100 Best Ballet

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: The Tchaikovsky Ballets
2▶CD: Russian Ballet
3▼CD: French Ballets
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1La Fille mal gardèe: Introduction - Dance of the Cock and Hens (Act I)
Ferdinand Hérold4:27
2La Fille mal gardèe: Widow Simone - Clog Dance (Act II)
Ferdinand Hérold2:44
3La Fille mal gardée, Act II: 29. Pas de deux
Ferdinand Hérold3:40
4La Fille mal gardée, Act II: 30. Finale
Ferdinand Hérold4:25
5Giselle (2008 Remastered Version): Valse (Act I)
Adolphe Adam3:56
6Giselle (2008 Remastered Version): Pas de deux (Act II)
Adolphe Adam4:29
7Le Corsaire (1996 Remastered Version): Pas de deux et Variations (interpolation for 1899 revival)
Riccardo Drigo6:42
8Faust Ballet Music (2008 Remastered Version): Les nubiennes - Variation du miroir - Danse de Phrynè
Charles Gounod7:00
9Coppélia (1988 Remastered Version): Prelude & Mazurka
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Coppélia : Tableau I, no. 1a. Prélude et Mazurka
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer) (in 1870)
part of:
Coppélia : Tableau I
Léo Delibes5:36
10Coppélia (1988 Remastered Version): Waltz
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
partial recording of:
Coppélia
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer) (in 1870)
premiered at:
Salle Le Peletier (1821-1873) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1870-05-25)
recording of:
Coppélia : Tableau I, no. 1b. Valse (Valse lente)
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer) (in 1870)
part of:
Coppélia : Tableau I
Léo Delibes2:55
11Coppélia (1988 Remastered Version): Czárdás
Léo Delibes3:31
12Gaîté Parisienne: Overture (La Vie Parisienne)
producer:
John Mordler (producer)
orchestra:
Orchestre de Monte‐Carlo (Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 1976-05)
conductor:
Manuel Rosenthal (French conductor & composer) (in 1976-05)
balance engineer:
Christopher Parker (classical recording and balance engineer, active from 1950s)
recorded at:
Salle Garnier in Monte-Carlo (Monte Carlo), Monaco (in 1976-05)
recording of:
Gaîté Parisienne: I. Allegro (Ouverture) (from « La Vie parisienne ») (in 1976-05)
orchestrator:
Manuel Rosenthal (French conductor & composer)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Gaîté parisienne
Jacques Offenbach2:21
13Sylvia (Suite): Les Chasseresses
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Sylvia: Ballet Suite: I. Prélude - Les chasseresses
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer) (from 1876 until 1880)
part of:
Sylvia: Ballet Suite
Léo Delibes3:46
14Sylvia (Suite): Intermezzo & Valse lente
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Sylvia: Ballet Suite: II. Intermezzo et Valse lente
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer) (from 1876 until 1880)
part of:
Sylvia: Ballet Suite
Léo Delibes4:20
15Sylvia (Suite): Pizzicati
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Sylvia: Ballet Suite: III. Pizzicati
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer) (from 1876 until 1880)
arrangement of:
Bake Sale
part of:
Sylvia: Ballet Suite
Léo Delibes1:51
16The Two Pigeons - Ballet in two acts (1984 Remastered Version), Act I (An attic studio in Paris): Dance of the Two Pigeons (Allegretto)
André Messager3:46
17The Two Pigeons - Ballet in two acts (1984 Remastered Version), Act I (An attic studio in Paris): Dance of the Gypsies (Pesante alla marcia)
André Messager3:11
18The Two Pigeons - Ballet in two acts (1984 Remastered Version), Act II, Scene 1 (A gypsy encampment): Hungarian Dance (Allegretto pesante)
André Messager4:00
19Boléro (abbrev. version; arr. Bates) (1992 Remastered Version)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1980)
partial recording of:
Boléro
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
premiered at:
Palais Garnier in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1928-11-22)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 9) and Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 81)
Maurice Ravel5:16
4▶CD: Diaghilev Ballets
5▶CD: Ballet in Britain
6▶CD: Ballet in America