While Richard Bonynge has long been associated with opera, particularly with that of the Bel Canto age, he has been one of the most active revivers and conductors of ballet in the 20th and 21st centuries. His recordings of the major Romantic classical ballet scores have been critically acclaimed but he has also been responsible for making – often – the single recording of many ballet masterpieces that disappeared from view and in doing so, showing just how worthy was their revival. There were three classic ballet ‘bon-bon’ LPs he recorded in the 1960s – Homage to Pavlova, Pas de deux and The Art of the Prima Ballerina. All are now reissued on Decca Eloquence.
The Art of the Prima Ballerina, a lavish 2-LP set, here appears as per the original LP coupling with illustrations and detailed notes. The album was conceived with one of the reigning prima ballerinas of the 20th century, Dame Alicia Markova with whom Richard Bonynge collaborated extensively on the creation of this set. Markova also attended some of the recording sessions. Including moments from all three Tchaikovsky ballets as well as the celebrated music for ‘Giselle’, the set focuses, however, largely on forgotten ballet scenes and moments by Pugni, Drigo, Donizetti and Minkus as well as an anonymous Bolero.
CD 1
LUDWIG MINKUS: La Bayadère
RICCARDO DRIGO: Pas de Trois
GIOACHINOI ROSSINI: Ballet Music (Guillaume Tell)
ADOLPHE ADAM:
Danse des vignerons … Pas seul … Peasant pas de deux (Giselle)
Grand pas de deux (Giselle)
HERMAN SEVERIN LØVENSKJOLD: Pas de deux (La Sylphide)
CD 2
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Pas de deux: Introduction (Moderato) – Variations I & II – Coda (Swan Lake)
GAETANO DONIZETTI: Ballabile (La Favorite)
LUDWIG MINKUS: Pas de deux (Don Quixote)
ANONYMOUS: Bolero 1830
CESARE PUGNI: Pas de quatre (arr. McDermott)
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Pas de deux Aurora and Prince Desire (The Sleeping Beauty)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Pas de deux Intrada – Variation I & II – Coda (The Nutcracker)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
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