Adam - Giselle (complete ballet) ~ Offenbach - Gaîté Parisienne ~ Strauss Graduation Ball / Fistoulari, Dorati

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Giselle is the first of the great "classical" ballets, which is a bit confusing because all of the classical ballets date from the romantic period. What "classical" means in this context is a full-length theater piece in several acts that tells a coherent story. There were only two countries where this sort of entertainment became popular--France and Russia, and the great composers of classical ballet were, accordingly, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Prokofiev, Adam, and Delibes. Of course, there were many others, but they don't get played that often, for good reason. Giselle is a typical "fairy tale" ballet full of good tunes and nice, strong dance rhythms. It's not as great as Delibes or Tchaikovsky, but taken on its own terms, it's a good listen. This performance makes the music shine. --David Hurwitz

Adam - Giselle (complete ballet) ~ Offenbach - Gaîté Parisienne ~ Strauss Graduation Ball / Fistoulari, Dorati, Music, Adolphe Adam, Antal Dorati, Jacques Offenbach, Anatole Fistoulari, Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Johann Strauss II, Ballet, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Romantic Ballet

Average customer rating: London Symphony Orchestra is the best in the world! Adolphe Adam: Giselle One of the finest recordings of Giselle The best version of Giselle I have ever heard The first great ballet

Adolphe Adam: Music from 'Giselle' Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (complete ballet); Wolfgang Sawallisch; Philadelphia Orchestra Delibes: Coppélia (complete in three acts) / La Source (suites) Famous Ballet Music ~ Gaîté Parisienne, The Sleeping Beauty, Coppélia, Les Sylphides / von Karajan, Berlin PO Adam - Giselle / Carla Fracci, Erik Bruhn, John Lanchbery, American Ballet Theatre Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty ASIN: B0000026GQ Release Date: 1991-12-05

Tracks:

1. Giselle: Acte 1: Introduction
2. Giselle: Joyful Entrance Of The Grape-Pickers
3. Giselle: Albrecht Enters, Accompanied By His Squire Wilfried
4. Giselle: Albrecht Is Left Alone
5. Giselle: Love Scene: Giselle And Albrecht Exchange Their Love-Vows
6. Giselle: The Grape Pickers Return
7. Giselle: Valse (Danse genarale)
8. Giselle: Pas de deux (Giselle et Albrecht)
9. Giselle: The Hunt
10. Giselle: The Grape-Pickers March
11. Giselle: Variation de Giselle
12. Giselle: Galop general
13. Giselle: Hilarion Rushes Into The Crowd
14. Giselle: Scene Of Delirium
15. Giselle: Scene de folie
16. Giselle: La memoire lui revient - Elle meurt
17. Giselle: Acte II: Introduction
18. Giselle: Hilarion Finds Giselle's Grave
19. Giselle: Myrtha Makes her Ghostly Appearance
20. Giselle: Myrtha Plucks A Branch Of Rosemary
21. Giselle: Apparition Of Giselle
22. Giselle: The Wilis Are Startled By Sounds Of Men Approaching And Hide - Albrecht Enters
23. Giselle: Albrecht Perceives The Spectre Of Giselle
24. Giselle: Pas de deux
25. Giselle: Pas de deux
26. Giselle: Scene de Wilis; Entree d'Hilarion
27. Giselle: The Wilis Notice Albrecht
28. Giselle: Grand Pas de deux
29. Giselle: Grand Pas de deux
30. Giselle: Variation d'Albrecht
31. Giselle: Variation de Giselle
32. Giselle: Ensemble des Wilis
33. Giselle: Finale

Customer Reviews:

London Symphony Orchestra is the best in the world!.......2006-07-20

Adolphe Adam: Giselle.......2006-02-25

One of the finest recordings of Giselle.......2004-03-09

The best version of Giselle I have ever heard.......2003-01-04

The first great ballet.......2002-09-15

Average customer rating: Greatest Collection of Classical I have. This is not a good digital recording

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1. Canon In D Major - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
2. Piano Concerto No.21 'Elvira Madigan': Andante - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
3. Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
4. Madame Butterfly: Un bel di - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
5. Romeo And Juliet: Fantasy Overture - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
6. Polovstian Dances 8 And 17: Prince Igor - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
7. Tristan And Isolde: Overture - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
8. Symphony No.3, 'Organ': Poco adagio - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS

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1. Air For The 'G' String - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Moonlight Sonata: Adagio sostenuto - Dubravka Tomsic
3. Swan Lake: Suite - Scene: Enchanted Lake - London Festival Orchestra
4. Piano Concerto No.2: Adagio sostenuto - Garrison Kent
5. Clair de lune - Anna Lelkes
6. Aida: Celeste, Aida - Jose Perez
7. La Boheme: Che gelida manina - Jose Perez
8. Symphony No.9, 'From The World': Largo - Berlin Symphony Orchestra
9. Martha: Ach, so Fromm - Jose Perez
10. The Planets, Op.32: Venus (The Bringer Of Peace) - Dallas Symphony Orchestra
11. Bolero - Radio Symphony Orchestra

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1. 'Peer Gynt' Suite: Morning Song - Slavonic Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Xerxes: Largo - London Festival Orchestra
3. Piano Concerto No.20: Romance - Svetlana Stanceva
4. The Nutcracker Suite: Arabian Dance - Berlin Festival Orchestra
5. Pavan - London Festival Orchestra
6. The Afternoon Of A Faun: Prelude - London Festival Orchestra
7. Giselle: Adagio: Waltz - Philharmonia Orchestra Of London
8. The Carnival Of The Animals: The Swan - London Festival Orchestra
9. Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Romanze: Andante - Camerata Academica
10. The Tales Of Hoffman: Barcarolle - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
11. Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo - London Festival Orchestra
12. Daphnis And Chloe - Slavonic Philharmonic Orchestra

Tracks:

1. The Sleeping Beauty Suite: Pas d'action: Andante - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
2. Scheherazade: The Young Prince And Young Princess - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
3. Clarinet Concerto In A Major: Adagio - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
4. On The Beautiful, Blue Danube - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
5. Dawn Until Noon On The Sea: La Mer - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
6. Carmen: Intermezzo - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
7. Carmen: Seguidilla - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
8. Carmen: Habanera - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
9. Carmen: Nocturne - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
10. Carmina Buraba: Omnia sol temperat - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
11. Carmina Buraba: Amor volat undique - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
12. Carmina Buraba: Dies, nox et omnia - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS
13. Symphony No.6, 'Pathetique': Adagio lamentoso: Andante - CLASSICS FOR LOVERS

Customer Reviews:

Greatest Collection of Classical I have........2006-12-14

This is not a good digital recording.......1999-07-27

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1. Solomon: Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
2. The Four Seasons: Autumn: Allegro
3. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral': Allegro Ma Non Troppo
4. Symphony No.41 'Jupiter': Menuetto Allegro
5. Fair At Sorochintsy: Gopak
6. La Gioconda: Dance Of The Hours
7. Carnival Of The Animals: Aquarium
8. La Mer: Play Of The Waves
9. Humoresque
10. Sheep May Safely Graze
11. Masques Et Bergamasques: Ouverture
12. The Gadfly: Barrel-Organ Waltz
13. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra: Fugue
14. Symphony No.104 'London': Allegro Finale

Tracks:

1. Orpheus In The Underworld: Can-Can
2. William Tell: Overture
3. Four Overtures: Rakoczy March
4. Perpetual Motion: A Musical Joke
5. Pizzicato Polka
6. Minute Waltz
7. Concerto For Two Horns: Vivace
8. Pomp And Circumstance
9. Parade Of The Sandwich Board Men
10. Thunderbird Suite: Wolf Song
11. Indian Scenes: On The Jocko
12. Lieutenant Kije
13. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Allegro
14. Radetzky March
15. The Tale Of The Tsar Sultan: Flight Of The Bumblebee
16. Die Walkure: Ride Of The Walkyries
17. The Bartered Bride: Dance Of The Comedians

Tracks:

1. Gayane: Sabre Dance
2. Carmen Suite: March Of The Toreadors
3. Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 In D Minor (Excerpt)
4. Suite No.2: Badinerie
5. Fireworks Music: Allegro Finale
6. Children's Corner Suite: Golliwog's Cake Walk
7. Parade Of The Tin Soldiers
8. Carnival Of The Animals: Fossils
9. Sleeping Beauty: Sleeping Beauty Waltz
10. Giselle: Allegro
11. Giselle: Gallop
12. Peter And The Wolf: Peter In The Meadow/The Bird
13. Pictures At An Exhibition: Ballet Of The Chickens
14. Masquerade: Gallop
15. Sylvia: Pizzicato
16. Italian Polka
17. The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance
18. Shepherd's Hey
19. Emperor Waltz
20. Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King
21. A Night In The Tropics: Festa Criolla
22. Hungarian Dance No.5

Customer Reviews:

Listen,Learn, & Grow: Playtime.......2007-05-14

Grandkids love it!.......2007-01-03

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in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000000BH5 Release Date: 1997-06-24

Tracks:

1. The Four Seasons: Allegro From 'The Spring'
2. Divermento No.1: Allegro
3. Moonlight Sonata: Adagio sostenuto
4. Love Dreams
5. Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
6. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
7. Piano Concerto No.2: Adagio sostenuto
8. The Tales Of Hoffmann: Barcarolle
9. The Merry Widow: Vilya, Oh Vilya
10. Swan Lake: Waltz
11. Giselle: Adagio; Waltz
12. La Boheme: Che gelida manina (What A Cold, Little Hand)
13. Excerpt From 'On The Beautiful, Blue Danube'

Tracks:

1. 'Brandenburg' Concerto No.5: Allegro
2. Canon In D
3. Orchestral Suite No.2: Minuet And Badinerie
4. Allegro For Brass
5. Violin ConcertoNo.3: Allegro
6. Impromptu In A Flat Major
7. Peer Gynt: Dawn
8. Orpheus In The Underworld: Can-Can
9. The Merry Widow: I'll Go To Maxime's
10. Serenade For Strings: Waltz
11. La Boheme: Musetta'a Waltz: Quando me'n vo' (When I Go Out In Public)
12. Tritsch, Tratsch Polka
13. Pavan For A Dead Princess
14. Solace - Robert Strickland

Tracks:

1. Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Allegro
2. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: Allegro
3. The Fairy Queen' Symphony: Largo
4. Rondo alla Turca
5. Clarinet Concerto: Allegro
6. Fur Elise
7. The Barber Of Seville: Overture
8. Eugene Onegin: Waltz
9. Voices Of Spring
10. Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Oh, My Dear Papa)
11. 'Sylvia' Ballet Suite
12. Trois Gymnopedies: Lent et douloureux
13. Rhapsody In Blue: Finale

Tracks:

1. Symphony No. 40: Molto Allegro
2. 'The Four Seasons - The Fall': Allegro
3. Arioso For Brass
4. Horn Concerto No. 2: Rondo
5. Clarinet Concerto: Adagio
6. 'Egmont': Overture
7. Musical Moment No. 3
8. Consolation
9. 'The Sleeping Beauty': Pas D'action: Andante
10. 'La Belle Helene': Overture
11. Symphony No. 5: Waltz
12. 'Madama Butterfly': Un bel di (One Fine Day)
13. Clair de lune
14. 'The Bartered Bride' Overture - Festival Symphony Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

Just add coffee........1999-11-27

Average customer rating: Remastering helps Terrific Tchaikovsky & Some Lesser Known Gems

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Adam: Giselle; Meyerbeer: The Skaters Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66; Rossini-Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque (The Magic Toy Shop) Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Excerpts); Adam: Giselle; Meyerbeer: Les Patineurs Adolphe Adam: Music from 'Giselle' Legends Of The Fall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ASIN: B00008PXA6 Release Date: 2003-04-01

Customer Reviews:

Remastering helps.......2003-12-13

Terrific Tchaikovsky & Some Lesser Known Gems.......2003-07-19

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Ballet Favorites Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Delibes, Léo | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Falla | Falla, Manuel de | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gliere, Reinhold | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kabalevsky | Kabalevsky, Dmitri | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Khachaturian | Khachaturian, Aram | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Offenbach | Offenbach, Jacques | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Shostakovich | Shostakovich, Dmitri | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Cincinnati Pops | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00063IQVQ Release Date: 2004-10-26

Tracks:

1. Fanfare
2. Finale: Grand Valse Brilliante, Op. 18
3. Waltz
4. Cortege De Bacchus
5. Grand Pas De Deux
6. Waltz Of The Flowers
7. Sabre Dance
8. Grand Pas De Deux
9. Polka
10. Spanish Dance
11. Finale No. 8
12. Russian Sailor's Dance
13. Waltz
14. Galop
15. Finale
16. Garland Waltz
17. Galop
18. Can-Can

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Tracks:

1. Fanfare
2. Finale: Grand Valse Brilliante, Op. 18
3. Waltz
4. Cortege De Bacchus
5. Grand Pas De Deux
6. Waltz Of The Flowers
7. Sabre Dance
8. Grand Pas De Deux
9. Polka
10. Spanish Dance
11. Finale No. 8
12. Russian Sailor's Dance
13. Waltz
14. Galop
15. Finale
16. Garland Waltz
17. Galop
18. Can-Can

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Adam: Giselle Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music ASIN: B000E6EGWS Release Date: 2006-06-13

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Les Vendangeurs
3. Entree Du Prince
4. Loys Seul Et Entree De Giselle - Scene D'amour
5. Retour Des Vendangeurs - Valse
6. Pas De Deux
7. La Chasse
8. Marche Des Vignerons
9. Variation De Giselle
10. Galop General
11. Final
12. Apparition Et Scene De Myrthe
13. Apparition De Giselle
14. Entree De Loys - Pas De Deux
15. Scene Des Wilis
16. Grand Pas De Deux
17. Variation De Loys
18. Variation De Giselle
19. Final

Average customer rating: The most satisfying Giselle on disk An artistic milestone Credits? The Living Art : Ballet At Its Best A Ballet Lover's Dream

Adam - Giselle (complete ballet) ~ Offenbach - Gaîté Parisienne ~ Strauss Graduation Ball / Fistoulari, Dorati Antal Dorati , and Johann Strauss II Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Offenbach | Offenbach, Jacques | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Minnesota Orchestra | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Delibes: Coppélia (complete ballet) / Sylvia (Ballet in Three Acts) Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody no 2 Adolphe Adam: Music from 'Giselle' Adam - Giselle / Kirov, Petipa, Mezentseva ASIN: B0000057N1 Release Date: 1996-05-14

Tracks:

1. Giselle: Act I - Introduction
2. Giselle: No. 1
3. Giselle: Entree du Prince
4. Giselle: Entree de Giselle
5. Giselle: Retour de la Vendage
6. Giselle: La Chasse, First Part
7. Giselle: Pas de Deux and La Chasse, Second Part
8. Giselle: Scene d'Hilarion -- Marche des Vendanges
9. Giselle: Galop
10. Giselle: Final
11. Giselle: Act II -- La Halte des Chasseurs
12. Giselle: Apparition et Scene de Myrtha
13. Giselle: Appararition et Scene de Myrtha (cont.)
14. Giselle: Apparation et Scene de Myrtha (concl.)
15. Giselle: Apparition de Giselle
16. Giselle: Apparition de Giselle (cont.)
17. Giselle: Entree des Paysans; Entree d'Albert et Wilfred

Tracks:

1. Giselle: Act II (cont.) -- Entree d'Hilarion
2. Giselle: Grand Pas de Deux
3. Giselle: Final
4. Giselle: Final (cont.)
5. Giselle: Final (cont.)
6. Giselle: Final (concl.)
7. Giselle: Graduation Ball
8. Giselle: Gaite Parisienne

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The most satisfying Giselle on disk.......2007-04-06

An artistic milestone .......2006-04-01

Credits?.......2006-03-30

The Living Art : Ballet At Its Best.......2003-05-10

Such intensity striked Adolphe Adam and with brilliant choreography by experts like Jules Perrot, he caused quite a sensation when he introduced it to the Paris Opera ballet. It was an instant beloved classic. The signature women in white tutus, which would later be used in Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" originates in the dance of the Willis. Giselle is a beautiful peasant girl, with a nearly unhealthy fondness for dancing and daydreaming.

Like most girls of the 1840's, Giselle dreams of a handsome prince who would rescue her from living in rustic squalor. The dashing hunter Albrecht is in fact a prince in disguise. But apparently, he was seeking love and adventure outside the dull, loveless and conventional society in his immediate royal family. He does fall in love with Giselle, but must compete with the likes of Hilarion, a village man who also desires Giselle for his wife. It is discovered that Albrecht is not only a prince, but an engaged man. This sends the heartbroken Giselle into madness and she dies.

And that's only Act 1 ! Remember, the dead are not as they seem. This is especially true for the bride-ghosts, the Willis. They have initiated Giselle as one of them, their hordes lead by the sinister Queen Myrtha. When Albrecht and Hilarion come to pay homage to the fallen Giselle at her tomb, the Willis appear and entrap them. Hilarion is killed. But only upon Giselle's intervention is Albrecht saved. The bittersweet, tragic ballet is beautiful to behold years later, eventhough the musical score, tailor-made to fit the primitive techniques of the Paris Opera ballet. It is this light, lush music that makes it a capsule for a time in history that ballet lovers surely revel in recalling. This is also the time of the paintings by Edgar Degas.
Antal Dorati brings Giselle alive once again fresh from the 60's and enjoyable today. All ballet fans have to start from here.

A Ballet Lover's Dream.......2002-08-30

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