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# **Shostakovich: Ballet Suites - Concertos ** **CD 1** **Shostakovich: Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1 “Jazz Suite No. 2”** **Shostakovich: Moscow, Cheryomushki Suite, Op. 105** Arranged for orchestra by Andrew Cornall **Shostakovich: Jazz…

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗢𝗽.𝟰𝟯 - 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 - 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 A Fabulous Recording https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-of-op-138575073?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘂𝘀, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟰𝟯 “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 — 𝗜𝘁𝘀…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗗𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗧 Opera and ballet were never fully separate worlds. From the 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 era onward, many major operas incorporated dances, ballets, divertissements,…

Photograph of the premiere of Tchaikovsky's ballet, The Sleeping Beauty (1890).

Impression of the second scene of the Ballet Comique de la Reine, presented in Paris in 1581 for the French court.

𝗟𝗲𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀 - 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲́𝗹𝗶𝗮 - 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 - 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 - 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗻𝗴𝗲 https://www.patreon.com/posts/leo-delibes-138652409?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗟𝗲́𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀 – 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲́𝗹𝗶𝗮, 𝗼𝘂 𝗟𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘅 𝘆𝗲𝘂𝘅 𝗱’𝗲́𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 (𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟬) 𝗜 – 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 Coppélia is one…

𝗟𝗲𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀 - 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗽é𝗹𝗶𝗮 (𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁) - 𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘 𝗗𝗘 𝗟'𝗢𝗣É𝗥𝗔 𝗗𝗘 𝗟𝗬𝗢𝗡 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗡𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗼 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmkAcc8hOkQ&t=2922s

𝐋𝐞́𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 There are composers who change music through force, others through philosophy, and others through sheer theatrical instinct.…

𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘: 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 (𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟎𝐬–𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎𝐬) 𝐈. 𝐖𝐀𝐑, 𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄 (𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟎–𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟓) By the early 1940s, 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢 (1906–1988) had already forged…

𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈 — 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐁𝐔𝐃𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 (𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟔–𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎) 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐃𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐔 (𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟔–𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟒) 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢 (1906–1988) was born on 9 April 1906 in Budapest,…

# **Rimsky Korsakov - Mlada - OPERA-BALLET, 1890 - Chorus and Great Radio Symphony Orchestra of the USSR - Evgeni Svetlanov ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/rimsky-korsakov-151183079?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/rimsky-korsakov-151183079?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/rimsky-korsakov-151183079?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) # ** ** * Baritone Vocals – **Alexander Tikhonov , Alexey…

# **Mozart - Les Petits Riens, Ballet - Overtures - ASMF - Neville Marriner ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-les-riens-147456057?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-les-riens-147456057?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Les Petits Riens** **Ballet-pantomime by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (K. 299b / K. Anh. 10)** **Les Petits Riens** occupies…

# **Celebration of the birth of the “ballet de cour”** The engraving corresponds to the year **1582**, since it is a **later re-engraving** based on the original copper plate included in *Ballet comique de…

# **Lully - Ballet Royal de la Naissance de Vénus - Christophe Rousset ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/lully-ballet-de-144111335?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/lully-ballet-de-144111335?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Lully – *****Ballet Royal de la Naissance de Vénus*** When **Jean-Baptiste Lully** composed the *Ballet Royal de la Naissance…

The 1999 Salzburg Festival production of Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust, conducted by Sylvain Cambreling. The scene you mention is Berlioz’s “Ballet des Sylphes”, from Part II. Faust has fallen asleep, and Méphistophélès summons…

𝐉𝐄𝐀𝐍-𝐁𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄 𝐋𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑'𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐅𝐅... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 One of the most influential composers in history transformed French opera—and his extraordinary life ended in one of music's most astonishing tragedies.…

𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐙𝐔𝐍𝐎𝐕 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐘 𝐀𝐓 𝟏𝟔... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐊𝐎𝐕𝐒𝐊𝐘 One of Russia's greatest prodigies became the bridge between two generations of composers. When 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐮𝐧𝐨𝐯 (𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟓–𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟔) was only 𝟏𝟔 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝, he completed…

𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗥 𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗭𝗜𝗡́𝗦𝗞𝗜 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝟭. 𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗨𝗧𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗥, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟳𝟭 — 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 Recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, September 1956 Westminster This should unquestionably occupy one…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗛Ä𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: Sir Colin Davis 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: Götz Friedrich 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻: Jürgen Rose 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: Norbert Balatsch 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗵ä𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿 — Spas Wenkoff 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 — Gwyneth Jones…

𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗥𝗔́𝗧𝗜 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Antal Doráti was one of the most versatile and industrious conductors of the twentieth century, but mere productivity does not explain his importance. His finest recordings reveal…

𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 — 𝗔 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 was born on 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟳, 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟬, in Votkinsk, Russia, and died on 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟲, 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟯, in Saint Petersburg. He became one of the most…

𝗠𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗘̀𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗲̀𝗿𝗲 — 𝟭𝟲𝟮𝟮–𝟭𝟲𝟳𝟯 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗲̀𝗿𝗲 occupies a special place among French writers connected with classical music because his relationship with music was not only indirect or posthumous. Unlike…

𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗕𝗬𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗻, born George Gordon Byron in London on 22 January 1788 and dead at Missolonghi, Greece, on 19 April 1824, was one of the most…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗝𝗘𝗔𝗡-𝗕𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘 𝗟𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗬: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗡 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻-𝗕𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 was one of the most brilliant, dangerous, and theatrical personalities…