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Herold - La Fille Mal Gardee; Lecocq - Mam'zelle Angot

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Rating: - it pays to discover
Double cd feature at super price is an added bonus to these works. Herold's work under Lanchbery baton comes out sparkling and live.Like in other french composers ballet music, what makes you like it, is the fresh approach without complications, just joyful cool music like when you listen to Dean Martin, nothing immortal apparently but so cool to listen to. Bonynge in the second work, does not need comment, he is the dean of ballet music, hats off.

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Rating: - Hérold's score for "La Fille Mal Gardée" as adapted by Lanchbery / "Mam'zelle Angot" - a ballet adaptation of Lecocq's opera
This is the only complete recording of Ferdinand Hérold's score for "La Fille Mal Gardée" as adapted by John Lanchbery for Sir Frederick Ashton's 1960 revival for the Royal Ballet. This recording is in fact a re-release of Lanchbery's 1983 recording, originally issued on LP, and then released in 1991 onto CD with a recording of the ballet "Mam'zelle Angot" - Leonid Massine's ballet version of Charles Lecocq's opera "La fille de Madame Angot".

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Rating: - Amusing, Unknown Ballet
To be honest, before I had purchased I had not heard of neither the ballet nor the composer. The Penguin Guide had highy recommended this recording, so I gave it a shot.

The CD is fantastic. The ballet revolves around, as the title implies, a girl who is not carefully watched; a comic, light-hearted ballet based upon the average individual. The music is also light, but Lanchbery's arrangement adds some depth to the sound and the result is simply enjoyable. The recording is very good, ... Read More