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Article: Building a Cornerstone Collection.(recommended sound recordings for dance)(Brief Article)
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- Dance Magazine
- Article date:
- June 1, 1999
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This is the first in a series of columns devoted to the best in new or recent CD's of music that was written for, or used for, dance. An outstanding recording of, say, Swan Lake, can act on our imaginations and call up the pleasure of a live performance even better than any videotape. Whether you are starting or adding to a CD collection, the following recordings of essential dance music will be its cornerstone.
I start with one of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty because, for many balletgoers, Tchaikovsky's scores are quintessential dance music--richly and colorfully scored, wonderfully melodic, filled with rhythmic and dramatic variety--and Sleeping Beauty is his ...
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Article: Reviews: Swan Lake: No fledgling company
The Scotsman;
January 5, 2002 ;
700+ words
... ... St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Swan Lake, Festival THeatre, Edinburgh ... classical ballet - Giselle, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote. We'll have ... crowd-pleaser as before - Swan Lake. And in keeping with the company ...
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