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Treasures Of The Russian Ballet
ICA Classics

Treasures Of The Russian Ballet

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Details

Composer
PROKOFIEV TCHAIKOVSKY ADAM
Artist
Ulanova, Plisetskaya, Vasiliev, Maximova, Soloviev, Liepa, S
Format
DVD
Label
ICA Classics
Released
May 29, 2012
Catalog #
ICAD 5074
UPC
5060244550742

About

Russia’s two great ballet companies, the Bolshoi Ballet and the Kirov Ballet (now the Mariinsky) undertook their first major post-war tours in the early 1960s, exposing the West to the bravura and discipline of the Russian dancers for the first time. This DVD brings together performances by members of both companies, providing rare footage of some of the most brilliant dancers of their time. This is the first DVD released of this material.

Sergey Prokofiev: The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118: Act I
Danila – Yuri Soloviev
Katerina – Alla Sizova
Mistress of Copper Mountain – Alla Osipenko
Severyan – Anatoli Gridin
Kirov Ballet
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Niyazi, conductor
Yuri Grigorovich, choreographer
Recorded from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on July 1960

Pyot’r Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II: Scene and pas de deux
Odette – Galina Ulanova
Prince Siegfried – Nicolai Fadeyechev
Bolshoi Ballet
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Yuri Faier, conductor
Lev Ivanov and Alexander Gorsky, choreographer
Broadcast from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 21 October 1956

Sergey Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: Cinderella and the Prince at the ball
Cinderella – Raisa Struchkova
The Prince – Mikhail Lavrovsky
Bolshoi Ballet
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Kopylov, conductor
Algis Zhuraitis, conductor
Rostislav Zakharov, choreographer

Adolphe Adam: Giselle, Act II: Giselle and Albrecht
Giselle – Ekaterina Maximova
Prince Albrecht – Maris Liepa
Bolshoi Ballet
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Kopylov, conductor
Algis Zhuraitis, conductor
Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, choreographer

Aram Khatchaturian: Gayaneh, Act IV: Gayaneh and Armen
Gayaneh – Nina Timofeyeva
Armen – Nikolai Fadeyechev
Bolshoi Ballet
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Kopylov, conductor
Algis Zhuraitis, conductor
Nina Anisimova, choreographer

Ludwig Minkus: Don Quixote, Act I: Kitri and Basilio
Kitri – Maya Plisetskaya
Basilio – Vladimir Vasiliev
Bolshoi Ballet
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Kopylov, conductor
Algis Zhuraitis, conductor
Alexander Gorsky, choreographer
Recorded from 26–30 July 1963

Picture format: NTSC 4:3 B/W
Sound format: Enhanced Mono
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Running time: 81 mins
No. of DVDs: 1

Tracklist 6 tracks

  1. 1 Skaz o kammenom tsvetke (The Tale of the Stone Flower), Op. 118: Act I (NTSC) 42:40
    Track
    1
    Title
    Skaz o kammenom tsvetke (The Tale of the Stone Flower), Op. 118: Act I (NTSC)
    Duration
    42:40
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
  2. 2 Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II: Scene and pas de deux (NTSC) 07:03
    Track
    2
    Title
    Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II: Scene and pas de deux (NTSC)
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  3. 3 Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: Cinderella and the Prince at the ball (NTSC) 07:50
    Track
    3
    Title
    Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: Cinderella and the Prince at the ball (NTSC)
    Duration
    07:50
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
  4. 4 Giselle, Act II: Giselle and Albrecht (NTSC) 06:42
    Track
    4
    Title
    Giselle, Act II: Giselle and Albrecht (NTSC)
    Duration
    06:42
    Composer
    Adolphe Adam
  5. 5 Gayaneh, Act IV: Gayaneh and Armen (NTSC) 08:11
    Track
    5
    Title
    Gayaneh, Act IV: Gayaneh and Armen (NTSC)
    Duration
    08:11
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
  6. 6 Don Quixote, Act I: Kitri and Basilio (NTSC) 09:32
    Track
    6
    Title
    Don Quixote, Act I: Kitri and Basilio (NTSC)
    Duration
    09:32
    Composer
    Ludwig Minkus