Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra;
Wordsworth, Barry;
Gould, Clio;
Burroughs, Jessica

RPO SP 030

Following an exceptional release of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra returns to ballet music with its 2010 recording of The Sleeping Beauty, conducted by Barry Wordsworth. In many ways a superior work to Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky's second great ballet boasts a polished score that is filled with sophisticated melodies, lush harmonies, and dazzling orchestration that Tchaikovsky arguably never surpassed. This double-disc recording presents the most famous selections from the work, which in its full version would run close to four hours, but the reduced version includes all of the best-known dances. Yet as enjoyable as this performance is, it has an underwhelming sound quality that is not as colorful nor as vivid as the recording of Swan Lake, and requires a fairly high volume setting to clearly hear details.

CD x 2

Muzyka klasyczna

RPO

04-05-2011

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