SATURDAY MATINEE
At the ballet
Prepared by Stephen Wilson
With Angela Cockburn
Messager, A. Ballet: The two pigeons (1886).
Messager, A. The two pigeons, Act I.
[29:31]
Messager, A. The two pigeons, Act II.
[33:26]
Welsh National Opera O/Richard Bonynge.
Decca 476 2448
Saint-Saëns, C. Suite from the ballet Javotte (1896). Monte Carlo PO/David Robertson.
Auvidis V 4688 [20:51]
Respighi, O. Ballet: The magic toyshop, after Rossini (1919). BBC PO/Gianandrea Noseda.
Chandos CHAN 10081 [44:37]
Moniuszko, S. Ballet music from The merry wives of Windsor (c1849). Warsaw PO/Antoni Wit.
Naxos 8.573610 [09:38]