Blu-Ray Video, Prokofiev (composer)
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Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87
Diana Vishneva (Cinderella) & Vladimir Shklyarov (The Prince)
Mariinsky Ballet & Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
This new disc from the Mariinsky certainly offers us an interesting new perspective on Cinderella along with first-rate performances that have been recorded in excellent quality picture and... — More…
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Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet
Yasmine Naghdi, Matthew Ball, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Pavel Sorokin
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Prokofiev: Cinderella
Marianela Nunez, Vadim Muntagirov, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels
Kessels conducts this score with an uncanny sense for insightful phrasing: in particular, his tempo choices and accenting are always right on target, and he manages to draw splendid playing... — More…
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Solti: Journey of a lifetime
Celebrating the 100th birthday of Sir Georg Solti
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Talking heads opine that Solti's career only soared after Bohm retired and Karajan died...it does provide some remarkable anecdotes...such as Solti becoming great cronies with Theodor Adorno...Most... — More…
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The Stuttgart Ballet in John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet
Stuttgart Ballet & State Theatre Suttgart Orchestra, James Tuggle
With idiomatic playing from the State Theatre Stuttgart Orchestra under James Tuggle and discrete yet expert video direction by Michael Beyer, this release will be of the greatest interest to... — More…
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Claudio Abbado conducts Prokofiev, Berg & Tchaikovsky
Lucerne Festival at Easter 2010
Anna Prohaska (soprano)
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Claudio Abbado
It's amazing the way Abbado brings the melodic writing to the fore in the very different worlds of the Prokofiev and the Berg Lulu Suite, crowned by Anna Prohaska's meaningful characterisation...As... — More…
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Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
Sergei Polunin (The Wolf), Will Kemp (Grandfather), Kilian Smith (Peter), Charlotte Edmonds (Duck), Laurine Muccioli (Bird) & Chisato Katsura (Cat)
The Royal Ballet School & Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy
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Two Ballet Favourites by Christopher Wheeldon
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Cinderella
Lauren Cuthbertson (Alice), Sergei Polunin (Jack/The Knave of Hearts), Edward Watson (Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit), Zenaida Yanowsky (Mother/The Queen of Hearts), Steven McRae (Mad Hatter), Anna Tsygankova (Cinderella), Matthew Golding (Prince Guillaume), Larissa Lezhnina (Stepmother Hortensia),...
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Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87
Anna Tsygankova (Cinderella), Matthew Golding (Prince Guillaume), Larissa Lezhnina (Stepmother Hortensia), Megan Zimny Gray (Stepsister Edwina), Nadia Yanowsky (Stepsister Clementine), Remi Wörtmeye (Benjamin), Alexander Zhembrovskyy (Cinderella's father) & Erica Horwood (Cinderella's mother)
Holland...
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Maria Kochetkova & Davit Karapetyan
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra & San Francisco Ballet, Martin West
I warmly welcome this new version of Romeo and Juliet, in a very competitive field it takes one of the very top places. With its charismatic and highly accomplished leading dancers and its unique... — More…
