Since you are interested in Ballet Favourites (excerpts from Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Sylvia, Romeo & Juliet, etc), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
W.A. MOZART
Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Serenata Notturna / Divertimento Capella Istropolitana / Harald Nerat (conductor), Wolfgang Sobotka (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "this new disc merely confirms my view of them as an excellent ensemble under the direction of a skilful conductor... I like Nerat's view with slow movements... the recording is good" - Gramophone |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Works for Piano (Incls 'Carnaval, Op. 9') Ethella Chuprik (piano) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] The son of a bookseller, publisher and writer, Robert Schumann showed early abilities in both music and literature, the second facility used in his later writing on musical subjects. As a composer Schumann's gifts are clearly heard in his piano music... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Enigma Variations / Pomp and Circumstances Marches Nos. 1-5 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / James Judd (cond) Adrian Leaper (cond) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "a desirable bargain-price collection which should certainly find a niche in the market" - MusicWeb April 2005 (on the Pomp & Circumstance Marches) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, Pathetique / Hamlet-Fantasy Overture after Shakespeare Philharmonia Cassovia / Johannes Wildner (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] Johannes Wildner was born in the Austrian resort of Mrzzuschlag in 1956 and studied violin and conducting, taking his diploma at the Vienna Musikhochschule and proceeding to a doctorate in musicology. |
SALON ORCHESTRA FAVOURITES
Salut d'amour: Salon Orchestra Favourites Schwanen Salon Orchestra, Georg Huber (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Georg Huber's conducting (he also plays the violin) adds just the right amount of froth to the proceedings. The recorded sound is suitably sparkling and clear." - American Record Guide (Milton A. Caine), September-October, 2000 |
ADOLPHE ADAM
Giselle (complete ballet) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava / Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] The son of a distinguished piano-teacher at the Paris Conservatoire, Adolphe Adam was born in Paris in 1803. His contemporary popular success depended on a series of compositions for the stage, with much of his later work rendered necessary by the... |
BEDRICH SMETANA
Ma Vlast [My Country/Fatherland] Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice / Reinhard Seifried (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] " Reinhard Seifried's gentle and persuasive account ...generally captures its immeasurable charm." (The Scotsman) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphony No 6 / Waltzes Op 110 Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra. Theodore Kuchar, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "...the intensity of feeling is so often right." Gramophone Magazine |