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On www.youtube.com there is extensive footage of a live 1973 Bolshoi performance in Tokyo of "Spartacus" starring Vasiliev and Maximova. The video quality is iffy, but the historical importance of the performance and the excellence of the dancing overall make it well worth watching. Vasiliev and Maximova are gorgeous together.

Go to www.youtube.com and in the Search field enter any combination of Vasiliev Spartacus 1973.

I love this film but loved even more the live performances in 1969 at the Royal Opera House when the roars at the end of each act must surely have equalled any of those at the Rome Coliseum of old.

Leonid,

Where have you seen footage of the 1969 performance at the Royal Opera House?

On www.youtube.com there is extensive footage of a live 1973 Bolshoi performance in Tokyo of "Spartacus" starring Vasiliev and Maximova. The video quality is iffy, but the historical importance of the performance and the excellence of the dancing overall make it well worth watching. Vasiliev and Maximova are gorgeous together.

Go to www.youtube.com and in the Search field enter any combination of Vasiliev Spartacus 1973.

I need a recommendation for a CD of Strauss's Dance Of The Seven Veils. Thank you!

Is this the same Gayane film which excerpts can be found in VAI's Khachaturian documentary?

Can someone jog my memory? What is the name of the tall, elegant gymnast nicknamed The Belorussian Swan?

This is disappointing news and I hope Diana makes a speedy recovery. At least I'll get to see Nina dance live for the first time.

With Diana out, can we get our tickets refunded at the box office?

Does the Suzanne Farrell Ballet ever come to the NY Metro area?

Does anyone know who will dance Gamzatti tonight opposite Dvorovenko?

Dvorovenko's Odile in ABT's Swan Lake last Summer.

Vishneva's Juliet at the same

My acquisition of Romeo & Juliet DVD with Maximova & Vasiliev!

I'm sure they are many New York ballet fans who attended one of (if not the first) exhibit of the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute devoted to the Ballets Russes. I remember the first costume I saw was a gold close fitting tunic and headdress for Firebird; that's my most vivid memory of the show. Does anyone know if the Museum published a book for this exhibit?

Thank you, Phenby, for this information.

I'm looking for a performance of the complete D&C that is lush, opulent and with a virtuosic orchestra. Which recording would you suggest that has all these qualities? Last Fall I heard Levine and the Boston Symphony perform this piece at Carnegie Hall and it was so stunningly beautiful that it still rings in my ears.

Thank you!

At least 36 commercial recordings of the complete Daphnis et Chloé have appeared in the last 55 years. All but 2 have been issued on Compact Disc.

Antal Dorati & Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra [lp only] mono

Ernest Ansermet & l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (1st recording) mono

Désiré-Emil Inghelbrecht & l'Orchestre du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées mono

Charles Munch & Boston Symphony Orchestra (1st recording)

Pierre Monteux & London Symphony

Manuel Rosenthal & l'Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris

Charles Munch & Boston Symphony Orchestra (2nd recording)

Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic

André Cluytens & l'Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

Ernest Ansermet & l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (2nd recording)

Pierre Monteux & Concertgebouw Orchestra

Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos & New Philharmonia Orchestra [lp only]

Lorin Maazel & Cleveland Orchestra

Seiji Ozawa & Boston Symphony Orchestra

Charles Dutoit & Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Boulez & New York Philharmonic

Jean Martinon & l'Orchestre de Paris

Eduardo Mata & Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Gennady Rozhdestvensky & Moscow Radio Symphony

André Previn & London Symphomy

Simon Rattle & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Claudio Abbado & London Symphony

Bernard Haitink & Boston Symphony

Eliahu Inbal & l'Orchestre National de France

Yan Pascal Tortelier & Ulser Orchester

Gerard Schwarz & Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Boulez & Berliner Philharmoniker

Yoël Levi & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Ricardo Chailly & Concertgebouw Orchestra

Kent Nagano & London Symphony

Michael Gielen & SWR Symphony Orchestra

Michael Schønwandt & Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester

Myung-Whun Chung & l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France

Laurent Petitgirard & l'Orchestre-National Bordeaux Aquitaine

Two further pendants: Ravel himself prepared the requisite piano score of Daphnis to be used for rehearsals.

This has been recorded complete by the pianist Clair-Marie Le Guay.

A version of Daphnis rearranged for synthesizer (!) has been recorded by the artist Tomita.

As for recommendations. I don't know the Levi, Gielen, Schønwandt, and Tomita performances.

For the remainder I would stay away from Bernstein, Rozhdestvensky, and Schwarz. The others I would rate from good to excellent.

Monteux is a frequent recommendation: he premiered the work with the Diaghilev Ballets Russes and knew its measure better than any,

but his two recordings, though good, are sonically dated. For a new listener I would go with two of the more recent:

Chung on DGG or Petitgirard on Naxos if you're on a tighter budget. The difference in sound makes an appreciable difference.

PHENBY

Is there a CD of the complete Daphnis & Chloe available and, if so, how would you rate the recording? Thank you!

I just read on Yahoo News that Paul Scofield has died of leukemia. My parents saw him on Broadway in ' A Man For All Seasons' and my Dad always remembered how Scofield's Sir Thomas More brought tears to his eyes. We are so fortunate to have at least some of his genius captured on film. Not only 'A Man For All Seasons' but also 'The Crucible' in which he was especially good. He will be sorely missed and may he rest in peace.

How many videos of Robbins's Afternoon of A Faun does the NY Public Library have available for viewing? Which one is especially good?

Is this the one with Maris Liepa as Von Rothbart?

Favorites:

Diamonds

Emeralds

Tchaikovsky PDD

Spartacus Act I

White/Black Swan PDD

Robbins: Afternoon of a Faun

Robbins: Other Dances

Plisetskaya in Shuraleh

Dislikes

Grand Pas Classique: lots of razzle dazzle but emotionally dead.

Does anyone know anyone who will be attending her funeral at the Bolshoi on Friday?

This is such sad news. I love her Raymonda and find myself playing it over and over again. Hope the NY Times gives her a great obit tomorrow.

I ws so excited when my Kirov 1977 La Baydere arrived on Thursday. How wonderful it is to finally have this on DVD. Komleva's wonderful Nikiya, Terekhova's brilliant Gamzatti, the exquisite corps work, especially in The Kingdom of The Shades.

Has anyone else received their Bayadere?

Has anyone received an update from Amazon on the delivery of Raymonda? My account says delivery on or about 12/26 but no disc in sight.

Does anyone know if Dvorovenko will dance Bayadere in ABT's 2008 Spring Season?

A heads up for all those who ordered this on Amazon. I got a notice from Amazon that the dvd won't be shipped until after Dec. 25th.

Does anyone have opinions of the 1980 video of Alonso and Vasiliev dancing 'Giselle"?

Thanks for the heads up Natalia!