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CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Romeo et Juliette [Romeo and Juliet] (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Arena di Verona / Nino Machaidze, Ketevan Kemoklidze, Cristina Melis / Fabio Mastrangello (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2013 ] "[Machaidze] seems to be the Juliette of choice today and this video makes clear why that's the case: lovely singing and a demeanour that manages to be sensual and innocent at once." (International Record Review) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
The Bolt (complete ballet recorded in 2006) The Bolshoi Ballet / Anasrasia Yatsenko / Andrei Merkuriev / Denis Savin / Morikhiro Iwata / Pavel Sorokin (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 20/May/2007 ] G :- Composed in 1931 by Dimitri Shostakovich The Bolt, after a book by Viktor Smirnov, is being staged for the first time in more than 70 years. Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky conceived for the Bolshoi, a ballet of the absurd set in a Soviet... |
BORIS ASAFIEV
The Flames of Paris (complete ballet) BLU-RAY Bolshoi Ballet / Natalia Osipova / Denis Savin / Ivan Vasiliev / Pavel Sorokin (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Dec/2010 ] Under the aegis of its now acting artistic director, Alexei Ratmansky, the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet Company, continues its foray into the history of Russian ballet with a revival of The Flames of Paris. |
BORIS ASAFIEV
The Flames of Paris (complete ballet) Bolshoi Ballet / Natalia Osipova / Denis Savin / Ivan Vasiliev / Pavel Sorokin (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] "And then there's Vasiliev and Osipova. A gasping squeal went round the theatre at his first big leap. The jump is high, his legs and feet taut - but it's his nonchalance that makes it amazing. There's a lot more where that came from." The Independent |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (complete ballet recorded in 2010) Bolshoi Ballet / Nina Kaptsova, Artem Ovcharenko, Denis Savin / Pavel Klinichev (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] A masterpiece of classical dance, and a Christmas favourite with audiences everywhere, this Nutcracker is a magical version of the score by Tchaikovsky filmed at the Bolshoi Theatre. Since its première in Saint-Petersburg in 1892, The Nutcracker has... |
ADOLPHE ADAM
Adam: Giselle (complete ballet recorded in 2011) Bolshoi Ballet / Svetlana Lunkina, Dmitry Gudanov, Maria Allash / Pavel Klinichev (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 10/May/2012 ] The Bolshoi Ballet troupe in Yuri Grigorovich's version of the romantic masterpiece 'Giselle', at last available in HD. First performed in 1841, 'Giselle' was an immediate hit. With music by Adolphe Adam and a libretto by Théophile Gautier and... |
PUGNI / TCHAIKOVSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH
The Pharaoh's Daughter / Pique Dame / Bolt (complete ballets) The Bolshoi Ballet / Svetlana Zakharova / Sergei Filin / Nikolay Tsiskaridze / Anastasia Yatsenko / various conductors (cond) [ bel Air Classiques / 3 DVD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] Three unusual ballet productions from the Bolshoi. All recorded very recently. |
ADOLPHE ADAM
Giselle [complete ballet recorded in 2011] BLU-RAY Bolshoi Theatre / Svetlana Lunkina, Dimitry Gudanov, Maria Allash / Paul Klinichev(cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2013 ] The Bolshoi Ballet troupe in Yuri Grigorovich's version of the romantic masterpiece 'Giselle', at last available in HD. First performed in 1841, 'Giselle' was an immediate hit. |
CESARE PUGNI
La Fille Du Pharon (The Pharaoh's Daughter) [complete ballet recorded in 2003] BLU-RAY Marius Petipa / Pierre Lacotte / Svletana Zakharova / Serguei Filin [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2013 ] For the first time in Blu-ray, Bel Air Classiques present Petipa's extravaganza, The Pharaoh's Daughter, in the stunning production by Pierre Lacotte. This Russian ballet enjoys a special place in history. |
KURT WEILL
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Teatro Real, Madrid / Measha Brueggergosman, Jane Henschel, Willard White, Michael Konig / Pablo Heras-Casado (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2012 ] "Superbly filmed by Andy Sommer, it makes for uncomfortable viewing, particularly during the current economic crisis. You might, however, find it musically less convincing. There's exceptional conducting from Pablo Heras-Casado, but the singing is... |