Vlastimil Harapes - Primo Ballerino (DVD)

Libor Pesek

DVD

DVD

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Ausschnitte aus Land of a Thousand Lakes, The Blue Bird, Romeo & Julia, Giselle, The Walpurgis Night, Achilles, Pulcinella, Spartacus u. a.

Sound Format:: stereo
Picture:: 4:3
Artists:: National Theatre Orchestra, Czech PO, Libor Pesek, Frantisek Vajnar u. a.
Label:: Supraphon
Item number:: 2846928
UPC/EAN:: 0099925701796
Release date:: 20.3.2009

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In his day Vlastimil Harapes was one of the premier dancers of the international ballet scene. He was a star who shone on the stage of the National Theater for twenty years, and for thousands of balletgoers in dozens of countries his name was a synonym for dance. Ballet is the most fragile of arts, fading with the dancer's youth, but recordings of Harapes' artistry in the greatest works of the classical and modern ballet repertoire were preserved in the archives of Czech Television. They provided the material for this indisputably unique collection of performances immortalizing this personable, graceful dancer. Included are scenes from such famous ballets as Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Achilles, Pulcinella, La Boutique Fantasque, and Spartacus, as well as works choreographed to music by Josef Suk (Raduz and Mahulena), Georges Bizet (Carmen), Leos Janacek (The Kreutzer Sonata), Charles Gounod (Faust and Marketa), Johann Sebastian Bach (Prelude in C minor), and Petr Hapka (Denim Blue)… His partners in these scenes include soloists Marta Drottnerova, Hana Vlacilova and Ivanka Kubicova. Bonus scenes from the television shorts Runner (Bezec) and We Can Go On (Muzeme dal) round out the selection. Throughout these performances Harapes shines with the captivating charm of his artistry and the contagious joy of life. These are recordings of an art which is fleeting, but whose beauty is eternal. The legendary dancer in roles from classical and modern ballet!

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1 Jean Sibelius: Ballettszene JS 163 (1891)
2 Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky: Dornröschen / Dornröschen op. 66 / Ballett in 3 Akten m. Prolog: Der blaue Vogel und die Prinzessin Florissa
3 Serge Prokofieff: Romeo und Julia / Romeo und Julia op. 64a / Ballett: Ausschnitte ((auch Bearbeitung))
4 Adolphe Adam: Giselle / Ballett-Pantomime in 2 Akten: Pas de deux (2. Akt)
5 Charles Gounod: Faust / Faust (Margarethe) / Grand Opéra in 5 Akten (J. Barbier und M. Carré nach J. W. von Goethe): Ausschnitte
6 Christoph Willibald Gluck: Achilles: Auszüge
7 Igor Strawinsky: Pulcinella / Pulcinella (1919 - rev. 1947 / 65) / Ballett m. Gesang in 1 Akt nach Pergolesi: Ausschnitte
8 Leos Janacek: Die Kreutzer Sonate: Teil
9 Benjamin Britten: Variat. op. 10 / Variationen op. 10 ü. e. Thema v. F. Bridge / für Orchester / Bearbeitung für 2 Klaviere: McPhee: Alleg
10 Ottorino Respighi: Der Zauberladen / (La boutique fantasque) Ballett in 1 Akt nach Rossini: Nr. 2 (Tarantella, nach Rossini: La Danza)
11 Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus / Spartacus (1952 / 54) / Ballett in 3 Akten: Nr. 1 (Adagio von Spartacus und Phrygia)
12 Josef Suk: Raduz und Mahulena
13 Rodion Schtschedrin: Carmen-Suite / für Schlagzeug und Streicher (nach Bizet): Ausschnitte
14 Zahradnik: Zahradnik - Kontraste
15 Alexei Rybnikov: Juno und Avos / Ballett: Ausschnitt
16 Johann Sebastian Bach: Präl. / Präludien / (Kleine): BWV 921 (c-moll, Fantasie für Cembalo)
17 Michael Kocáb: Odysseus / Mysterium nach Homer (Horacek) für Sprecher, Chor und Orchester : Ausschnitt
18 Hapka / Horacek - Denim Blue
19 Benny Andersson: Chess / Musical von Tim Rice und Bj¢rn Ulvaeus: Tanz
20 Film: Film - Verkündung der Poll-Sieger 1985
21 Film: Film - Schwalbennest