Richard Bonynge: Complete Ballet Recordings | Decca 4850781

Richard Bonynge: Complete Ballet Recordings

Label: Decca

Cat No: 4850781

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 45

Genre: Ballet

Release Date: 4th December 2020

Contents

Works

Adam, Adolphe

Giselle
Le Corsaire
Le Diable a quatre (ballet)

Auber, Daniel

Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor
Gustave III
» Ballet Music
» Overture
Marco Spada

Berlioz, Hector

Les Troyens
» Ballet

Britten, Benjamin

Matinees Musicales (second suite after Rossini), op.24
Soirees musicales (first suite after Rossini), op.9

Burgmuller, Friedrich

La Peri

Chopin, Frederic

Les Sylphides

Delibes, Leo

Coppelia
La Source (composed with Minkus)
Sylvia

Donizetti, Gaetano

La favorita
» Ballet music

Drigo, Riccardo

La Flute magique

Gounod, Charles

Faust
» Ballet music

Handel, George Frideric

Alcina, HWV34
» Ballet music

Lecocq, Charles

La Fille de Madame Angot

Leoni, Franco

The Prayer and the Sword

Massenet, Jules

Cendrillon (Cinderella)
» Marche
Fantasy for cello and orchestra
Le Carillon
Manon
Scenes alsaciennes, 'Suite no.7'
Scenes dramatiques, 'Suite no.3'
Thais
» Meditation

Messager, Andre

The Two Pigeons (complete ballet)

Meyerbeer, Giacomo

Les Patineurs

Minkus, Ludwig

La Bayadere

Offenbach, Jacques

Le Papillon

Popper, David

Cello Concerto no.2 in E minor, op.24

Respighi, Ottorino

La Boutique fantasque (after Rossini), P120

Strauss II, Johann

An der schonen blauen Donau (On the beautiful blue Danube), op.314
Aschenbrodel (Cinderella)
Die Fledermaus
» Ballet music (Act 2)
» Overture
Ritter Pasman (Knight Pasman), op.441

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Swan Lake, op.20
The Nutcracker, op.71
The Sleeping Beauty, op.66

Thomas, Ambroise

Hamlet
» Ballet music

Verdi, Giuseppe

Il trovatore
» Ballet Music, Act II

Weber, Carl Maria von

Aufforderung zum Tanze (Invitation to the Dance), op.65 J260

Artists

Nigel Kennedy (violin)
Jascha Silberstein (cello)
English Chamber Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Orchestre National de l’Opera de Monte Carlo

Conductor

Richard Bonynge

Works

Adam, Adolphe

Giselle
Le Corsaire
Le Diable a quatre (ballet)

Auber, Daniel

Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor
Gustave III
» Ballet Music
» Overture
Marco Spada

Berlioz, Hector

Les Troyens
» Ballet

Britten, Benjamin

Matinees Musicales (second suite after Rossini), op.24
Soirees musicales (first suite after Rossini), op.9

Burgmuller, Friedrich

La Peri

Chopin, Frederic

Les Sylphides

Delibes, Leo

Coppelia
La Source (composed with Minkus)
Sylvia

Donizetti, Gaetano

La favorita
» Ballet music

Drigo, Riccardo

La Flute magique

Gounod, Charles

Faust
» Ballet music

Handel, George Frideric

Alcina, HWV34
» Ballet music

Lecocq, Charles

La Fille de Madame Angot

Leoni, Franco

The Prayer and the Sword

Massenet, Jules

Cendrillon (Cinderella)
» Marche
Fantasy for cello and orchestra
Le Carillon
Manon
Scenes alsaciennes, 'Suite no.7'
Scenes dramatiques, 'Suite no.3'
Thais
» Meditation

Messager, Andre

The Two Pigeons (complete ballet)

Meyerbeer, Giacomo

Les Patineurs

Minkus, Ludwig

La Bayadere

Offenbach, Jacques

Le Papillon

Popper, David

Cello Concerto no.2 in E minor, op.24

Respighi, Ottorino

La Boutique fantasque (after Rossini), P120

Strauss II, Johann

An der schonen blauen Donau (On the beautiful blue Danube), op.314
Aschenbrodel (Cinderella)
Die Fledermaus
» Ballet music (Act 2)
» Overture
Ritter Pasman (Knight Pasman), op.441

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Swan Lake, op.20
The Nutcracker, op.71
The Sleeping Beauty, op.66

Thomas, Ambroise

Hamlet
» Ballet music

Verdi, Giuseppe

Il trovatore
» Ballet Music, Act II

Weber, Carl Maria von

Aufforderung zum Tanze (Invitation to the Dance), op.65 J260

Artists

Nigel Kennedy (violin)
Jascha Silberstein (cello)
English Chamber Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Orchestre National de l’Opera de Monte Carlo

Conductor

Richard Bonynge

About

Celebrating Richard Bonynge’s 90th birthday (29 September 2020) and his incredible ballet legacy on Decca, with a brand new edition that reads like an A-Z of the genre.

The release of this edition, coincides with a new book entitled ‘Chalet Monet – Inside the home of Dame Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge’ to be released worldwide this September.

45 CDs compiled by Cyrus Meher-Homji, a long-time friend of Richard Bonynge, including familiar scores by Tchaikovsky and Delibes alongside works revived by Maestro Bonynge throughout his career including works by Adam, Massenet, Minkus, Burgmüller, Auber and Offenbach.

Plus rare ballet music and dance sequences from the world of opera, including Donizetti, Gounod, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, Verdi and Berlioz, as well as the first release on CD of the overture to Die Fledermaus from Bonynge’s recording of ballet music arrangements of Johann Strauss.

Includes all Bonynge’s ‘ballet recital’ records, of which particular highlights include the ‘Méditation’ from Thaïs with the young Nigel Kennedy as solo violinist, and the Art of the Prima Ballerina anthology which was conceived by Bonynge and one of the reigning prima ballerinas of the 20th century, Dame Alice Markova.

Included by way of bonus are his recordings of cello concertos by composers otherwise known for their ballet scores (Massenet, Auber, Popper), and Bonynge’s vibrant recordings of Overtures and Entr’actes, as well as ‘opera-ballets’ from Faust, Il trovatore, Alcina and La favorita, which have only previously appeared as part of the complete opera sets.

2-piece box, 45 CDs, original jackets, 144pp perfect bound booklet with authoritative liner notes and synopses by Paul Westcott and Mark Pullinger. Newly commissioned illustrations alongside original illustrations from the original LP booklets.

Complete contents:

CD1
ADAM: Le Diable à Quatre
London Symphony Orchestra
LEONI Prayer & the Sword

CD2-3 ADAM: Giselle
Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte Carlo

CD4-5 ADAM: Giselle
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

CD6-7 ADAM: Le Corsaire
English Chamber Orchestra

CD8 AUBER: Marco Spada
London Symphony Orchestra

CD9 AUBER: Gustave III – Overture & Ballet Music; Cello Concerto
English Chamber Orchestra

CD10 BURGMÜLLER: La Péri
London Symphony Orchestra

CD11
CHOPIN: Les Sylphides; THOMAS: Hamlet – ballet music
The National Philharmonic Orchestra
VERDI: Trovatore ballet music
London Symphony Orchestra

CD12-13 DELIBES: Coppélia + Favourite Overtures of the 19th Century
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD14-15 DELIBES: Coppélia + French Opera Overtures
The National Philharmonic Orchestra

CD16-17 DELIBES: Sylvia
The National Philharmonic Orchestra

CD18 MASSENET: Scènes Alsaciennes et Dramatiques; Cendrillon Marche; Fantasy for Cello & Orchestra*
*Jascha Silberstein, The National Philharmonic Orchestra

CD19 MASSENET: Cigale; Valse tres lente; Le Cid
The National Philharmonic Orchestra

CD20-21 MASSENET: Manon
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Le Carillon
The National Philharmonic Orchestra

CD22
MASSENET: Thais Meditation; BERLIOZ: Les Troyens Ballet music; WEBER: L’invitation a la valse; LECOCQ: La Fille de de Madame Angot*; DONIZETTI: La Favorita – ballet music
The National Philharmonic Orchestra
* Nigel Kennedy


CD23 MESSAGER: Les Deux pigeons
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera

CD24-25
MINKUS/DELIBES: La Source; DRIGO: La Flûte Magique
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

CD26-27
MINKUS-LANCHBERY: La Bayadère; GOUNOD: Faust Ballet Music
English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra

CD28
OFFENBACH: Le Papillon
London Symphony Orchestra
POPPER: Cello Concerto
Jascha Silberstein, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD29-30 J STRAUSS II: Aschenbrodel; Ritter Pasman; Le Beau Danube; Bal de Vienne; Overture Die Fledermaus
The National Philharmonic Orchestra

CD31-32
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker; HANDEL: Alcina Ballet Act 2; ROSSINI/RESPIGHI : La Boutique fantasque; BRITTEN: Soirées musicales suite; Matinées musicales
The National Philharmonic Orchestra

CD33-34 TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake
The National Philharmonic Orchestra

CD35-37 TCHAIKOVSKY: The Sleeping Beauty
The National Philharmonic Orchestra

CD38-39 Art of the Prima Ballerina
London Symphony Orchestra

CD40-41 Homage to Pavlova
London Symphony Orchestra

CD42
Pas de Deux
London Symphony Orchestra
MEYERBEER : Les Patineurs
London Symphony Orchestra

CD43 Ballet Music & Entr’actes from French Opera
London Symphony Orchestra

CD44-45 Ballet Gala
English Chamber Orchestra

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