Delibes
Léo Delibes (1836-1891) was a French composer whose name is closely associated with ballet and opera. Born near Saint-Germain-du-Val, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire and worked in the theatre from an early age.
His best-known works include the ballets Coppélia and Sylvia, and the opera Lakmé, with its famous Flower Duet. These scores show his instinct for melody, stage colour and graceful movement.
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RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2 (world première recording)
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”
BORODIN Polovtsian Dances
and works by Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Brahms, J. Strauss, Sibelius and others
Studio recordings, 1924-28
Total duration: 3hr 0:20
The Cleveland Orchestra
conducted by Nikolai Sokoloff
MOZART Le Nozze di Figaro - Overture
MOZART Eight German Dances
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
SMETANA Three Dances from The Bartered Bride
DELIBES Music from Sylvia & La Source
KREISLER Kreiserliana
SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht
music by Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Dvořák, Drigo
Studio recordings, 1934
Total duration: 2hr 32:37
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy
DELIBES Coppélia - Suite
DELIBES Sylvia - Suite
KHACHATURIAN Masquerade - Suite
music by Kreisler, Sgambati, Weber, J. Strauss II
Studio recordings, 1941-1953
Total duration: 71:43
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Fabien Sevitzky
French music by Lisle, Debussy, Thomas, Delibes, Offenbach, Padilla, Gounod, Saint-Saëns
Italian music by Denza, Mascagni, Paganini, Wolf-Ferrari, Tchaikovsky, Bohn, Curtis
Recorded in 1956 and 1957
Total duration: 68:50
The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
The Capitol Symphony Orchestra
arranged and conducted by Carmen Dragon
Music by AUBER, DELIBES, GOUNOD, MASSENET
Recorded by Victor between 1925 and 1928
Total duration: 57:27
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Alfred Hertz
TCHAIKOVSKY, GLINKA, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, LIADOV
GLAZUNOV From the Middle Ages
DUBENSKY Stephen Foster – Theme, Variations and Finale
DUBENSKY Fugue for 18
Violins
CESANA Negro Heaven
GERSHWIN-BENNETT Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
KHATCHATURIAN Gayaneh – Ballet Suite ENESCU 2 Romanian Rhapsodies
DVOŘÁK 4 Slavonic Dances
BRAHMS 3 Hungarian Dances
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1, 'Winter Dreams'
KALINNIKOV Symphony No. 1
HAYDN L’Isola Disabitata – Overture
HAYDN Symphony No. 73, “La Chasse”
GRIEG Sigurd Jorsalfar – Suite
GRIEG Peer Gynt – Suite No. 2
GRIEG Symphonic Dances
DELIBES Coppélia - Suite
DELIBES Sylvia - Suite
KHACHATURIAN Masquerade - Suite
music by Kreisler, Sgambati, Weber, J. Strauss II
Studio recordings, 1941-53
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Fabien Sevitzky
LYRIC ARIAS Suor Angelica, Adriana Lecouvreur, Andrea Chénier, La Wally, Mefistofele
COLORATURA ARIAS Il barbiere di Siviglia, Dinorah, Lakmé, I vespri siciliani
LA SCALA SCENES Medea, La sonnambula
Studio recordings, 1954 & 1955
Total duration: 79:15
Maria Callas, soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milan
conducted by Tullio Serafin
