Solor Posted November 18, 2002 Share Posted November 18, 2002 I was asking about the Drigo ballet "The Magic Flute" in an earlier thread that was included on a box set that I got called "Fete du ballet"......also in the set is parts of Drigos ballet "The Awakening of Flora" that I beleive he did with Petipa. Ive become quite fascinated with obscure old ballets recently and this one is anoter that I have not heard much of. there is a CD called "Homage a la Pavlova" that also includes a number from the ballet...Drigos score is probably one of the most beautiful peices Ive ever heard. To think he is dismissed by people as a bad copmposer is a crime!! I was just wondering if anyone knew some details about this ballet, and if any of it has survived in performance. BTW - are there any ballets by Drigo that have survived besides Halequinade or corsaire pas etc? Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted November 18, 2002 Share Posted November 18, 2002 "Reveil de Flore" isn't about in whole form anywhere that I know of, but what's about is selections which are plugged into various divertissements like the "Paquita" grand pas glosses that are good soloist showcases. And Drigo isn't reviled as a bad composer. He's acknowledged as a competent composer of light music like salon music. He's in with composers like Cecile Chaminade and Eric Coates - they have their audiences too. Of other Drigos, all we can do is hope that the aggressive actions of the Mariinsky in regularizing the cataloguing of their archival assets reveals more. I feel that there is probably much more there. Link to comment
Solor Posted November 18, 2002 Author Share Posted November 18, 2002 Thanks BTW....you always know alot and I appreciate you sharing your knowledge! Yes I do hope the Kirov assembles up all of thier surviving Petipa repretiore one day. It would be nice if they had a gala of some sort with nothing but the surviving peices from those days. Drigo always reminded me Chopin.....their music is so decorative and melodious you wonder where they got all those ideas for all of thier brilliant melodies! Link to comment
Paquita Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 The music for Cranko's Onegin is a mix of lesser known Tchaikovsky works rather than the opera music. I recognized several pieces from The Seasons (overture, Olga and Lensky pdd, Lensky's Act II solo, etc.), but I was wondering where the rest of the ballet score comes from? The program (for the recent NBoC performances) didn't give any information about the music, except that it was composed by Tchaikovsky. Any info would be much appreciated! Link to comment
Paquita Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 I just found this very useful link describing the score: http://www.national.ballet.ca/Productions/...oneginMusic.php Now I feel silly replying to my own question... Any other insights are still welcome though! Link to comment
djb Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 No insights here. I was just wondering whether many Ballet Talkers are familiar with the Tchaikovsky opera "Evgeny (Eugene) Onegin." I never saw the ballet "Onegin" live, just the video of the National Ballet of Canada performing it, with Sabina Allemann (sigh!) as Tatiana. I have to admit, I was initially disappointed to learn that music from the opera wasn't used, as my favorite Tchaikovsky waltz is from the opera. Link to comment
silvy Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Do you know of any good recording of Paquita's Grand pas at performance speed? It should include the "harp" variation and the others. Thanks Silvy Link to comment
Marc Haegeman Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Again, as with the Don Q, Silvy, I would advise the soundtrack of a video recording (take the Kirov-Paquita with Makhalina/Zelensky) - which you probably already tried . Link to comment
silvy Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Yes- you are right!! I am actually using Makhalina's music when i dance the "harp". But what will happen when the cassette is gone and everything is on CD? Is is possible to record music from video into a CD? Don't know!! Link to comment
Marc Haegeman Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 This Paquita is available on DVD. But if you haven't a DVD-player yet, you can record the sound of the videotape onto your computer and make a CD-recording from there. Maybe not the easiest way, but it can be done. Link to comment
silvy Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Marc, I need some explanation on DVD technology - I am not very well acquainted with it, since I still do not have a DVD player How would you use the music available in DVD (such as the "Paquita") to be played on a CD player? Would I need to make a copy from the DVD tape, or is it the same DVD tape which is inserted in the CD player? Sorry for the question Silvy Link to comment
Marc Haegeman Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Silvy, the DVD is a disc just like the CD, same size, same appearance, only able to contain more information. DVD-players usually play DVD and CD. so if you have the DVD, there's no more need to transfer the sound to a CD. Link to comment
silvy Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Another question: and what happens if your CD player is not a new one? Will it still be able to read that DVD and play the music? (mine dates from 1995) Sorry for so many questions!!!!! silvy Link to comment
Marc Haegeman Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Careful: DVD players can play all formats, including CD. Yet CD-players cannot play DVDs. CD-players only play CDs. Link to comment
silvy Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Ok thanks - all doubts cleared now!!!!!! Silvy Link to comment
Dansuer85 Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 Looking for a CD with the music of the Pas de trois from Le corsiare. All searches I have done, like on amazon, they are all out of stock, another words not in print anymore. If you know of anywhere that has this, I would much appreciate the information. Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 Do you mean the pas de deux à trois commonly danced as only a pas de deux? Link to comment
Dansuer85 Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 It's the pas de trios from ABT's version. I know the re-arragned alot of stuff in the version shown on PBS in '99. I was looking for the pas de trios music so as to use it in a show. Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 OK, but that still doesn't answer my question. When does it occur? Which characters are involved? Link to comment
Dansuer85 Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 Sorry, this is a questions of a friends and I was just giving the info I know. Im almost 100% sure it's 3 girls though. Where it occurs in the ballet Im not sure! Link to comment
ballet-a-holic Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 (edited) I am aware which one you are discussing- are they with the slave girls (referring to the PBS 1999 ABT version)? If so, I am not sure where to get a copy, maybe amazon.com or borders.com? I also believe there is a post discussing the music, too, so it may discuss where to get one. There is a website I came across while searching for a classical piece and it has many classical recordings. The website is iclassics.com. I hope that was at least a little helpful. Edited January 17, 2004 by ballet-a-holic Link to comment
Dansuer85 Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Well, she tried amazon and not able to find anything. Thanks for the help though. Will try iclassics. Link to comment
ballet-a-holic Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 You are welcome. Hope it works out! Link to comment
Guest Kathleen Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 I have a recording of the full length La Bayadere that it is missing a short section of music in the 1st Act, Scene 3 when Nikiya is dancing at the betrothal of Gamzetti and Solor. It is the fast section that happens after she has received the basket but before she is bitten by the snake. In two Video recordings of this ballet the music is present but not on my CD (the label is DECCA and performed by the English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge). I have searched for other versions of music and have only come up with 2nd Act music. I have even listened to other ballets by Minkus (Don Q, Paquita, La Source) thinking that it may have beeen lifted from another ballet. Does anyone have any knowledge of where this section of music originated or if there are any other recordings of 1st Act La Bayadere other than the one I mentioned? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kathleen Link to comment
rg Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 there is only one recording of BAYADERE comlete(?) that i'm aware of, i.e. the one you have. this 'rousing' coda to nikiya's dance in 'the death of the bayadere' scene has been retained by stagers of the 'restored' BAYADERE for the Maryinsky in 2002, making one suspect that these individuals feel the dance and it's music to be part of the 'original' (or at the least the 1900 petipa-supervised) version of the ballet. (something tells me that somewhere around the time of this staging mention was made of this music and its dance, but i can't now say for sure if i rem. correctly.) the bonynge recording o'course is for makarova's staging of the ballet, in her 1980 reworking of what she knew from the kirov. until a full russian recording comes on the market i fear the only way to hear this music is on the video recordings made of the kirov's production (or any others that include this music and dance - if mem. serves vinogradov's version for the Korean Universal Ballet uses it, and it might be available on a Universal Ballet tape.) perhaps others here know more about the date and origin of the music. i don't know if it came into the production for the 1900 revival or earlier. Link to comment
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