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New Release – Delibes: Sylvia/Coppelia
DELIBES Sylvia/Coppélia Martin WestSan Francisco Ballet OrchestraExtended Suites From the Ballets RR-125HDCD “… what charm, what wealth of melody!” —Tchaikovsky on Delibes Leo Delibes’ COPPÉLIA is pure delight, a feast of musicality and humor for all ages. Probably the greatest ballet comedy ever written! On this disc we also present Delibes’ SYLVIA, a romance filled with sighs of longing and the thrill of infatuation. Set in antiquity, the ballet literally places love on a pedestal…
Classical Music Sentinel Review Delibes: Sylvia & Coppélia
“Wow” and “Thanks!” is all we can say about this review from ClassicalMusicSentinel.com: “Now for this type of music to work removed from the stage, the level of playing and the quality of the recorded sound have to bring it to life. And that’s exactly what we get here in this fabulous new recording captured at the George Lucas Skywalker Sound Studios by Reference Recordings, a label known for using cutting edge technology to obtain…
Audiophilia Reviews Delibes: Sylvia/Coppélia
Anthony Kershaw of Audiophilia has a nice new review of upcoming San Francisco Ballet Orchestra release Delibes: Sylvia/Coppélia, which comes out March 13th! “Both scores receive first rate performances. Soloists have character and ensemble is generally very fine. And West keeps the tempi moving…This orchestra follows the conductor perfectly — he obviously knows the scores like the back of his hand and how to relate the music to the dance. As such, both Coppélia and…
San Francisco Ballet Program Four Preview
As the San Francisco Ballet moves forward in their season, we move increasingly closer to the release of the Orchestra’s Sylvia/Coppélia release! Check out the Ballet’s preview of their fourth program:
San Francisco Ballet features World Premiere
The San Francisco Ballet is into their third program of the season, and it features the world premiere of Francesca da Rimini! Enjoy some video clips from their program here (and pay close attention to the orchestra!): Sylvia & Coppélia will be released in HDCD format March 13!
A Look ahead – Coppélia
We are less than a month away from the release of Delibes: Sylvia/Coppélia featuring the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra under the direction of Martin West. A little from the album’s liner notes about Coppélia… In contrast to the “heroic” drama of gods and shepherds, Delibes’s earlier ballet Coppélia, or The Girl with Enamel Eyes, is an ingratiating comedy with a story line that was, and remains, unusually absorbing for its genre. Charles Nuitter, the archivist…
A look ahead – Sylvia
A little sneak peek at the upcoming release We are less than a month away from the release of Delibes: Sylvia/Coppélia featuring the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra under the direction of Martin West. A little from the album’s liner notes about Sylvia… Sylvia was given its premiere in Paris at just about the time Tchaikovsky completed his score for the earliest of his own great ballets, Swan Lake, and about a year before that work’s…
San Francisco Ballet 2012 Gala
We aren’t too far away from our San Francisco Ballet Orchestra release, so we thought you might want to take a look and (more importantly) a listen to their trailer for the upcoming 2012 San Francisco Ballet Gala:
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Conductor – Martin West
Monday we told you about our new recording of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, so today we wanted to share a little more about the ensemble’s conductor, Martin West. Martin West is acknowledged as one of the foremost conductors of ballet, garnering critical acclaim throughout the world. Born in Bolton, England, he studied math at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge University, before studying at the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music and London’s Royal Academy of Music.…
New Recording!
Things are really moving here at Reference Recordings. Not only did we just release our first HRx Sampler, and our third Fresh! release “Brand New Eyes“, we are also doing a new recording this week of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. Grammy-nominated producers Victor & Marina Ledin join Grammy winner, Keith O. Johnson at Skywalker Sound. Martin West conducts the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra through suites from Léo Delibes’ Coppelia and Sylvia. Martin West, conductorSan…