DVD Video, Opus Arte (label)
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Talbot, J: The Winter's Tale
RecommendedEdward Watson (Leontes), Sarah Lamb (Perdita), Zenaida Yanowsky (Paulina), Steven McRae (Florizel), Federico Bonelli (Polizenes), Lauren Cuthbertson (Hermione)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, David Briskin
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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New,
Hérold: La Fille mal gardée Carlos Acosta (Colas), Marianela Nuñez (Lise), William Tuckett (Widow Simone) & Jonathan Howells (Alain)
The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Anthony Twiner
La fille mal gardée is sheer perfection, Nuñez and Acosta are unsurpassable respectively in the feminine grace and masculine confidence of Ashton's Lise and Colas, and their mimetic skills... — More…
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Delibes: Coppelia
RecommendedThe Royal Ballet, conductor: Nicolae Moldoveanu, choreographer: Dame Ninette de Valois
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Offer,
Prom At The Palace The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace 2002
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Julian Bliss (clarinet), Ashley Wass (piano), Roberto Bolle (Prince Siegfried), Zenaida Yanowsky (Odile), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Adventist Chorale, Band of Her Majesty s Royal...
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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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Adam: Giselle
RecommendedNatalia Osipova (Giselle) & Carlos Acosta (Albrecht)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Boris Gruzin
This new Opus Arte disc now joins [the 2011] Bolshoi version at the very top of the list…indeed, this Royal Ballet performance may well sweep the board as the new Giselle of choice. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
RecommendedNatalia Osipova (Odette/Odile), Matthew Golding (Prince Siegfried), Elizabeth McGorian (The Princess), Gary Avis (An Evil Spirit), Alastair Marriott (The Tutor) & Valeri Hristov (Benno)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & The Royal Ballet, Boris Gruzin
Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
RecommendedLauren Cuthbertson (Clara), Federico Bonelli (Prince), Francesca Hayward (Sugar-Plum Fairy), Alexander Campbell (Nutcracker), Gary Avis (Drosselmeyer)
The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Boris Gruzin
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Adam: Le Corsaire
Recorded live at Théâtre National du Capitole, May 2013
Maria Gutierrez (The Slave-girl), Davit Galstyan (The Corsair), Takafumi Watanabe (The Sultan), Juliette Thélin (The Sultan’s Favourite Concubine), Demian Vargas (The Corsair’s Companion), Juliana Bastos, Julie Loria (Two Slaves), Henrik Victorin (The Wealthy Slave-trader) & Cédric Pons, Joël...
for anyone whose main priority is to have a "Le Corsaire for the modern age” – and anyone wanting to watch expertly and beautifully filmed performances by a very accomplished company of dancers... — More…
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Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87
Agnès Letestu, José Martinez, Laëtitia Pujol, Stéphanie Romberg, Stéphane Phavorin & Wilfried Romoli
Paris Opera Ballet & Paris Opera Orchestra, Koen Kessels
Agnès Letestu is grace and modesty personified in Nureyev's 'Cinderella Goes to Hollywood', overstuffed with references ranging throughout Chaplin, Groucho Marx and King Kong. All of Prokofiev's... — More…
