Ballet

The reputation of Johann Nepomuk Hummel-child prodigy, student of Mozart, successor of Haydn and Beethoven' rival, widely-travelled piano virtuoso, composer, conductor, influential teacher and ingenious businessman-is once more on the rise.1. Theme -...

The most beautiful music from the world's greatest ballets (Swan Lake, Spartacus, Copp?lia, Masquerade, The Nutcracker, Sylvia, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Giselle). The word 'ballet' is French; it was adopted by the English sometime in the...

The Aradia Baroque Ensemble, Mary Enid Haines & Sharla Nafziger, Sopranos. Conducted by Kevin Mallon. Recorded at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Toronto, Canada October 8-10, 1996. Played on original instruments.1. Chaconne Des Scaramouches, Frivelins...

Stravinsky' three 'Greek' ballets span thirty years of his creative career. Apollo, a 1947 revision of Apollon musagete, is Stravinsky' homage to the Greek concept of the unity of music, dance, painting, and poetry.1. Prologue: The Birth of Apollo -...

Roman Rabinovich fuses art and music on his debut recording of works inspired by Russian ballet. The disc features composer-arrangements for solo piano - Stravinsky's Three Movements from Petrushka, Prokofiev's Ten Pieces from Romeo & Juliet, and Ravel's...

Rarely recorded Ballets by Tommasini, Milhaud, Sauguet + Exceptional richness of musical colors + First Class, rousing interpretations.1. Introduction 2. Choeur Des Poules Et Des Gigolos 3. Entr?e de Beau Gosse 4. Entr?e de Perlouse 5. Rentr?e de Beau...

PS Classics continues it's collaboration with Tony Award winning composer-lyricist Maury Yeston (Nine: The Musical, Titanic, Death Takes a Holiday) with the premiere recording of Yeston's Tom Sawyer - a Ballet in Three Acts, adapted from Mark Twain's...

Piano Classics presents a full-blooded Russian program played by Alexander Ghindin, one of the foremost pianists in Russia today. Ghindin has been a winner in several international competitions including the Queen Elizabeth (2nd prize) and Cleveland...

Listening pleasure with the finest compositions of classical ballet music from the late Romantic period: - Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (waltz, Adagio), The Nutcracker (Overture, dance the fairy Blumenwalzer others), Swan Lake (Spanish Dance,...

Leon (Ludwig) Minkus (1826-1917) Don Quixote (Ballet in Three Acts) performed by the Sofia National Orchestra conducted by Nayden Todorov. Recorded at the National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria April 1-7, 2002. Austrian born Minkus settled in Russia...

Jules Massenet is best known for operas such as Manon and Werther, but his less familiar stage works are also packed with superb intermezzos and ballet music. Evocative scenes bring the mythical story of Bacchus to life, while Herodiade deals with the...

Japanese pressing. Sony. 2018.