Since you are interested in La Sylphide (Ballet), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
An Introduction to Khachaturian: (Incls 'Spartacus Ballet Suite No 2' & Symphony No. 3) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi / Fedor Glushchenko [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] 'Chandos has released a knockout, state of the art digital recording.' (American Record Guide) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Golden Age (Complete Ballet) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 21/Sep/2001 ] "..anyone with the least interest in Shostakovich, or ballet music, or Soviet music, or indeed Soviet culture as a whole, from investigating this weird and intermittently wonderful score. A really fascinating disc." Gramophone |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Ballet Suites / Festive Overture, Op. 96 / Suite from 'Katerina Ismailova' Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] "I've heard no conductor handle this music better than Järvi… These are vibrant, colourful, incisive performances of colourful, cheeky music in first-rate sound." American Record Guide |
SMETANA
Orchestral Works Vol 2 (Incls 'The Bartered Bride' Overture & excerpts & 'The Kiss' Overture) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Jun/2009 ] "Even the most familiar pages from The Bartered Bride… come up fresh as paint, the BBC Philharmonic's immaculate virtuosity as musicianly and refined as it is sparkling." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - August 2009 |
VERDI
Complete Preludes, Overtures and Ballet Music BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Edward Downes (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 16/Nov/2005 ] This collection programmes all Verdi’s Preludes, Overtures and Ballet Music in chronological order. Each disc contains a mixture of well-known and less familiar music. |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: The Seasons; Ballet Op.67 / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op.82 Oscar Shumsky (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "Neeme Jarvi is always at his best in big, splashy Romantic pieces, and this performance is no exception. He whips the orchestra up to a fine frenzy where necessary, and given Chandos's fine sound and a sensible coupling, you're in for some good... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
L'eventail de Jeanne - Ballet in One Act by ten French composers Philharmonia Orchestra / Geoffrey Simon (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] '…these pieces are full of imagination and fun. Geoffrey Simon and the Philharmonia Orchestra give a very good account of themselves and the Chandos recording is little short of spectacular.' - The Penguin Complete Guide to Compact Discs |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / GLAZUNOV / SHOSTAKOVICH
Russian Ballet Masterpieces (Incls excerpts from 'SwanLake', 'Raymonda' & 'Nutcracker') Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] "The recording, made in the Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow has plenty of ambience but is brilliant too...the Scottish orchestra in good form throughout." (Gramophone on the Nutcracker/Swan Lake) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
The Bolt (Complete Ballet) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2004 ] "Rozhdestvensky plainly believes passionately in this score, and he draws an electrifying performance from the Swedish orchestra...demonstration sound." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
TANEYEV
Symphony in E minor (No. 1) / Symphony in D minor (No. 3) Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] 'The performances are of quality and the notes by Anastasia Belina with copious music-type illustrations, exemplary… a highly interesting and valuable disc.' BBC Music Magazine |