La Sylphide
Flemming Flindt
Lucette Aldous
Shirley Dixon
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Flower Festival in Genzano Pas de deux
Rudolf Nureyev
Merle Park
This DVD features two of the legendary Danish choreographer August Bournonville’s most celebrated ballets. In La Sylphide, Flemming Flindt and Lucette Aldous do full justice to the seemingly effortless lightness and grace and vivid storytelling that Bournonville’s style demands, while the dazzling pas de deux from Flower Festival in Genzano showcases Rudolf Nureyev at the height of his powers and a beguiling performance from Merle Park.
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SLEEPING BEAUTY (extracts)
STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 20 DECEMBER 1959
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SWAN LAKE (extracts)
STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 9 JUNE 1954
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THE NUTCRACKER (Act II)
STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 21 DECEMBER 1958
Royal Opera House Orchestra, John Lanchbery
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Irving
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hugo Rignold
La Sylphide
Flemming Flindt
Lucette Aldous
Shirley Dixon
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Flower Festival in Genzano Pas de deux
Rudolf Nureyev
Merle Park
THE LADY AND THE FOOL
Svetlana Beriosova, Ray Powell, Ronald Hynde
Royal Opera House Orchestra / Charles Mackerras
STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 3 MAY 1959
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PINEAPPLE POLL
Merle Park, David Blair, Stanley Holden, Brenda
Taylor, Gerd Larsen
London Symphony Orchestra / Charles Mackerras
STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 1 NOVEMBER 1959
Les Sylphides
BBC STUDIO RECORDING, BROADCAST 6 APRIL 1956
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Coppélia (ADAPTED FOR TELEVISION BY MARGARET DALE)
BBC STUDIO RECORDING, BROADCAST 27 OCTOBER 1957
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Giselle (PAS DE DEUX FROM ACT II)
BBC STUDIO RECORDING, RECORDED 2 JUNE 1962
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Philharmonia Orchestra/Robert Irving
London Symphony Orchestra/John Lanchbery
Pro Arte Orchestra/Marcus Dods
THE STONE FLOWER, ACT I
Soloviev · Sizova · Osipenko
The Leningrad State Kirov Ballet
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON,
JULY 1960
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PAS DE DEUX FROM SWAN LAKE ACT II
Ulanova · Fadeyechev
The Bolshoi Ballet
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON,
21 OCTOBER 1956
LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE
Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton
Nadia Nerina
David Blair
Stanley Holden
Leslie Edwards
Alexander Grant
The Royal Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
John Lanchbery
Recorded: BBC Studio, London, 7–9 September 1962
Broadcast: BBC, 27 December 1962
