Tchaikovsky: The Ballets - DVD

ENGLISH

Tchaikovsky: The Ballets (OA0984BD)<br /> <br /> Anthony Dowell (Drosselmeyer); Alina Cojocaru (Clara Stahlbaum); Nathalie Nordquist (Odette); Anders Nordström (Prince Siegfried); Sofiane Sylve (Aurora); Gaël Lambiotte (Prince); The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; The Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra; Holland Symfonia; Evgenii Svetlanov; Michel Quéval; Ermanno Florio<br /> <br /> Bringing together all of Tchaikovsky's ballets in an attractive box set, this four DVD collection includes Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and The Sleeping Beauty.<br /> Here performed by the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm, Swan Lake is one of the most popular ballets in the world. Choreographer Sir Peter Wright has set this production as a romantic Gothic tragedy, with sumptuous costumes and sets honouring the 1895 Petipa/Ivanov original.<br /> Tchaikovsky's unforgettable score for The Nutcracker combines magical choreography with an atmosphere of fantasy and the supernatural. Hoffman's Christmas story unfolds with breathtaking splendour in this truly spectacular Royal Ballet production from London's Covent Garden.<br /> The Sleeping Beauty is acknowledged as the most pure and demanding piece in the classic romantic repertoire. Here performed by The Dutch National Ballet, and choreographed by Sir Peter Wright, the Baroque sets and costumes add glamour and grandeur to the sparkling virtuosity of the work. The staging sensitively reflects the original work of Marius Petipa - regarded as the most<br /> influential choreographer ever.<br /> <br /> "Nobility and refinement in a unique production...With it’s lush sets and costumes, and the gold covered glittering castle, The Sleeping Beauty is still the most beautiful thing ever to appear on Dutch stages." (NRC Handelsblad)<br /> <br /> "Dazzling Sleeping Beauty!...Sylve has everything for the role of Aurora…Together with Gaël Lambiotte she forms the ideal pair. He is a fantastic partner, supporting and<br /> stimulating, and, above all, radiating aristocratic allure in his astounding solo’s..." (De Telegraaf)<br /> <br /> "Peter Wright's production is gloriously traditional, brilliantly choreographed, lavishly spectacular...The camera is always in the right place and Tchaikovsky's miraculously inspired score, of which one never tires, is marvellously played..." (The Penguin Guide - The Nutcracker)<br /> <br /> "The Royal Swedish Ballet's Swan Lake, recorded on 24 May 2002, is elegant and sumptuous, inventively choroeographed and beautifully staged by Sir Peter Wright and Galina Samsova, with particularly splendid sets and costumes." (The Penguin Guide )<br /> <br /> "...outstandingly performed under Michel Queval’s baton – and that’s just the start...staging, choreography and dancing (by both corps de ballet and soloists) are all excellent…yet another superb Opus Arte release." (Classic fM)