ballet – Alto CD https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:42:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Jewels of Russian Ballet https://altocd.com/product/jewels-of-russian-ballet/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:41:50 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51720 Jewels of Russian Ballet Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden Mark Ermler Barry Wordsworth Catalogue Number: ALC 1286 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: Time: 77:03DDD 1989-93 ]]>
“Consistently, one registers the idiomatic feeling as well as of the finesse … If anyone thought that to get these players … would result in a routine account, that is the opposite of what has happened … they have responded with both refinement and red-blooded commitment … sound is exceptionally full and open” (Gramophone) “There’s plenty here that people will recognize instantly as favourites, even though they’d no idea what the titles were.” (interview Mark Ermler 1989)

  • [1] Stravinsky: The Firebird: Danse Infernale 4:16
  • [2] Glazunov: Raymonda: Galop 2:25
  • [3] Prokofiev: Cinderella: Finale 2:40
  • [4] Khachaturian: Spartacus: Variation of Aegina; Bacchanal 3:16

    • Minkus: Don Quixote:

  • [5] Basile’s Variation 0:49 [6] Variation II 1:07 [7] Finale 2:06
  • [8] Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker:Waltz of the Flowers 6:47
  • [9] Minkus: Don Quixote : Variations 40 & 41 4:59

    • Drigo: Le Corsaire

  • [10] Adagio 3:24 [11] Variation I 0:55
  • [12] Variation 11 1:49 [13] Galop 1:32

    • Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet:

  • [14] Dance of the Knights 6:04 [15] Romeo and Tybalt Fight 3:46
  • [16] Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake: Valse, Act I, No.2 7:59

    • Glazunov: the Seasons:

  • [17] Bacchanal 1:00 [18] Waltz of the Cornflowers and Poppies 1:40
  • [19] Khachaturian: Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia 9:44
  • [20] Khachaturian: Gayaneh: Sabre Dance 2:27
  • [21] Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty: Valse, Act I, No 7 5:08
  • [22] Stravinsky: The Firebird: Finale 2:57
]]> (BALLET) La Fille mal Gardée (hlts) / Boutique Fantasque (hlts) https://altocd.com/product/ballet-la-fille-mal-gardee-hlts-boutique-fantasque-hlts/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:40:20 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51490 (BALLET) La Fille mal Gardée (hlts) / Boutique Fantasque (hlts) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by John Lanchbery Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti Catalogue Number: ALC 1213 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: Time: 73:42 ADD Stereo 1962/60]]> “John Lanchbery’s score for La fille is one of the great ballet scores of the modern era – a creation to delight even those who do not normally care for ballet. (This recording) is of vintage Decca excellence…“Solti’s Boutique is high-powered and sounds marvellous…Put on the start of La Boutique Fantasque and leave it on till you get to the Tarantella if you really want to hear how good the sound is. This Solti performance is sheer delight, played as it is with the combination of style and gusto it needs, a most exhilarating performance” (Gramophone)

La Fille Mal Gardée (Hérold arr. Lanchbery) – Excerpts
1. Introduction – Dance of the Cocks and Hens – Lise and the Ribbon 7:05
2. Thomas and Alain 3:13
3. Picnic – Flute Dance – Quarrel – The Fanny Ellsler Pas-de-Deux
(a) Introduction (b) Girl’s Solo (c) Adage (d) Man’s Solo (e) Coda 14:41
4. Simone – Clog Dance – Maypole Dance – Storm and Finale (Act 1) 7:41
5. Spinning – Tambourine Dance (aria con variazioni) – Harvesters 9:33
6. Thomas, Alain and the Notaries 1:03
7. Pas-de-Deux – Finale 6:53

La Boutique Fantasque (Rossini arr. Respighi) – Excerpts
8. Overture 2:00
9. Tarantella 2:09
10. Mazurka 2:46
11. Danse Cosaque 2:05
12. Can-Can 1:52
13. Valse lente 3:41
14. Nocturne 3:33
15. Galop 5:11

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