ALEX BARANOWSKI
Kes - Reimagined (recorded in 2021) Chester Hayes, Tobias Batley, Kristen McNally, Dom Czapski, Phil Snowden / The Space / Jonathan Watkins (choreography) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2024 ] Kes reimagined is a new film by award-winning choreographer Jonathan Watkins and International Emmy award-winning director Ross MacGibbon; based on the novel A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines |
THOMAS ADES
Adès: The Dante Project (Blu-ray) The Royal Ballet / Edward Watson, Gary Avis, Sarah Lamb / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 27/Jan/2023 ] Originally presented as part of the 700th anniversary celebrations of the poet's death, Dante's epic journey through the afterlife in The Divine Comedy, is realised in a major artistic collaboration between trailblazing forces of the contemporary... |
Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, Hugo Marchand, Amandine Albisson, Matthias Heymann, Mathieu Ganio, Léonore Baulac, Germain Louvet, Dorothée Gilbert, Paul
Opéra de Paris: A Very Special Season (a Film By Priscilla Pizzato) BLU-RAY [ BelAir classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 27/May/2022 ] The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the most active dance companies in the world. The dancers, used to practicing 5 to 7 hours a day, develop themselves by working with coaches and choreographers. |
LEO DELIBES / LUDWIG MINKUS
Delibes/Minkus - La Source (complete ballet recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Paris Opéra Ballet / Ludmila Pagliero, Isabelle Ciaravola, Karl Paquette and Mathias Heymann / Koen Kessels, Conductor [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 8/Apr/2022 ] Lost after its material records were destroyed by fire in 1883, the spectacular ballet La Source originally portrayed the idealistic vision of a magical domain in which a complex but beautiful love story of mythical figures unfolded. Jean-Guillaume... |
PROKOFIEV / TCHAIKOVSKY / MINKUS / MOZART
Ballets: Romeo & Juliet / The Sleeping Beauty / Don Quixote / Le Corsaire / The Lovers' Garden (Blu-ray) Teatro Alla Scala Ballet, with Natalia Osipova, Leonid Sarafanov, Nicoletta Manni, Roberto Bolle, Misty Copeland, etc [ C Major Blu-ray / 5 Blu-ray Box Set - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Five outstanding ballets from the legendary Teatro Alla Scala. |
DELIBES / ADAM / HEROLD / TCHAIKOVSKY / TALBOT / PROKOFIEV / etc
The Royal Ballet - The Collection BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Leanne Benjamin, Carlos Acosta, Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg, Marianela Nunez, Sarah Lamb, Federico Bonelli, Lauren Cuthbertson, e [ BBC / Opus Arte Blu-ray / 15 Blu-ray Box Set - released 8/Oct/2021 ] Over a decade of dance is represented here with no fewer than 22 ballets in this magnificent 15-disc collection of stunning performances by The Royal Ballet. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
La Megere Apprivoisee [The Taming of the Shrew] (ballet recorded in 2020) BLU-RAY Les Ballets de Monte Carlo / Ekaterina Petina, Matej Urban, Katrin Schrader / Leonard Slatkin (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Jean-Christophe Maillot's inspired adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew won 3 Masques d'Ors (best choreographic show, best male dancer (Petruchio) and best female dancer) and has toured the world to great acclaim. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (complete ballet recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Yasmine Naghdi, Matthew Ball, Valentino Zucchetti / Pavel Sorokin (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 28/May/2021 ] Kenneth MacMillan's passionate choreography for Romeo and Juliet shows The Royal Ballet at its dramatic finest. Sergey Prokofiev's famously evocative score is the driver for some of the most ardent pas de deux and powerful set pieces in ballet... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Ghost Light (a ballet by John Neumeier) BLU-RAY Hamburg Ballet / David Fray (piano) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 2/Apr/2021 ] "A touching evening" (BR Klassik) |
PHILIP FEENEY / FREDERIC CHOPIN
The Cellist / Dances At A Gathering (Ballets recorded in 2020) BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Lauren Cuthbertson, Marcelino Sambe, Matthew Ball, Marianela Nunez, etc / Andrea Molina (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Internationally acclaimed choreographer Cathy Marston, previously Associate Artist of The Royal Ballet and Director of Bern Ballett, created The Cellist for The Royal Ballet in 2020. The inspiration for her first work for the Royal Opera House Main... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Beyond Words (complete ballet, Studio Production, 2019) Royal Ballet / William Bracewell, Francesca Hayward / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 27/Nov/2020 ] Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words is a ballet feature film created by the International Emmy Award-winning Michael Nunn and William Trevitt. It stars the dancers of The Royal Ballet in Kenneth MacMillan's classic ballet. |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (complete ballet recorded in 2019) Teatro alla Scala / Polina Seminova, Timofej Andrijashenko, Alessandro Grillo / Felix Korobov (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 13/Nov/2020 ] "A great production, a success thanks to a superlative and thrilling ballet company." (LUUK) |
LUDWIG MINKUS
Minkus: La Bayadère (complete ballet recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY The Mikhailovsky Ballet / Angelina Vorontsova, Victor Lebedev, Andrea Laššáková / Pavel Sorokin (cond) [ BelAir Clasiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Nov/2020 ] The purity of classical dance meets the opulant exoticism of the Maharajas' India in this 150-year-old ballet, glorified by Nacho Duato for the Mikhailovsky Ballet. |
LEO DELIBES
Delibes: Coppelia (complete ballet recorded in December 2019) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Marianela Nuñez, Vadim Muntagirov, Gary Avis / Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 23/Oct/2020 ] A classic returns to the Royal Ballet repertory with Ninette de Valois' charming and funny Coppélia - a story of love, mischief and mechanical dolls, starring Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov. |
ALBENIZ / BIZET / BONOLIS / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO / de FALLA
Carmen - A ballet in two acts BLU-RAY Rebecca Bianchi, Amar Ramasar / Corpo di Ballo & Orchestra of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Louis Lohraseb (conductor) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Oct/2020 ] Choreographer Jiří Bubeníček's Carmen celebrates the incredible inspiration of Bizet's timeless music in a completely new two-act ballet that also includes music by Albéniz, Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Falla, orchestrated and adapted by Gabriele Bonolis.... |
FERDINAND HEROLD / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY / ADOLPHE ADAM
The Art of Natalia Osipova: La Fille mal gardée / Swan Lake / Giselle / Force of Nature BLU-RAY Royal Ballet, Covent Garden / Natalia Osipova, with Steven McRae, Philip Mosley, Christopher Saunders, Matthew Golding, Elizabeth McGorian & others [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / 4 Blu-ray Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Russian dance superstar Natalia Osipova joined The Royal Ballet as a Principal in 2013 and has since filled each of her leading roles with an unforgettable passion, fiery energy and technical prowess. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / EDWARD ELGAR / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Concerto, Enigma & Raymonda Blu-ray Royal Ballet [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 17/Jul/2020 ] From The Royal Ballet's classical origins in the works of Petipa, to the home-grown choreographers who put British Ballet on the world stage, this mixed programme highlights the versatility of the Company. Petipa's Raymonda Act III is Russian... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - A ballet by Christian Spuck (complete ballet recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Ballett Zürich / Philharmonia Zürich, Michail Jurowski (conductor) Christian Spuck (director) [ Accentus Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Inspired by Prokofiev's vivid music and the timeless quality of Shakespeare's tragedy, choreographer Christian Spuck narrates the love story using strong images that are full of enthralling theatricality and touching emotion. |
FRANK MOON / DAVID PRICE
Moon/Price: The Mother (complete ballet) BLU-RAY Natalia Osipova, Jonathan Goddard [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 15/May/2020 ] "The Mother is a powerful, narrative dance production choreographed and directed by Arthur Pita - a master storyteller. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's dark tale, The Story of a Mother. |
LUDWIG MINKUS
Minkus: La Bayadère (complete ballet recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Marianela Nuñez, Vadim Muntagirov, Natalia Osipova / Boris Gruzin (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 21/Feb/2020 ] "A very enjoyable release with a great deal to offer even if you already own another version." MusicWeb April 2020 |