L'Enfant et les sortilèges / music, Maurice Ravel ; Nederlands Dans Theater . Peter and the wolf / music, Prokofiev ;The Royal Ballet School.

Format:

Video

Language:

Multiple languages

Genre:

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 Blu-ray Disc

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Germany] : Arthaus Musik.

System Details:

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Summary:

These two ballet recordings, based on the music of the French composer Maurice Ravel and the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, are recommended to every child, youth and adult whose heart and mind are open for a musical and dancing encounter with the world of fairy tales. Both of them are about a small boy and his dealings with the nature surrounding him. Despite there similarities, though, the two works are fundamentally different. It is the difference between the two which makes this combination so appealing. There are vast differences in content, the structure of the plot, the type of composition and the treatment of orchestral instruments, on the one hand. On the other, the means used by the Nederlands Dans Theater and the Royal Ballet School to realize the material make "L'enfant et les sortiléges" and "Peter and the Wolf" two entirely unique works.

Participant:

Enfant et les sortilèges. Various vocal soloists; Nederlands Dans Theater; Orchestre National, Paris; Choeur et Maitrise de la RTF; conductor, Lorin Maazel.

Peter and the wolf. Students of the Royal Ballet School, and Anthony Dowell ; storyteller, Anthony Dowell; orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, conducted by Paul Murphy.

Credits:

Enfant et les sortilèges. Libretto, Colette; choreographer/stage director, Jiri Kylian; video director, Hans Hulscher.

Peter and the wolf. Choreography by Matthew Hart ; directed and edited by Ross MacGibbon.

Notes:

L'Enfant et les sortilèges originally produced in 1986 by NOS and RM Arts in association with the BBC and WDR; Peter and the wolf originally produced in 1997 by BBC/RM Arts.

Publisher Number:

108 133 Arthaus