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DAVID LYON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lyon: Concerto For Horn And Strings - Fairytale Suite Michael Thompson, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, David Lloyd-Jones [ Marco Polo British Light Music / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] The English composer David Lyon was a pupil of John Gardner at the Royal Academy of Music in London. His career has involved music for the theatre and an association with the activities of younger people. He writes in an approachable style,... |
CAMILE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Dances and Ballet Music Residentie Orkest The Hague, Jun Märkl [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] This album presents a selection of Saint-Saëns' incidental music and music from his operas. From Samson et Dalila - the only one of Saint-Saëns' operas to remain in the repertory - we hear two memorable and adrenalin-fuelled dances. |
ADOLPHE ADAM
Adam: Orfa - Romantic Ballet in Two Acts Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Dario Salvi [ Naxos / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] Orfa was Adolphe Adam's penultimate ballet, with an intriguing scenario based on Nordic mythology. It shares analogies with Hesiod's Theogony and Wagner's Ring cycle in depicting the struggle between the older gods (Loki) and younger gods (Odin).... |
PHILIP LANE
Lane: Sleighbell Serenade / Diversions on a Theme of Paganini / Cotswold Dances Verity Butler (clarinet) / Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland [ Naxos British Light Music, Vol. 15 / CD - released 24/Mar/2023 ] Philip Lane has long been a stalwart of British light music and this recording provides an excellent survey of his concert works. London Salute marked the 60th anniversary of the BBC, while the lyrical and frivolous Diversions on a Theme of Paganini... |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: Complete Overtures Alaster Bentley (oboe) / Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Andrew Penny (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Mar/2001 ] "I can't see why anyone wanting a collection of Sullivan's comic opera overtures should wish to look elsewhere " - Gramophone |
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY
Lully: Ballet Music Arcadia Baroque Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/1999 ] |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites, Transcribed for Piano Four Hands Aurora Duo (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2009 ] It is astonishing to recall that five years after the première of Swan Lake, one of the greatest of all Russian ballets, and of Tchaikovsky's three full-length ballets the one with the greatest number of memorable tunes, the composer wrote to his... |
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer: Ballet Music from the Operas Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Michał Nesterowicz [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2014 ] "This is a most entertaining collection with just a few dull moments - Meyerbeer's fault, not Nesterowicz's - and, as expected, the orchestra really enters into the spirit of this music...One or two dull patches can't take the shine off this engaging |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Ballet Music [Incls 'El Cid'] Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Gallois [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] Jules Massenet is best known for operas such as Manon and Werther, but his less familiar stage works are also packed with superb intermezzos and ballet music. Evocative scenes bring the mythical story of Bacchus to life, while Hérodiade deals with... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Overtures Vol. 2 (Incls Leonra Nos 1 & 2) Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Bela Drahos [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "These readings can stand with the best of them, and the varied assortment of fillers makes this disc well worth investigation" American Record Guide |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin (The) (Complete Ballet) / Hungarian Pictures / Dance Suite Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 17/May/2005 ] "There's really no reason not to acquire this CD" International record review (June 2005) |
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Callow/Rte Co/Royal Ballet Sin
Various: Another Night Before [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Nov/2011 ] |
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors / Sebastian: Ballet Suite Chet Allen / Rosemary Kuhlmann / Andrew McKinley / David Aiken / Leon Lishner / Orchestra and Chorus / Thomas Schippers [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "Best of all here is the wonderful conducting of Thomas Schippers, who finds more energy, more poetry and more pathos in Amahl than any other conductor I've heard: in Schippers's hands it is both moving and adorable, and this Naxos transfer by Mark... |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets / Suite De Ballet, Op. 10 CSR Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1992 ] |
PAUL WRANITZKY
Wranitzky (P.): Orchestral works Vol 4 - Ballet-Pantomime / Pastorale and Allemande Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Marek Štilec [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] In the last decade of the 18th century, the Moravian composer Paul Wranitzky was Vienna's leading symphonist. As orchestral director of the court theatre he also composed many works for the stage. |
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Czech-Slovak Rso/Lenard
Delibes: Best Of French Ballet [ Naxos / CD ] |
ADAM / WEBER / GOUNOD / PONCHIELLI / DELIBES
Invitation To The Dance CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), Ondrej Lenard [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1986 ] "An enjoyable collection of airs de danse." American Record Guide |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Ballet, Op. 71 (Excerpts) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard [ Naxos / CD ] "The playing has plenty of zest and vitality." - Gramophone |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: The Quest (complete ballet) / The Wise Virgins: Suite from Ballet English Northern Philharmonia / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2002 ] "If you care about Walton, or enjoy Diaghilev-style ballets of moderate length but great orchestral color and harmonic sophistication, you owe it to yourself to hear this terrific recording." (10/10 ClassicsToday March 2009) |
LORD BERNERS
Berners.: Triumph of Neptune / L'uomo dai baffi / Valses bourgeoises / Champagne Charlie "Polka" English Northern Philharmonia, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Aug/2021 ] "...Indeed, his forces respond with hugely committed performances full of gusto and bouncy swagger that make Berners' works as accessible as possible to new listeners." Classical Music Daily |
