SPEAKERS CORNER/DECCA SXL 2232 HEROLD-LANCHBERY La Fille Mal Gardée TAS List

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HEROLD-LANCHBERY La Fille Mal Gardée
John Lanchberry Conducts The Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
NM/NM Used Audiophile Vinyl Record

Record Label: Speakers Corner/Decca SXL 2313

"Exceptionally natural and musical sound, as opposed to the merely hi-fi spectacular." ~ Harry Pearson (TAS)

180 Gram Audiophile reissue of the classic 1962 Decca Recording by German label, Speakers Corner. Pure Analogue Mastering and a High Quality, virgin vinyl 180 Pressing. Faithful reissues of the classic FFRR (full frequency range recording) series that Decca released with the advent of stereo... complete  with glossy sleeves and liner notes.

Speakers Corner reissues are all cut from original analogue master tapes. Only 500 copies were pressed from each matrix to guarantee the highest sound quality. Because of the scarcity, these Speakers Corner reissues have become collector's items in their own right.

Condition: Record sleeve shows no wear on front or back. Top right corner is stubbed, others are sharp. Spine is straight and shows no signs of chipping or wear. There are no spindle marks on the label. Vinyl looks like new and plays beautifully.

Side One
A1 Introduction, Dance Of The Cock And Hens, Lise And Ribbon         
A2 Thomas And Alain         
A3 Picnic, Flute Dance, Quarrel, The Fanny Ellsler Pas-De-Deux

Side Two
B1 Simone, Clog Dance, Maypole Dance, Storm And Finale (Act 1)         
B2 Spinning, Tambourine Dance (Aria Con Variazoni), Harvesters         
B3 Thomas, Alain And The Notaries         
B4 Pas-De-Deux, Finale

Review: La Fille Mal Gardée is one of the oldest and most important works in the modern ballet repertory, having been kept alive throughout its long performance history by way of many revivals. The work has undergone many changes of title and has had no fewer than six scores, some of which were adaptations of older music. Modern audiences are perhaps most familiar with the production staged by Frederick Ashton for the Royal Ballet in 1960.

The Royal Opera House's composer and conductor John Lanchbery was commissioned in 1960 to re-write the 1828 score by Ferdinand Hérold for a completely new version of La Fille Mal Gardée for the Royal Ballet of London. As part of a contract between the BBC and the Royal Ballet signed in 1961, La Fille Mal Gardée was one of nine ballets filmed for television, and was broadcast over Christmas 1962 with the original cast. In 1962, Lanchbery recorded excerpts of music from his adaptation of Hérold's score for Decca Records.