann engineer: Tom Russbueldt sound engineer: Tobias Lehmann illustration: Farrow liner Notes: Tennant/Lowe lyrics by: Tennant/Lowe mixed by: Bob Kraushaar orchestrated by: Sven Helbig performer: Pet Shop Boys, The Wrocław Score Orchestra piano: Andreas Gundlach producer: Pet Shop Boys, Sven Helbig programmed by: Chris Lowe, Pete Gleadall Tennant and Lowe proposed Andersen's story (about a competition in a mythical kingdom where the King announces that whoever invents the most incredible thing will win the hand of the Princess in marriage and half of the Kingdom) as the basis for a new ballet to Sadler's Wells Theatre in London in 2007 after a friend, the then-Royal Ballet principal, Ivan Putrov, asked Tennant if Pet Shop Boys would consider writing a piece of music for him to dance to at Sadler's Wells. Coincidentally a couple of days later, Lowe suggested to Tennant that "The Most Incredible Thing" would make an excellent narrative for a ballet and, inspired by this synchronicity, they approached Sadler's Wells with the project. The following year, Javier de Frutos was chosen as the choreographer and Matthew Dunster wrote a scenario for ballet ("a map for music"). Tennant and Lowe composed most of Act One in autumn 2008 and the rest of the score in 2010. They approached Sven Helbig to write the orchestrations. These were recorded in late 2010 in the Concert Hall of Polish Radio with the Wrocław Score Orchestra conducted by Dominic Wheeler. Tennant and Lowe said, "This is a very exciting project to be part of. In the past we have written dance music so to write music for a ballet seems like a logical development. Also we have always been fascinated by giving our music a theatrical context."

tracklist [CD #1: "Act 1 & 2" (5-0999-0-71694-2)] Prologue The Grind The Challenge Help Me Risk Physical Jerks The Competition The Meeting The Clock 1/2/3 The Clock 4/5/6 The Clock 7/8/9 The Clock 10/11/12 The Winner Destruction [CD #2: "Act 3" (5-0999-0-71697-2)] Back To The Grind The Miracle - Ceremony The Miracle - Revolution The Miracle - Resurrection The Miracle - Colour And Light The Miracle - The Meeting (reprise) The Wedding releases 2xCD: 2011 PL (Parlophone; 5-0999-0-71692-2 9) [14 Mar 2011; hardback book ps; signed; x550] 2xCD: 2011 PL (Parlophone; 5-0999-0-71692-2 9) [14 Mar 2011; hardback book ps] 2xCD: 2011 PL (Parlophone; 5-0999-0-97342-2 7) [14 Mar 2011; plastic case] 2xCD: 2011 JP (EMI; TOCP-70158/70159) [16 Mar 2011; plastic case; OBI] 2xCD: 2011 AR (Parlophone; 5-0999-0-97342-2 7) [23 Mar 2011; plastic case] 2xCD: 2011 CA (Parlophone; 5-0999-0-97342-2 7) [plastic case] 6xLP: 2011 UK (Vinyl Factory; VF025) [ltd. 500x]