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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... |
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HELSTED / PAULLI / LUMBYE / ALENIUS
Napoli (Complete ballet recorded in Copenhagen February 2014) BLU-RAY Royal Danish Ballet / Alban Lendorf, Alexandra Lo Sardo, Benjamin Buza, Lis Jeppesen / Graham Bond (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2015 ] One of the cornerstones of the Royal Danish Ballet, 'Napoli' - created in 1842 by the Company's most celebrated choreographer and ballet master, August Bournonville - is a timeless tale of love set in the beautiful, rustic surroundings of Naples and |
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HERMAN LOVENSKJOLD
La Sylphide (complete ballet recorded in 1988) Royal Danish Ballet / Lis Jeppesen / Nikolaj Hubbe / Sorella Englund / Poul Jorgensen (cond) [ Kultur / DVD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] G - When Lis Jeppesen - the Sylphide of our time - in diaphanous white costume and with shining wings, dances for the Scottish farmer James, whom she has entranced with her love and beauty, we are witnessing the first scene of the most famous and... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / ADAM / DELIBES / VERDI / MOZART / PUCCINI / etc
An Evening with the Royal Ballet & Royal Opera The Royal Opera & Ballet / Carlos Acosta, Alina Cojocaru, Marianela Nunez, Darcey Bussell, Miah Persson, Jonas Kaufmann, Sarah Connolly, Diana Damrau [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2018 ] Take a seat in the stalls at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, for an unforgettable evening of ballet and opera highlights performed by world-renowned stars of The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet past and present. This special two-DVD set... |
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JOBY TALBOT
Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (complete ballet recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Lauren Cuthbertson, Sergei Polunin, Edward Watson, Zenaida Yanowsky / Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2015 ] " Lauren Cuthbertson, as Alice, is excellent, her every movement suggesting the actions and emotions of this curious, spirited pre-adolescent... Christopher Wheeldon's choreography is very imaginative and fitting for every character" (MusicWeb) |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Classic Ballets: Swan Lake / Nutcracker / Sleeping Beauty (recorded 2006-2009) Royal Ballet / Marialela Nunez, Thiago Soares, Alina Cojocaru, Federico Bonelli, Miyako Yoshida, Steven McRae / Valery Ovsyanikov, Koen Kessels [ Opus Arte DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2013 ] This special collection brings together three acclaimed Royal Ballet performances of Tchaikovsky's celebrated masterpieces. The tragic and gloriously romantic Swan Lake features compelling dancing from Marianela Nuñez and Thiago Soares, while an... |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (complete ballet recorded in 2010) Royal Opera House / Sergei Polunin, Will Kemp, Kilian Smith, Charlotte Edmonds / The Royal Ballet School & Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 25/Nov/2014 ] "...Matthew Hart's Peter and the Wolf is one of the most beguiling children's ballets around." The Telegraph |
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PROKOFIEV
Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (complete ballet recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Sergei Polunin, Will Kemp, Kilian Smith, Charlotte Edmonds / The Royal Ballet School & Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2016 ] Choreography Matthew Hart Peter and the Wolf, Prokofiev's musical fairy tale, has been delighting children since 1936. Nearly 60 years later, in 1995, the young choreographer Matthew Hart created a witty choreographed version for the Royal Ballet... |
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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 |
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ADOLPHE ADAM
Adam: Giselle (complete ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Royal ballet, Covent Garden / Marianela Nuñez & Vadim Muntagirov / Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Mar/2017 ] Peter Wright's landmark production for The Royal Ballet does full justice to the work's emotional and atmospheric power, with John Macfarlane's designs beautifully capturing the contrast between the human and supernatural worlds. |
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RICHTER / SAARIAHO / CHROMA
Three Ballets - Infra / Limen / Chroma The Royal Ballet [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 23/Jun/2011 ] '…Wayne McGregor's Infra: sumptuous beauty and shimmering possibility' The Telegraph |
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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... |