Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | Program One: Chaconne (Gluck) | 15:57 |
| 2 | Program One: Prodigal Son (Prokofiev) | 34:01 |
| 3 | Program Two: Ballo della Regina (Verdi) | 16:40 |
| 4 | Program Two: The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Bizet) | 10:30 |
| 5 | Program Two: Elégie (Tchaikovsky) | 10:56 |
| 6 | Program Two: Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux (Tchaikovsky) | 8:53 |
News & Reviews
- Thursday, June 2, 2011
New York City Ballet Performs George Balanchine's "Jewels," Piece Featured on Nonesuch "Dance in America" DVD
The New York City Ballet begins a six-show run of George Balanchine's Jewels, featuring music by Fauré, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky, at Lincoln Center tonight. Two selections from Jewels—"Emeralds" and "Diamonds"—are included in the Nonesuch DVD of the New York City Ballet's 1977 performance from the acclaimed PBS series Dance in America. The Los Angeles Times says the works became "instant classics" when filmed for the series.
About this Album
Chaconne, Prodigal Son, Ballo della Regina, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Elégie, and the Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux—these Balanchine "masterpieces" (New York Times) became "instant classics," wrote the Los Angeles Times, when filmed for the acclaimed PBS series Dance in America, "treasurable—offering an enlightened approach to adapting theatrical dance for television.”
Credits
NEW YORK CITY BALLET
DANCE IN AMERICA
Choreography by Balanchine
PROGRAM ONE
Chaconne
Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck
from the opera Orphée et Euridice
Design by Peter Harvey
Costumes by Karinska
Principal dancers: Suzanne Farrell, Peter Martins
and Ensemble
Prodigal Son
Music by Serge Prokofiev
Scenario by Boris Kochno
Décor by Georges Rouault
Costumes by Esteban Francés and Karinska after George Rouault
The Prodigal Son: Mikhail Baryshnikov
The Siren: Karin von Aroldingen
The Father: Shaun O’Brien
The Servants: Tracy Bennett, Laurence Matthews
The Sisters: Carole Divet, Susan Freedman
and Ensemble
PROGRAM TWO
Ballo della Regina
Music from Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi
Costumes by Ben Benson
Principal dancers: Merrill Ashley, Robert Weiss
With Debra Austin, Bonita Borne, Stephanie Saland, Sheryl Ware
and Ensemble
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Music from Jeux d’Enfants by Georges Bizet
Based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen
Scenery and Costumes by David Mitchell
Principal dancers: Patricia McBride, Mikhail Baryshnikov
Elégie
Music from Suite No. 3 in G Minor by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Scenic Design by Peter Harvey
Costumes by Nicholas Benois
Principal dancers: Karin von Aroldingen, Sean Lavery
With Maria Calegari, Carole Divet, Nina Fedorova, Susan Freedman Lourdes Lopez, Carol-Marie Strizak
Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
Music from Swan Lake by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Costumes by Karinska
Principal dancers: Patricia McBride, Mikhail Baryshnikov
PRODUCTION CREDITS
DANCE IN AMERICA
Choreography by George Balanchine
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet Orchestra
Direct and Conducted by Robert Irving
PROGRAM ONE
Produced by Emile Ardolino and Judy Kinberg
Directed by Merrill Brockway
PROGRAM TWO
Produced by Merrill Brockway and Judy Kinberg
Directed by Emile Ardolino
Choreographed and Reconceived for Television by George Balanchine
Recorded at Opryland Productions, Nashville, 1978
Series Producer: Merrill Brockway
Series Coordinating Producer: Emile Ardolino
Executive Producer: Jac Venza
For The George Balanchine Trust: Barbara Horgan
For Nonesuch Records: Robert Hurwitz
Mastered by MacDonald Moore and Judy Kinberg
Remastered for DVD by Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, ME
Design by Barbara de Wilde
Photographs by and © Costas
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