Top 10 Favorite Ballets

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kyjo

#80
September 28, 2013, 06:35:52 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 28, 2013, 06:28:43 PM
I would! You just made another list! Looks like I'm beginning to look much more sane than you are. But it's good that you're hanging around here, you certainly take a lot of heat off me. ;) :D

I guess you could say I'm picking up where you left off! :D

Mirror Image

#81
September 28, 2013, 06:49:10 PM
Quote from: kyjo on September 28, 2013, 06:35:52 PM
I guess you could say I'm picking up where you left off! :D

And you're doing a fine job sir!!!! :P

kyjo

#82
September 28, 2013, 07:05:09 PM
I'm now up to an average of 16 posts a day! I'll soon be surpassing you! :D

Mirror Image

#83
September 28, 2013, 07:11:54 PM
Quote from: kyjo on September 28, 2013, 07:05:09 PM
I'm now up to an average of 16 posts a day! I'll soon be surpassing you! :D

You've got a llllloooooonnnnnggggg way to go before you catch up with me. :)

vandermolen

#84
September 28, 2013, 11:54:06 PM
Job by Vaughan Williams
Rite of Spring Stravinsky
Daphnis and Chloe Ravel
Adam Zero Bliss
Miracle in the Gorbals Bliss
Checkmate Bliss
The Seasons Glazunov
Billy the Kid Copland
Rodeo Copland
Romeo and Juliet Prokofiev
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

madaboutmahler

#85
September 29, 2013, 05:44:11 AM
One per composer.. :D

Stravinsky: Le Sacre
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
de Falla: The Three Cornered Hat
Respighi: Belkis
Glazunov: The Seasons
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Khachaturian: Gayaneh
Debussy: Jeux
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven

springrite

#86
September 29, 2013, 05:49:59 AM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on September 29, 2013, 05:44:11 AM
Respighi: Belkis


Now, I approve of that addition!
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Christo

#87
September 29, 2013, 11:42:31 AM
Quote from: springrite on September 29, 2013, 05:49:59 AM
Now, I approve of that addition!

I don't trust you!  ;)  :) The only thing we have are two recordings of the Suite from Belkis, not the whole d-d thing!  >:D
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

springrite

#88
September 29, 2013, 11:44:59 AM
Quote from: Christo on September 29, 2013, 11:42:31 AM
I don't trust you!  ;)  :) The only thing we have are two recordings of the Suite from Belkis, not the whole d-d thing!  >:D

Well, Kimi only listens to (and dance to) the War Dance anyway.
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Christo

#89
September 29, 2013, 11:55:42 AM
Quote from: springrite on September 29, 2013, 11:44:59 AM
Well, Kimi only listens to (and dance to) the War Dance anyway.

Aha! Kimi's favourite ballets then:

1. War dance (from Belkis, Respighi)
2. Sword dance (from Gayane, Khatchaturian)
3. Attack (from Checkmate, Bliss)
4. Danse infernale (from Firebird, Stravinsky)
5. Medea's Dance of Vengeance (from Medea, Barber) etc.  ::)
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

SymphonicAddict

#90
August 23, 2018, 11:02:35 PM Last Edit: August 23, 2018, 11:09:27 PM by SymphonicAddict
Well, my list will consist in this:

Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake
Karayev - The Seven Beauties
Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps
Respighi - Belkis
Tubin - Kratt
Alfvén - Bergakungen
Ravel - Daphnis et Chloé
Khachaturian - Gayaneh
Antill - Corroboree
Glazunov - The Seasons

I'm exploring new repertoire (Pierné Cydalise, Martinu Spalicek, Shostakovich The Golden Age. The excerpts are delighting me.

Appendix

Jokers/Wildcards:

Wagner - Rienzi Ballettmusik
Gounod - Faust Musique de ballet

North Star

#91
August 23, 2018, 11:19:01 PM
Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin
Debussy - Jeux
Prokofiev - Romeo & Juliet
Ravel - Daphnis
Schnittke - Peer Gynt
Stravinsky - Petrushka, Rite of Spring, Pulcinella, Apollo, Agon
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

My photographs on Flickr

NikF

#92
August 24, 2018, 11:51:17 AM
I don't enjoy making lists and so the following are those which first came to mind in a generally positive way.

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe
Stravinsky: Apollo
Stravinsky: Agon
Henze: Ondine
Karayev: The Seven Beauties
Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin
Milhaud: Le Train Bleu
de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat
Shostakovich: The Golden Age

And a mention for the 1970s Neumeier ballet 'Lady of the Camellias' using the music of Chopin.
"You overestimate my power of attraction," he told her. "No, I don't," she replied sharply, "and neither do you".

vandermolen

#93
August 24, 2018, 12:56:03 PM Last Edit: August 24, 2018, 12:59:24 PM by vandermolen
New List:

Melikov: A Legend of Love
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
Vaughan Williams: Old King Cole
Holst: The Perfect Fool
Amirov: The Arabian Nights
Bliss: Adam Zero
Bliss:Miracle in the Gorbals
Lambert: Horoscope
Gliere: The Bronze Horsman
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

NikF

#94
August 24, 2018, 01:06:33 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on August 24, 2018, 12:56:03 PM
New List:

Melikov: A Legend of Love
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
Vaughan Williams: Old King Cole
Holst: The Perfect Fool
Amirov: The Arabian Nights
Bliss: Adam Zero
Bliss:Miracle in the Gorbals
Lambert: Horoscope
Gliere: The Bronze Horsman

I have a recording (on Naxos) of that, but I'd like to see the ballet - if only because I spent the first few years of my life living there.
"You overestimate my power of attraction," he told her. "No, I don't," she replied sharply, "and neither do you".

Draško

#95
August 25, 2018, 08:24:59 AM Last Edit: August 25, 2018, 08:30:33 AM by Draško

NikF

#96
August 25, 2018, 08:56:14 AM
Quote from: Draško on August 25, 2018, 08:24:59 AM
Cool. I thought I was the only fan around here.  8)

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,15143.msg639127.html#msg639127

Yeah, for a number of reasons Le Train Bleu is very much my bag.

And that's a cool linked post.
"You overestimate my power of attraction," he told her. "No, I don't," she replied sharply, "and neither do you".

vandermolen

#97
August 25, 2018, 03:32:21 PM
Should have included Glazunov's 'The Seasons'.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

NikF

#98
August 25, 2018, 04:36:39 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on August 25, 2018, 03:32:21 PM
Should have included Glazunov's 'The Seasons'.

You can have the Glazunov if I can have the (Drigo?) pas de trois from  Die Puppenfee by Bayer.

http://www.youtube.com/v/3lduZ7Zsv8c
"You overestimate my power of attraction," he told her. "No, I don't," she replied sharply, "and neither do you".

SymphonicAddict

#99
August 25, 2018, 06:26:29 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on August 24, 2018, 12:56:03 PM
New List:

Melikov: A Legend of Love
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
Vaughan Williams: Old King Cole
Holst: The Perfect Fool
Amirov: The Arabian Nights
Bliss: Adam Zero
Bliss:Miracle in the Gorbals
Lambert: Horoscope
Gliere: The Bronze Horsman

I'm intrigued by the Melikov and the Amirov. How are they, Jeffrey?

This is the interesting thing about the lists, you always find new suggestions and wide your musical spectre.
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