The Bolshoi Ballet II / Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible & The Stone Flower / Khachaturian: Spartacus / Glazunov: Raymonda [4 DVD]

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Album Summary

Conductors

• Kopilov, Aleksandr [cond]
• Zhuraitis, Algis

Ensemble

• Bolshoi Theater Orchestra

Composers

• Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978)
• Alexander Glazunov (1865 - 1936)
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)

Notes & Reviews:

Following the sensational success of its first DVD box, Arthaus Musik now presents its second exclusive collection, which brings together four further classics from the Russian ballet repertoire: Glazunov's Raymonda, Prokofiev's The Stone Flower and Ivan the Terrible and Khachaturian's Spartacus. Together they offer all the necessary ingredients for a superb evening of ballet: enchanting sets, rousing ensembles and a female lead dancer who seems to hover above the stage. Recorded in the venerable Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, all four productions are accompanied by the Bolshoi Orchestra – a further guarantee of Russian passion par excellence.

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Picture Format: NTSC

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Works Details

Prokofiev, Sergei : Ivan the Terrible, Op. 116

• Conductor: Algis Zhuraitis
• Ensemble: Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1942-1945
• Studio/Live: Live

Prokofiev, Sergei : Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118

• Conductor: Aleksandr Kopilov
• Ensemble: Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1948-1953
• Studio/Live: Live

Khachaturian, Aram : Spartacus

• Conductor: Algis Zhuraitis
• Ensemble: Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1954/1968
• Studio/Live: Live

Glazunov, Alexander : Raymonda, Op. 57

• Conductor: Algis Zhuraitis
• Ensemble: Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1896-1897
• Studio/Live: Live