Scene from: Great Pas de Deux
Composer: Rachmaninov, Britten, Khachaturian, Prokofiev
Conductor:
The most passionate and poignant moments in all ballet danced by some of its greatest exponents
Warner Music Entertainment/ NVC ARTS present a superb collection of stunning pas de deux, from many of the best-loved classical ballets, featuring some of the most celebrated partnerships of recent times. The collection includes some great performances in classic productions, including Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev in Le Corsaire, Lesley Collier and Anthony Dowell in The Nutcracker, Alessandra Ferri and Wayne Eagling in Romeo and Juliet, Natalya Bessmertnova and Irek Mukhamedov in Spartacus, Cynthia Harvey and Mikhail Baryshnikov in Don Quixote.
Several of the world's leading ballet companies are featured, including The Royal Ballet, The Kirov Ballet, The Bolshoi Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. The collection also includes a pas de deux from Adventures in Motion Pictures' Swan Lake, danced by Adam Cooper and Scott Ambler.
Some of the complete ballets from which these pas de deux are taken have been re-released by Warner Music Entertainment / NVC ARTS. These include: The Royal Ballet's La Fille mal gardée, The Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet; The Kirov Ballet's Giselle and The Sleeping Beauty; The Bolshoi Ballet's Spartacus and The American Ballet Theatre's Don Quixote.
Contents:
Maria Bylova and Leonid Nikonov / The Bolshoi Ballet
SPRING WATERS Recorded at London's Battersa Pavillion, August 1986
Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev / The Royal Ballet
LE CORSAIRE (Licensed by British Home Entertainments) Recorded in 1965
Darcey Bussell and Jonathan Cope / The Royal Ballet
THE PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS Recorded in April 1990
Adam Cooper and Scott Ambler / Adventures in Motion Pictures
SWAN LAKE Recorded in March 1996
Alessandra Ferri and Wayne Eagling / The Royal Ballet
ROMEO AND JULIET Recorded in August 1984
Lesley Collier and Anthony Dowell / The Royal Ballet
THE NUTCRACKER Recorded in January 1985
Jennifer Penney and Anthony Dowell / The Royal Ballet
MANON Recorded in January 1982
Yulia Makhalina and Igor Zelensky / The Kirov Ballet
SWAN LAKE Recorded in December 1990
Natalia Makarova and Anthony Dowell
A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY Recorded at Elstree Studios in August 1985
Altynai Asylmuratova and Yvgeny Neff / The Kirov Ballet
LE CORSAIRE Recorded in April 1989
Irek Mukhamedov and Natalya Bessmertnova / The Bolshoi Ballet
SPARTACUS Recorded in January 1984
Irina Kolpakova and Sergei Berezhnoi / The Kirov Ballet
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Recorded in November 1982
Cynthia Harvey and Mikhail Baryshnikov / American Ballet Theatre
DON QUIXOTE Recorded in June 1983
Catalogue: 0630187722