Since you are interested in Royal Ballet Gala (Incls 'Nutcracker Suite', 'La Boutique fantasque' & 'Les Sylphides'), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (complete ballet recorded in 1994) Royal Opera House / Viviana Durante, Zoltán Solymosi, Anthony Dowell, Benazir Hussein / Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] G - 'Viviana Durante is outstanding as Aurora. Radiant and youthful, she dances with an ease and naturalness that is enchanting.' Evening Standard |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Great Sacred Works (Incls Stabat Mater & Nisi Dominus) Jochen Kowalski (counter-tenor) Nico van der Meel (tenor) / Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra / Vittorio Negri [ ABC Eloquence / CD - released 8/Jul/2005 ] One could be forgiven for being surprised that sacred music does not account for a more substantial proportion of Vivaldi's life's work, especially in view of his having been ordained a priest. The music on this disc, however, presents the 'other'... |
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PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1, 5, 6 LOrchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/May/2009 ] These 2CD sets represent all of Ansermet's Prokofiev recordings for Decca. Both, the Paris Conservatoire and the Suisse Romande versions of the 'Classical' Symphony are included. |
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PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Ballet at the Opera (from Eugene Onegin, Oprichnik, The Maid of Orleans, etc) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis [ SBS Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "An unhackneyed sample of the operatic-balletic Tchaikovsky culled from the well known and the neglected operas - brilliant performed and recorded." (MusicWeb Aug 2007) |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: A Faust Symphony / Mephisto Waltz / Battle of the Huns (with Magnard-Symphony No. 3) Werner Krenn (tenor) / Choeur Pro Arte de Lausanne / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] Liszt's Eine Faust-Symphonie, based on the Faust legend, is an hour-long work for tenor, choir and orchestra, based on the Faust legend. The Suisse Romande Orchestra take to this complex score, one with which they could hardly have been familiar,... |