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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Tchaikovsky - Souvenir Russe
Baiba Skride (violin) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons Latvian violinist Baiba Skride proffers a collection of works for violin and orchestra by Tchaikovsky, the composer for which she feels the greatest affinity. Featuring the Violin Concerto, the album also includes Skride's interpretation of Tchaikovsky's triptych Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op.42 in this rarely-heard version for violin and orchestra. She completes her musical souvenir album of the great Russian composer with two pieces from Swan Lake “To subdue the inevitable scepticism as to whether yet another version of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto is really necessary, Nelsons responds with an orchestral canvas that is full of drama, lively with nuance and injected with bravura and also with sensitivity. His fellow Latvian, Baiba Skride, similarly rejects any ideas about just digging over old ground, and her interpretation, at once maturely considered and spontaneous, has a freshness and vivacity.” The Telegraph, 17th May 2008 (on Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto) “A natural musicaon to the ends of her fingertips.” Classic FM Magazine “Baiba Skride is arguable the most exciting violin talent to have emerged since Elisabeth Batiashvilli a few years back… she weaves her way through the Tchaikovsky as though she is unfolding a poetic narrative.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 **** “…the Tchaikovsky Concerto has rarely sounded more lyrical, more "feminine". The wintry colours of the slow movement are lovely, with Skride's many shades of pale elegantly dovetailed into flute and clarinet adornments.” Gramophone Magazine, August 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Orchestra of the Mariinsky (Kirov) Theatre, St. Petersburg, Valery Gergiev “Gergiev's reading of arguably the greatest classical ballet ever written has been tailored very specifically to the Mariinsky Theatre's performing version of the score. The word 'classical' colours the whole reading; poise and restraint become the watchwords with the rear of the orchestra - brass and percussion - generally quite subdued.” Gramophone Magazine, Janurary 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Mikhail Pletnev (piano) The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev Live Recording from the Alte Oper Frankfurt, 1991 “[Pletnev’s playing is] caring, characterful and technically transcendent” Gramophone on a previous release “The so-called Polish is the pick of these Moscow RSO performances so far. Camerawork captures Pletnev's dexterity in the highly individual Concert Fantasia.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2008 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Swan Lake(especially for children)
Angela Rippon (narrator) Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Tchaikovsky Gala
Tchaikovsky: | Swan Lake (excerpts) Vladimir Bourmeister (Choreography & staging) & Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Sets & costumes) Polina Semionova, Roberto Bolle, Maurizio Licitra, Gianni Ghisleni & Flavia Vallone Sleeping Beauty (excerpts) Marius Petipa (Choreography) & Franca Squarciapino (Costumes) Marta Romagna, Antonino Sutera & Daniela Cavalleri The Nutcracker Ballet, Op. 71 (Excerpts) Patrice Bart (Choreography and staging) & Luisa Spinatelli (Costumes) Nadja Saidakova & Ronald Savkovic |
Corpo di Ballo ed Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, David Coleman This Tchaikovsky Gala is a must for ballet fans, showcasing Roberto Bolle, resident star of La Scala, and Polina Semionova, Nadja Saidakova and Ronald Savkovic, all Berlin State Ballet principals, in their very first appearances on the Scala stage. Some of the most exacting and demanding moments from Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker are presented, showing to great effect the prowess of the corps de ballet and stars alike. David Coleman conducts musical highlights from the three ballets all set in the Act III décor of Swan Lake: Prince Siegfried's birthday festivities are being held in the castle hall, a veritable tourbillon of dances, from Czardas to Spanish, Neapolitan to Mazurka all of which leads into the celebrated 'Black Swan' pas de deux, starring Roberto Bolle and Polina Semionova. As if by magic, another homage to Tchaikovsky appears:Aurora and her four princes in the immortal 'Rose Adagio', encompassing both dreamy sweetness and technical strength, being one of the most difficult choreographic passages of Sleeping Beauty alongside the 'Blue Bird' pas de deux and the Act II pas de deux from The Nutcracker performed here by Nadja Saidakova and Ronald Savkovic.This perfect gift for any ballet lover is also available in Blu-Ray HD format for the best quality video and audio available. Bonus: " Etoiles et petits pas" by Liliane de Kermadec. Backstage at La Scala with the artists in rehearsals (31 minutes) | 
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| | | Tchaikovsky Gala
Tchaikovsky: | Swan Lake (excerpts) Vladimir Bourmeister (Choreography & staging) & Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Sets & costumes) Polina Semionova, Roberto Bolle, Maurizio Licitra, Gianni Ghisleni & Flavia Vallone Sleeping Beauty (excerpts) Marius Petipa (Choreography) & Franca Squarciapino (Costumes) Marta Romagna, Antonino Sutera & Daniela Cavalleri The Nutcracker Ballet, Op. 71 (Excerpts) Patrice Bart (Choreography and staging) & Luisa Spinatelli (Costumes) Nadja Saidakova & Ronald Savkovic |
Corpo di Ballo ed Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, David Coleman This Tchaikovsky Gala is a must for ballet fans, showcasing Roberto Bolle, resident star of La Scala, and Polina Semionova, Nadja Saidakova and Ronald Savkovic, all Berlin State Ballet principals, in their very first appearances on the Scala stage. Some of the most exacting and demanding moments from Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker are presented, showing to great effect the prowess of the corps de ballet and stars alike. David Coleman conducts musical highlights from the three ballets all set in the Act III décor of Swan Lake: Prince Siegfried's birthday festivities are being held in the castle hall, a veritable tourbillon of dances, from Czardas to Spanish, Neapolitan to Mazurka all of which leads into the celebrated 'Black Swan' pas de deux, starring Roberto Bolle and Polina Semionova. As if by magic, another homage to Tchaikovsky appears:Aurora and her four princes in the immortal 'Rose Adagio', encompassing both dreamy sweetness and technical strength, being one of the most difficult choreographic passages of Sleeping Beauty alongside the 'Blue Bird' pas de deux and the Act II pas de deux from The Nutcracker performed here by Nadja Saidakova and Ronald Savkovic.This perfect gift for any ballet lover is also available in Blu-Ray HD format for the best quality video and audio available. Bonus: " Etoiles et petits pas" by Liliane de Kermadec. Backstage at La Scala with the artists in rehearsals (31 minutes) |
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| |  | The Greatest Ballets
| | CASSE NOISETTE : March / Arabic dance / Chinese dance / Tripak / Dance of the reed-flutes / The flowers’ waltz. ANNA KARENINE : Waltz / Ball scene / Anna and Vronsky / Scene at the racecourse / Winter garden scene / Variation of Anna and Vronsky / Variation of Anna. | Adam: | Giselle (excerpts) Giselle's entrance / Waltz / One step / First act finale / Step of the first Wilys / Entrance of the Prince and appearance of Giselle / Big pas de deux. | Khachaturian: | Spartacus (exerpts) Triumph of Rome / Dance of Phrygia / Adagio of Spartacus / Dance of Dades’ daughters and victory of Spartacus / Spartacus and Phrygia / Egin’s variation. | Prokofiev: | Cinderella, Op. 87 (highlights) Cinderella / The beggar fairy / The summer fairy / Cinderella leaves to the ball / Cinderella arrives to the ball and great waltz / The Prince meets Cinderella | Tchaikovsky: | Swan Lake (excerpts) Waltz / Action step / Dance of the little swans / Pas de deux / Mazurka / Final scene |
Maya Plisetskaya & Vladimir Vassiliev Marinskii Theatre & Bolshoi Ballet |
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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko “These bonbons from the Tchaikovsky ballets…clearly demonstrate the difference Petrenko is already making to the quality of the RLPO playing. Petrenko's watchwords are shape and purpose and clarity; there is an elegance and inner life to the playing making everything sound freshly minted. The Swan lake highlights wipe the floor with Gergiev's pale showing in the complete ballet the nobility of the horns emblazoned across the opening Scene, the swagger and sophistication of the national dances... and a delightfully folksy lilt to the contrasting Trio of the Mazurka.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2008 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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