Browse: Ballet
This page lists all classical recordings in genre: Ballet.
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Maurice Ravel: Orchestral Works RecommendedMa Mère L’oye, Boléro, Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales, Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte, Alborada Del Gracioso & La Valse
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
this superbly played and sumptuously recorded disc from the Sinfonia of London and John Wilson amply demonstrates the profound benefits of trusting Ravel. Has Ma mère l’Oye ever sounded more... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th January 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Spatial Audio
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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Building A Library, February 2024, Recommended Recording - Ma mère l'Oye
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Few can rival Valery Gergiev's pedigree in Prokofiev's music, and he is palpably aware of how this score works in the theatre. His pacing of events is masterly, with plenty of verve and passion…... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th January 2010
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Building a Library, February 2010, Modern Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2010, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Disc of the Year & Orchestral Award Winner
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Vaughan Williams: Job, Old King Cole & The Running Set RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Trepidation stalks Manze's Job from the outset, the ostensibly pastoral opening shaded by an undertow of dark foreboding...All told, this is a Job rich in colour and atmosphere, projected with... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2023, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé RecommendedSinfonia of London Chorus, Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
This is, generally, a stunning performance, whether the kaleidoscopic wind colours of the part-one dances or ravishing glories of the part-three sunrise. Moreover, Chandos certainly know how... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd November 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Camino RecommendedFederico Mompou, Maurice Ravel, Manuel de Falla, Erik Satie, Francis Poulenc
Sean Shibe (guitar)
Vivid, beguiling and intensely intimate, [Mompou's] Suite compostelana offers both blueprint and guide for the musical-emotional pilgrimage signalled by the album title...In Shibe’s hands it... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th August 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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RecommendedMusic for Violin & Piano by Bartók, Poulenc & Ravel
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Polina Leschenko (piano)
Playing of such consummate ease combined with involvement and attention to detail...Simply, this is one of the finest, most musically sensitive recordings to have come my way for some time, and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th February 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2018, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Chamber
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Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Piano Duos
RecommendedMozart, Schubert & Stravinsky
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim (piano duo)
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring prompts several adjectives: brutal, revolutionary, relentless, terrifying...But elegant? Urbane, seductive, sensuous? This astonishing performance is all that and... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th October 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Instrumental
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Recommended& other works for two pianos four hands
Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
The two-piano transcription is arguably as exhilarating as the full orchestration [of The Rite], and Andsnes and Hamelin offer a reading that is in turns thrilling, unsettling and beautiful…... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2018, Record of the Month
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Record Review, 10th February 2018, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Instrumental
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John Wilson shows an instinctive flair for Copland's syncopated and changing rhythms, and brings out all the music's broad humour and intimate poetry — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th January 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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