Since you are interested in Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (highlights from the complete ballet), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
GEORGE ANTHEIL
Antheil: Ballet Mecanique,/ Serenade for String Orchestra No.1 / Symphony for Five Instruments, etc Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Spalding [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2001 ] "The Philadelphia players sound as if they are enjoying themselves, and at its super-budget price it's an ideal introduction to the 'bad boy of music', who certainly wasn't nearly as bad a composer as many who've come after him." International Record |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 - 4 Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2004 ] "Whether in waltz or gallop Shostakovich proves consistently full of verve and these performances, warmly recorded, are splendid ones" (MusicWeb Nov 2004) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Jazz Suites Nos.1 & 2 The Bolt (Ballet Suite) Tahiti Trot Russian State Orchestra / Dmitri Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] Shostakovich's three ballet scores belong to his early radical years |
GLAZUNOV
Raymonda (complete ballet) Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 29/Sep/2007 ] "Annissimov positively luxuriates in this music...in terms of both sound and performance this is the Raymonda to have." - American Record Guide |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet (complete ballet) National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine / Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 12/Jul/2008 ] "Andrew Mogrelia directs a warmly expressive, nicely sprung and judiciously paced account of Prokofiev's magnificent ballet score." - Gramophone - July 1996 |
GIAN FRANCESCO MALIPIERO
Tre commedie goldoniane Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana / Christian Benda [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Mar/2011 ] Following the re-issue on Naxos of Malipiero's Complete Symphonies on Naxos, this recording re-presents more of his orchestral output. Malipiero was a composer in every genre, including a symphonic output of 17 works to which he gave the Italian... |
FEENEY
Feeney-Dracula (Ballet in Three Acts) Pauline Thulborn, soprano, Opera North Chorus, Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra. John Pryce-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2005 ] "Feeney's score is wonderfully atmospheric and rises suitably to underpin the gory climaxes" - Sunday Telegraph |
DELIBES
Sylvia (complete ballet) (with Saint-Saens - Henry VIII Ballet Music) Razumovsky Sinfonia / Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "There is loving care applied to selection of tempos, shaping of phrases, orchestral balance and refinement of instrumental detail" Gramophone (Editor's Choice), June 1996 |
MARTINU
La Revue de Cuisine (complete ballet) / Harpsichord Concerto / etc Robert Hill (harpsichord) / Holst-Sinfonietta, Klaus Simon (piano, conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2012 ] Ranging from 1927 to 1959, the year of Martinů's death, these four works reveal his unceasing versatility in chamber repertoire. La revue de cuisine, heard here in a recent reconstruction of the original complete score, is a supreme example of... |
GLAZUNOV
Orchestral Works Vol. 19: Les Ruses d'amour (ballet) Romanian State Orchestra / Horia Andreescu [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] Glazunov's ballet Les Ruses d'amour (also known as The Trial of Damis), is a charming choreographic realization of the French rococo, with a strong element of pastiche. Although the music is thoroughly Russian in its orchestral colouring and... |