· Facsimile reissue of the original RCA Victor LDS 6065
· Gatefold Double LP Set DeLuxe Edition
· Full size inner 24-page booklet
· Limited numbered edition of 500 copies
Format: 2-LP / 12" / 33rpm / LIVING STEREO
Label: BLUE MOON
Catalogue Reference: BMLP 101
Recording Year: 1957
Country of Pressing: SPAIN
Comments: Sealed New Copy
Cover Grade: MINT
Vinyl Grade: MINT
THE ROYAL BALLET Gala Performances
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Under the Direction of Ernest Ansermet
Side A
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (Excerpts)
- March
- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
- Arabian Dance (Coffee)
- Chinese Dance (Tea)
- Dance of the Mirlitons
- Waltz of the Flowers
Gioacchino Rossini: La Boutique Fantasque (Excerpts)
- Tarantella
- Andantino mosso
- Can-Can
Side B
Léo Delibes: Coppélia (Excerpts)
- Act 1: Prelude — Mazurka
- Introduction and Waltz
- Czardas (Danse hongroise)
- Act 2: Valse de la poupee
Adolphe Charles Adam: Giselle (Excerpts)
- Act 1: Introduction and Waltz
- Act 2: Pas de deux and Variation
Side C
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts)
- Act 2: Scene (moderato)
- Danse des petits cygnes (moderato)
- Scene – Pas de deux (Charles Taylor, solo violin)
- Valse
Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9 (Excerpts)
Orchestration Glazunov, Rimsky-Korsakov
- Pierrot
- Reconnaissance
- Pantalon et Colombine
- Aveu
Side D
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66a (Excerpts)
- IIntroduction: Prologue — The Lilac Fairy
- Act 1: Rose Adagio
- Pas d’action – Valse
Frédéric Chopin: Les Sylphides (Excerpts)
Orchestration Roy Douglas
- Overture: Prelude in A, Op. 28 No. 7
- Mazurka in C, Op. 67, No. 3
- Grande Valse Brillante in E-flat, Op. 18
Recorded in London's Kings Way Hall in 1957 by Kenneth Wilkinson
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