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This outstanding recording features four ballet works: Liam Scarlett’s Viscera, Carlos Acosta’s Carmen, Jerome Robbins’s Afternoon of a Faun, and George Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky pas de deux. Acosta’s Carmen focuses on the dramatic essentials of revenge, jealousy, and love. Not only did Acosta choreograph the production, he also dances a lead role. When Viscera was created in 2012, Liam Scarlett was the Royal Ballet Artist In Residence. Particularly interesting is Balanchine’s Pas de Deux which was based on a
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newly discovered movement from Swan Lake which had not been performed since Tchaikovsky’s death.
Region Code: 0 (Worldwide)
Running Time: 118 Minutes Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Viscera by Lowell Liebermann
Performer:
Robert Clark (Piano)
Conductor:
Emmanuel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Orchestra
2.
Carmen by Georges Bizet
Conductor:
Martin Yates
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
3.
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune by Claude Debussy
Conductor:
Emmanuel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1892-1894; France
4.
Swan Lake, Op. 20: Pas de deux by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Emmanuel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876; Russia
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