| Description |
2 audio discs (CD) (135.10) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 pages). |
| Playing Time |
021510 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Series |
Double Decca
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Double Decca.
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| Note |
Programme notes inserted in container. |
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Originally issued 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1971. This compilation 1997. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The dance of the hours / Ponchielli (8:42) -- Dance of the Persian slaves / Mussorgsky (6:52) -- Faust-ballet music / Gounod (15:51) -- Gaîté parisienne / Offenbach (38.48) -- Disc 2. Polovtsian dances from Prince Igor / Borodin (13:43) -- Orfeo ed Euridice. Dance of the furies (3:44) ; Dance of the blessed spirits (7:27) / Gluck -- La Boutique fantasque : complete ballet / Rossini ; Respighi (39:36) |
| Performer |
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; Israel Philharmonic ; London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor. |
| Genre/Form |
Dance music.
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Dance music.
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Ballets.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Ballets (Music)
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Ballets (Music)
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| Added Author |
Solti, Georg, 1912-1997, conductor.
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Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887.
Kni͡azʹ Igorʹ. Polovet͡skai͡a pli͡aska.
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Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Faust. Ballet.
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Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886.
Gioconda. Danza delle ore.
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Respighi, Ottorino, 1879-1936.
Boutique fantasque.
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Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
Operas. Selections; arranged.
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Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
Orphée et Eurydice. Ballet des ombres heureuses.
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Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
Orphée et Eurydice. Air des Furies.
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Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.
Khovanshchina. Pli͡aska persidok.
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London Symphony Orchestra.
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Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Tizmoret ha-filharmonit ha-Yiśreʼelit.
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London Symphony Chorus.
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Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra.
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| Music No. |
448 942-2 Decca |
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