Great Stars of Russian Ballet Vol.2

A series of spectacular performances of ballet classics and modern works.

The second volume in this series of spectacular performances includes Icarus (Maximova & Vasiliev), Walpurgis Night (Maximova, Yagoudin, Vlasov), Raymonda (Kolpakova & Semenov), Don Quixote (Vaslieva & Galimullin), Black Swan pas de deux (Bessmeertnova & Bogatirev), La rose malade (Plisetskaya & Kovtun), and much more.

Contents:
1. The Sleeping Beauty: Rose Adagio
Music: P I Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Dancers: Maya Plisetskaya and Bolshoi dancers / 1977

2. Icarus
Music: Sergei Slonimsky
Choreography: Vladimir Vasiliev
Dancers: Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev / 1978

3. La Esmeralda: Pas de deux
Music: Cesare Pugni
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Dancers: Nina Timofeeva and Yuri Vladimirov / 1976

4. Giselle: Act II – Pas de deux
Music: Adolphe Adam
Choreography: Marius Petipa, after Coralli and Perrot
Dancers: Ludmila Semenyaka and Mikhail Lavrovsky / 1978

5. Walpurgis Night
Music: Charles Gounod
Choreography: Leonid Lavrovsky
Solo Dancers: Ekaterina Maximova, Shamil Yagoudin,
Stanislav Vlasov / 1974

6. La Rose Malade
Music: Gustave Mahler
Choreography: Roland Petit
Dancers: Maya Plisetskaya and Valery Kovtun / 1978

7. Romeo and Juliet: Juliet’s Bedroom
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Choreography: Leonid Lavrovsky
Dancers: Galina Ulanova and Yuri Zhdanov / 1955

8. Swan Lake: Act III - Black Swan pas de deux (9:31)
Music: P I Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Petipa
Dancers: Natalia Bessmertnova and Alexander Bogatirev / 1983

9. Raymonda – Grand pas
Music: Vladimir Glazunov
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Solo Dancers: Irina Kolpakova and Vadim Semenov / 1976

10. The Flower Festival in Genzano
Music: Edvard Helsted
Choreography: August Bournonville
Dancers: Tatyana Tayakina and Valery Kovtun / 1977

11. La Sylphide: Pas de deux
Music: Herman Løvenskiold
Choreography: August Bournonville
Dancers: Irina Kolpakova and Sergei Berezhnoy / 1984

12. Angara River
Music: Andrei Eshpai
Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich
Dancers: Ludmila Semenyaka and Boris Akimov / 1979

13. Don Quixote: Gypsy Dance
Music: Valery Zhelobinsky
Choreography: Kasyan Goleizovsky
Dancer: Larisa Trembovelskaya / 1974

14. Don Quixote: Pas de deux
Music: Ludwig (Léon) Minkus
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Dancers: Ludmila Vasilieva and Ilgiz Galimullin / 1991

Historic performances, 1955–1991.
94 minutes, colour, 4:3, All regions