Ernest Ansermet The Royal Ballet Gala Performances (2-LP SET)

 

Personnel:

Ernest Ansermet (dir), Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

 

· Facsimile reissue of the original RCA Victor LDS 6065

· Gatefold Double LP Set DeLuxe Edition

· Full size inner 24-page booklet

 

Format: 2-LP / 12" / 33rpm / LIVING STEREO

Label: BLUE MOON

Catalogue Reference: BMLP 101

Recording Year: 1957

Country of Pressing: SPAIN

Comments: Sealed New Copy

 

THE ROYAL BALLET Gala Performances

Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

Under the Direction of Ernest Ansermet

 

Side A

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (Excerpts)

- March

- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

- Arabian Dance (Coffee)

- Chinese Dance (Tea)

- Dance of the Mirlitons

- Waltz of the Flowers

 

Gioacchino Rossini: La Boutique Fantasque (Excerpts)

- Tarantella

- Andantino mosso

- Can-Can

 

Side B

Léo Delibes: Coppélia (Excerpts)

- Act 1: Prelude — Mazurka

- Introduction and Waltz

- Czardas (Danse hongroise)

- Act 2: Valse de la poupee

 

Adolphe Charles Adam: Giselle (Excerpts)

- Act 1: Introduction and Waltz

- Act 2: Pas de deux and Variation

 

Side C

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts)

- Act 2: Scene (moderato)

- Danse des petits cygnes (moderato)

- Scene – Pas de deux (Charles Taylor, solo violin)

- Valse

 

Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9 (Excerpts)

Orchestration Glazunov, Rimsky-Korsakov

- Pierrot

- Reconnaissance

- Pantalon et Colombine

- Aveu

 

Side D

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66a (Excerpts)

- IIntroduction: Prologue — The Lilac Fairy

- Act 1: Rose Adagio

- Pas d’action – Valse

 

Frédéric Chopin: Les Sylphides (Excerpts)

Orchestration Roy Douglas

- Overture: Prelude in A, Op. 28 No. 7

- Mazurka in C, Op. 67, No. 3

- Grande Valse Brillante in E-flat, Op. 18

 

Recorded in London's Kings Way Hall in 1957 by Kenneth Wilkinson