THE ROYAL BALLET  GALA PERFORMANCES

ERNEST ANSERMET CONDUCTS MUSIC FROM SWAN LAKE, NUTCRACKER, SLEEPING BEAUTY, SYLPHIDES, GISELLE, COPPELIA, BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE , CARNAVAL

ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN 

RARE USA RELEASE 12" VINYL 2LP DELUXE BOX SET 1959 IN CLOTH COVERED OUTER SLIP BOX COVER

& INNER BOX DRAWER WHICH INSERTS INTO THE BOX COVER - INNER BOX HAS A ROUNDED / DOWELED LEATHER BOUND SPINE WITH GOLD LETTERING

+ ORIGINAL RCA SORIA SERIES QUALITY INNER SLEEVES

THE BEAUTIFUL COLOUR PHOTO OF MARGOT FONTEYN & MICHAEL SOMES HAS BEEN INDIVIDUALLY PASTED ON TO THE BOX COVER DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS

THE SET ALSO INCLUDES A SUPERB SORIA SERIES 24 PAGE COLOUR BOOKLET PRINTED IN ITALY & ALSO INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM INSERT

TRACK LISTING:

SIDE 1
Tchaikovsky: from the Nutcracker Suite
1. March
2. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
3. Arabian Dance
4. Chinese Dance
5. Dance of the Toy Flutes
6. Waltz of the Flowers

Rossini-Respighi: from the La Boutique Fantasque
7. Tarantella
8. Andante mosso
9. Can-Can
SIDE 2
Delibes: from Coppelia
10. Introduction (Allegro marcato) and Mazurka - Act 1
11. Introduction (Andante) and Waltz - Act 1
12. Czardas - Act 1
13. Valse de la Poupee - Act 2

Adam: from Giselle
14. Introduction and Waltz - Act 1
15. Pas de Deux and Variation - Act 2
SIDE 3
Tchaikovsky: from Swan Lake
1. Scene - Act 2
2. Dance of the Little Swans (Pas de Quarte) - Act 2
3. Scene* - Pas de Deux - Act 2
4. Waltz - Act 2
*solo violin: Charles Taylor

Schumann: from Carnaval *
5. Pierrot
6. Reconnaissance
7. Aveu
8. Pantalon et Columbine
*Orchestration by Glazounov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Liadov and Tcherepnin for original Diaghileff production
SIDE 4
Tchaikovsky: from The Sleeping Beauty
9. Introduction - The Lilac Fairy - Prologue
10. Rose Adagio - Pas d' Action - Act 1
11. Waltz - Act 1

Chopin: from Les Sylphides *
12. Overture: Prelude in A major, Opus 28, No. 7
13. Mazurka in C major, Opus 67, No. 3
14. Grande Valse Brillante in E flat major, Opus 18

* Orchestrated by Roy Douglas

Recorded in Kingsway Hall by the legendary Kenneth Wilkinson.

MATRIXES

Runout  (side 1):    J2 RP7954     3S      I       A1

Runout  (side 2):    J2 RP7955 - - 1S      I       A1

Runout  (side 3):    J2 RP7956     1S      I       A1

Runout  (side 4):    J2 RP7957     1S      I       A1

CONDITION (SEE PHOTOGRAPHS)
RECORD 1/4  EXCELLENT TO NEAR MINT

RECORD 2/3  VG+ TO EXCELLENT,  FEW VERY MINOR SCUFFS, MOST LIKELY FROM REMOVING/RE-INSERTING FROM/TO THE INNER SLEEVE;  NO FEELABLE SCRATCHES

LABELS : 

NO SPINDLE MARKS

SIDE 1  EXCELLENT, FEW MINOR FOXING SPOTS, OTHERWISE NEAR MINT

SIDE 2  EXCELLENT TO NEAR MINT,  FEW VERY MINOR FOXING SPOTS

SIDE 3  EXCELLENT TO NEAR MINT,  FEW VERY MINOR FOXING SPOTS

SIDE 4  EXCELLENT, FEW MINOR FOXING SPOTS, OTHERWISE NEAR MINT

BOX COVER  VERY GOOD+, FIRM & SQUARE @ OPENING; CLEAN INSIDE;  VERY MINOR CNR./EDGE WEAR;  SOME VERY MINOR SMALL MARKS, MAINLY ON BACK

BOX INNER DRAWER  VERY GOOD, COLOUR STILL BRIGHT & SHINY;  MINOR CORNER / EDGE WEAR;  SMALL PIECE MISSING @ SPINE BOTTOM (SEE PHOTO # 6) 

INNER SLEEVES  VERY GOOD,  BOTH HAVE SMALL SPLITS (4cm/1.5") @ BOTTOM;  1 HAS FEW MINOR FOXING SPOTS / LIGHT FOXING;  OTHER HAS FOXING ON ONE SIDE (APPROX. HALF AREA)

COLOUR BOOKLET

SOME MINOR FOXING, MAINLY EXTERNAL;  COVER SPLIT @ SPINE BOTTOM (11 cm / 4.25")

PROGRAM INSERT

MINOR FOXING (SEE PHOTO #9)

WHY NOT INVEST IN COLLECTABLES ?

POSTAGE : PADDED ENVELOPE PLUS PROTECTIVE CARDBOARD PACKING - RECORD PACKAGED OUTSIDE SLEEVE FOR SHIPPING HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE FOR MULTIPLE PURCHASES