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“The Royal Ballet Gala Performances”. Ernest Ansermet conducts Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Recorded 1957 in Kingsway Hall, London (Michael Williamson, producer; Kenneth Wilkinson, engineer); released 1959 on RCA Victor Living Stereo. The current 180g-vinyl remastering is by Bernie Grundman for Analogue Productions on five 45rpm LPs. ***Superb in every, any & all particulars***.
Violin solos are credited to Charles Taylor, ROH Orchestra leader.
ROH music director in 1957 was Rafael Kubelík.
Contents for original LPs:
Nutcracker Suite
A1 March
A2 Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
A3 Arabian Dance
A4 Chinese Dance
A5 Dance Of The Toy Flutes
A6 Waltz Of The Flowers
La Boutique Fantasque
A7 Tarantella
A8 Andante Mosso
A9 Can-Can
Coppelia
B1 Introduction (Allegro Marcato) And Mazurka – Act 1
B2 Introduction (Andante ) And Waltz – Act 1
B3 Czardas – Act 1
B4 Valse De La Poupee – Act 2
Giselle
B5 Introduction And Waltz – Act 1
B6 Pas De Deux And Variation – Act 2
Swan Lake
C1 Dance Of The Little Swans (Pas De Quatre) – Act 2
C2 Pas De Deux – Act 2
C3 Waltz – Act 2
Carnaval
C4 Pierror
C5 Reconnaissance
C6 Aveu
C7 Pantalon Et Columbine
Sleeping Beauty
D1 Introduction – The Lilac Fairy – Prologue
D2 Rose Adagio – Pase D’Action – Act 1
D3 Waltz – Act 1
Les Sylphides
D4 Overture: Prelude In A Major, Opus 28, No. 7
D5 Mazurka In C Major, Opus 67, No. 3
D6 Grande Valse Brillante In E Flat Major, Opus 18