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Ashton: Les Patineurs; Divertissements; Scenes de Ballet / Acosta, McRae [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-01-31

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Patineurs, ballet (arranged by Constant Lambert); Various: Divertissements; Igor Stravinsky: Scènes de ballet, for orchestra
Performers: Bussell, Darcey; Cope, Jonathan; Cuthbertson, Lauren; Galeazzi, Mara; Lamb, Sarah; McRae, Steven; Morera, Laura; Putrov, Ivan; Raine, Samantha; Soares, Thiago; Watson, Edward; Yoshida, Miyako
Conductors: Murphy, Paul; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Founder choreographer of The Royal Ballet, Frederick Ashton created more than 100 ballets over a 60 year career. Showcasing three of his shorter works, this...continue...
Run Time: 96 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanis...continue...

Britten: Peter Grimes / Jon Vickers, Heather Harper, Jonathan Summers, Elizabeth Bainbridge

2 CD / Decca / 2011-07-12

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
Performers: Robinson, Forbes; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Full track lists and synopses n English, German and French.

A "powerful, heroic interpretation"-The Penguin Guide...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (04/1978/05/1978)....continue...

Henze: Ondine / Yoshida, Watson, Royal Ballet, ROH Orch., Wordsworth [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-05-25

Works: Hans Werner Henze: Ondine
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Miyako Yoshida dances the title role originally created for Margot Fonteyn in the hauntingly beautiful underwater world of Ondine, vividly brought to life by The...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Henze: Ondine / Yoshida, Watson, Royal Ballet, ROH Orch., Wordsworth [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-05-25

Works: Hans Werner Henze: Ondine
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; The Royal Ballet

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as BOA 1030D. Miyako Yoshida...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, S...continue...

Elite Syncopations- Scott Joplin, etc / Philip Gammon

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: Scott Joplin: Sunflower Slow Drag; Elite Syncopations; The Cascades; Bethena; Augustan Club Waltz; Pleasant Moments; Antoinette; Paul Pratt: Hot House Rag; James Scott: Calliope Rag; Joseph Lamb: Rag...
Performers: Gammon, Philip; Morath, Max; Pratt, Paul
Conductors: Gammon, Philip
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Roberto Alagna - Nessun Dorma

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; La cena delle beffe; Fedora; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Riccardo Zandonai: Giulietta e Romeo; Ruggero Leoncavallo: La boh&e...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: London Voices; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"The selection is good, with a welcome admixture of rarities. One 'Neessun dorma' might be thought enough, but it was a good idea to finish...continue...

Singers to Remember - Maggie Teyte - The Pocket Prima Donna

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories Import / 2002-10-08

Works: Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano); Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; Henri Duparc: L'invitation au voya...
Performers: Cortot, Alfred; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Teyte, Maggie
Conductors: Rignold, Hugo; Heward, Leslie; Morel, Jean Paul; Greenbaum, Hyam
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

For Your Life - For a Sunday Morning

1 CD / Decca / 2002-01-15

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for Strings; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D m...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Dart, Thurston; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra; Symphony, San Franci...
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hogwood, Christopher; Paray, Paul; Agoult, Raymond; Ansermet, Ernest; Davis, Colin; Boskovsky, Willi
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; St. Paul Chamber Ensemble; Suisse...

This selection contains both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Thurston Dart (harpsichord).

Another volume in Decca's lifestyle classical music series, For a Sunday Morning collects liv...continue...

La Stupenda - The Supreme Voice of Joan Sutherland

2 CD / Decca / 2001-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; La traviata; Rigoletto; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonifacio, Tina; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Duval, Pierre; Elkins, Margreta; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Gibbs, John; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Pavarotti, Lucia...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Pritchard, John; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra;...

"...In recognition of her 75th birthday, also in November, Decca has issued a 27-track 'best of' CD set, showcasing some of [Dame Sutherland's] most famous...continue...

Britten: Paul Bunyan / Hickox, Cranham, Gritton, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-01-25

Works: Benjamin Britten: Paul Bunyan, operetta, Op. 17
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"Paul Bunyan" lay untouched for more than thirty years after its poorly-received premiere in 1941. After several revisions, it was performed again in 1976 in...continue...

Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors / Syrus, Rainbird, etc

1 CD / Jay Records / 1998-09-15

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors
Performers: Dobson, John; Haywood, Lorna; Maxwell, Donald; Painter, Christopher; Rainbird, James; Watson, Curtis [Bass voice]
Conductors: Syrus, David
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra