Raymonda [Blu-ray] by Arthaus Musik

Description

The last great work from the glorious era of the Imperial ballets has never before been performed by the La Scala ballet. Based on a medieval legend, the libretto had all the ingredients needed to spark the imagination of the young Alexander Glazunov in his first ballet score. Marius Petipa complemented it with an enormously rich and endless succession of dances, classical variations, exotic dances and character dances, with a grandiose finale, lyrical pas de deux and a heavily featured corps de ballet. Drawing on notation from the Harvard archives, La Scala presents the last great work from the glory days of the Imperial Ballet.