Since you are interested in Swan Lake, Op. 20 (complete ballet), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
TCHAIKOVSKY
Casse Noisette Circus (complete ballet based on 'The Nutcracker' recorded in 1999) Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo / with Bernice Coppieters, Nathalie Leger, Francesco Nappa / David Garforth (cond) [ Imago-d DVD / DVD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Jean-Christophe Maillot's version of the popular classical ballet The Nutcracker, recorded in the Festival Tent of Fontvieille in 1999, is an innovative interpretation of the well-known subject. It was Maillots brainchild to transpose the ballet into... |
RAVEL
Orchestral Works (Including 'Daphnis et Chloe', Piano Trio in A minor & 'Bolero') Linda Finnie, mezzo-soprano Stephen Roberts, baritone, Rachel Masters, harp) / Belfast Philharmonic Society, Ulster Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 12/Oct/2004 ] Tortelier's time with the Ulster Orchestra was extraordinarily fertile and these recordings represent the summit of their combined achievement. |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Ballet Suites / Twelve Waltzes and Coda London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] "Howard Shelley's light touch, fresh and colourful orchestral playing, and excellent recording, make this very well worth hearing on its own account, not simply as a rediscovered rarity." BBC Music |
ERIC COATES
The Three Men / Dancing Nights / Two Symphonic Rhapsodies / The Enchanted Garden / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "This is a highly enjoyable disc, expertly played and interpreted. It certainly grew on me after second and subsequent hearings. Strongly recommended for those who are not irredeemably and irreconcilably prejudiced against “light” classical music and... |
WALTON
The Quest (complete ballet) / The Wise Virgins: Suite from Ballet London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] -The ballet music of William Walton |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Orchestrations by Sir Henry Wood (Incls Mussorgsky-Pictures at an exhibition) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "This well filled and well recorded disc deserves success. I hope that it will soon be followed by recordings of some of Sir Henry's other arrangements" (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
HOLST
Walt Whitman Overture / Suite de Ballet / Suite in E flat / A Hampshire Suite / A Moorside Suite London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "A very welcome Holst release particularly given that this disc steers clear of the better-known and focuses the more obscure" (MusicWeb Jan 2008) |
AARON COPLAND
Billy the Kid - Ballet Suite / Third Symphony London Symphony Orchestra / Aaron Copland [ Everest / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "The big attraction for audiophiles has long been the movement Gun Battle. The various tympani and bass drum put on quite a fire fight. The Third Symphony is full of that special American quality which Copland originated and has been copied by so... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Sleeping Beauty (Complete ballet) London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 8/May/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "André Previn's new version is much the best there has ever been-the best played and the best recorded." (Gramophone) |
HAAPANEN / TUOMELA / BERGMAN / O'REGAN / HEINIO / TALVITIE
Talescapes Yl Male Voice Choir, Matti Hyokki / Talla Vocal Ensemble [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] This new recording features the Finnish YL Male Voice Choir, one of the world's best-known male choirs, under its long-time conductor Matti Hyökki. |