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Herman Severin Lovenskjold, David Garforth, Royal Danish Orchestra
Herman Severin Løvenskiold: La Sylphide, Ballet
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. La Sylphide Act 1: Overture
2. La Sylphide Act 1: I Introduction
3. La Sylphide Act 1: II Effy's Entrance
4. La Sylphide Act 1: III James - Effy - The Witch - The Fortune-Teller Scene
5. La Sylphide Act 1: IV James And The Sylphide - The WIndow Scene
6. La Sylphide Act 1: V Arrival If The Guests - Pas d'Ecossaise
7. La Sylphide Act 1: VI Pas de Deux - Reel
8. La Sylphide Act 1: VII Finale
9. La Sylphide Act 2: I The Witch Scene
10. La Sylphide Act 2: II James And The Sylphide - The Forest Scene
11. La Sylphide Act 2: III The Sylphide Calls The Sylphs
12. La Sylphide Act 2: IV The Sylph Scene - Divertissement
13. La Sylphide Act 2: V James Chasing The Sylphide
14. La Sylphide Act 2: VI Gurn - The Witch - Effy
15. La Sylphide Act 2: VII James And the Wich - The Scarf
16. La Sylphide Act 2: VIII Finale
17. La Sylphide Act 2: Pas de Deux

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CD Details

All Artists: Herman Severin Lovenskjold, David Garforth, Royal Danish Orchestra
Title: Herman Severin Løvenskiold: La Sylphide, Ballet
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 10/28/1992
Genre: Classical
Styles: Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 095115654620

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CD Reviews

The Royal Danish Orchestra: steeped in tradition!

Gary | 12/21/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Those who are familiar with some of my other reviews, know that besides the overall quality of the recording itself, generally, the way to find the definitive recording to a piece of ballet music is to get one that is also performed by the orchestra that gave it its premiere and has had a long tradition of playing it. Hence, this recording of La Sylpide is a winner! The Royal Danish Orchestra gave the score to this ballet, by Herman Serverin Lovenskiold, its world premiere in 1836, in Copenhagen, and has been performing it ever since. Most every Danish ballet from the Romantic period was choreographed by August Bournonville, and La Sylphide was no exception. Indeed, this was one of his earliest masterpieces. Note, Bournonville's choreography for La Sylphide is the one version whose popularity has been sustained. There was yet another, earlier, choreography to La Sylphide, accompanied by a different score (by Schneitzhoeffer, no recording). NB it was this earlier version that started the Romantic ballet movement, with its legendary star, Marie Taglioni, as the Sylphide. Getting back to the CD. The "complete" score by Lovenskiold is marvelously played by the Royal Danish Orchestra. Included on this disc is a little number (a pas de deux), which is not in Damgaard's recording (Danish Radio Sinfonietta, on the CPO label), is a delight to hear. Unfortunately, Chandos did not include James' Act 1 solo which CPO did. Completists will have to get both recordings. One technical flaw throughout this recording is that the sound is somewhat distant in comparison to that of CPO's."