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LUDWIG MINKUS
Minkus: Don Quixote (complete ballet choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev) Vienna State Ballet / Maria Yakovleva, Denys Cherevychko, etc / Kevin Rhodes (cond) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 15/May/2016 ] Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev. The world-famous ballet genius Rudolf Nureyev, with the Wiener Staatsballett, one of the greatest ballet companies in the world. 'A Don Quixote to love … Legris and company can count the evening a total success'... |
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J. S. BACH
JS Bach: Magnificat (complete ballet recorded in 2012) The Zurich Ballet / Galina Mikhaylova, Sarah-Jane Brodbeck, Juliette Brunner / Marc Minkowski (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Cinderella (complete ballet recorded in 2003) Zurich Ballet / Karine Seneca / Stanislav Jermakov / Marine Castel / Jozef Varga / Vladimir Fedoseyev (cond) [ Bel Air Classics DVD / DVD - released 25/Oct/2017 ] "Once upon a time was a former prima ballerina called Cinderella. After her mother's death she became a servant in the dance company directed by her stepmother and her two stepsisters. The invitation to a charity gala performance, which the famous... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake (complete ballet recorded in 2009) Zurich Ballet / Polina Semionova / Stanislav Jermakov / Arsen Mehrabyan / Vladimir Fedoseyev (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "Spoerli's 2005 "Swan Lake," the third one in his career, is both traditional and radical. Vladimir Fedoseyev conducted the opera house orchestra with great understanding for the subtleties of the Tchaikovsky score." Danceviewtimes.com |
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MINKUS
La Bayadere (the complete ballet) Kirov Ballet / Gabriella Komleva / Tatiana Terekhova / Rejen Abdyev / Victor Shirokov (conductor) [ Kultur DVD / DVD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] |
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PROKOFIEV
Romeo et Juliette (complete ballet recorded in 2002) Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo / with Bernice Coppieters, Chris Roelandt, Asier Uriagereka / Valery Gergiev (cond) [ Imago-d DVD / DVD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Filmed on the opening night at the Monte Carlo Opera House in 1996, Jean-Christophe Maillot's interpretation of the classic Shakespeare drama Romeo & Juliet, which uses the Prokofiev score, downplays the social and political ramifications that most... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Casse Noisette Circus (complete ballet based on 'The Nutcracker' recorded in 1999) Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo / with Bernice Coppieters, Nathalie Leger, Francesco Nappa / David Garforth (cond) [ Imago-d DVD / DVD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Jean-Christophe Maillot's version of the popular classical ballet The Nutcracker, recorded in the Festival Tent of Fontvieille in 1999, is an innovative interpretation of the well-known subject. It was Maillots brainchild to transpose the ballet into... |
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HEROLD
La Fille Mal Gardee (complete ballet with chorography by Frederick Ashton recorded in 2005) The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden / Carlos Acosta / Marianela Nunez / William Tuckett / Anthony Twiner (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 10/Aug/2008 ] G - 'The Royal Ballet's present revival makes much of its vigorous characters, its brilliantly virtuosic solos and duets…[Marianella Nunez] gives the swift, intricate footwork as gorgeously as I have ever seen it.' (The Stage) |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Complete ballet choreographed by Peter Wright) Royal Swedish Ballet / Nathalie Nordquist, Anders Nordstrom / Michel Queval (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] 'outstandingly performed under Michel Queval's baton - and that's just the start. …staging, choreography and dancing (by both corps de ballet and soloists) are all excellent…yet another superb Opus Arte release.' DVD best buy Classic fM |