Name : Ashton Celebration: The Royal Ballet Dances Frederick Ashton
Year : 2013
Genre: Ballet
Choreographer : Frederick Ashton
Conductor : Emmanuel Plasson
Starring : Hikaru Kobayashi, Ryoichi Hirano, Samantha Raine, Bennet Gartside, Helen Crawford, Brian Maloney, Leanne Benjamin, Valeri Hristov, Yuhui Choe, Alexander Campbell, Emma Maguire, Akane Takada, Dawid Trzensimiech, Marianela Nuñez, Federico Bonelli, Edward Watson , Tamara Rojo, Christopher Saunders, Sergei Polunin, Gary Avis, The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House Orchestra

Description:

Frederick Ashton, Founder Choreographer of The Royal Ballet, was one of the 20th century's most influential choreographers, whose musical, subtle and graceful style and extraordinary gift for storytelling had a profound impact on the development of British ballet. This special programme, performed at the Royal Opera House to mark the 25th anniversary of Ashton's death, presents five works that showcase his astonishing versatility, from compelling abstract ballets - such as the exuberant Voices of Spring and the radically modernist Monotones - to the tragic love story Marguerite and Armand, brought to life with 'performances of heart-wrenching intensity' (The Observer) by Tamara Rojo and Sergei Polunin.

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, February 2013 .

La Valse
Music:
Maurice Ravel: La Valse

Meditation from Thaïs
Music:
Jules Massenet: Thaïs, Act II: Meditation

Voices of Spring
Music:
Johann Strauss: Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), Op. 410

Monotones I and II
Music:
Erik Satie: Gnoissienes and Gymnopedies

Marguerite and Armand
Music:
Franz Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor, S178/R21

Issued: USA | Opus Arte
Duration: 00:38:27