Adam: Giselle

This page lists all recordings of Giselle, by Adolphe Charles Adam (1803-56) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Adam: Giselle

Bolshoi Ballet

The amazing Bolschoi interpretation of Theophile Gautier’s piece created in 1841 at the Opéra de Paris : Giselle. One of the great moments of Dance history that saw the main themes of Romanticism expressed. A love pastoral care that ends tragically, a fantastic world of unearthly creatures and redemption thanks to the power of love. Giselle is the dream of a poet who gets deliberately lost in a dream world… A young countryside girl seduced by a Lord, reaches the height of tragedy before falling into a supernatural epilogue. This ballet is a masterpiece of romantic ballets in which movement traduces the soul’s language. In order to write Giselle, Théophile Gautier required the help of Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges. The choregraphy was insured by Jean Coralli : first ballet director of the Opéra de Paris. Jules Perrot who was in love with the main interpret contributed to the project more than he was expected to. This reunion of talents made this romantic ballet masterpiece exist. Movement became the soul’s language. The popular Bolshoi Ballet series continues, bringing ballet lovers some of the finest performances by the worlds most acknowledged dance company.

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FGL Productions - VIA080259

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Adam: Giselle

Opéra National de Paris, 2006

Laëtitia Pujol, Nicolas Le Riche, Marie-Agnès Gillot & Wilfried Romoli

Premiers Danseurs, Corps de Ballet et Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris, Paul Connelly

Giselle is Adolphe Adam’s best-known work and the title role is one of the most sought-after in ballet. It demands both technical perfection and outstanding grace and lyricism, as well as great dramatic skill. In the first act Giselle has to convey the innocence and love of a country girl, the heartbreak of being betrayed. In the second act Giselle must seem otherworldly, yet loving. Choreography: Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot adapted by Patrice Bart and Eugène Polyakov

“Marie-Agnès Gillot, a statuesque dancer of grand allure” New York Times

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TDK - DVWW-BLGISP

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Act 2 - extract

Adam: Giselle

Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

"...we can find much to enjoy ... the playing is romantic and glowing ... is surprisingly sensitive in the ethereal music..." Gramophone

Decca - Originals - 4757507

(CD)

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Adam: Giselle

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London in January 2006.

Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg, Marianela Nuñez & Martin Harvey

The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Boris Gruzin (conductor) & Marius Petipa (choreographer)

Perhaps the most celebrated ballet of the Romantic era, Adolphe Adam’s intoxicating ballet Giselle is the dramatic story of a peasant girl whose betrayal by her aristocratic lover causes her to go mad before dying and returning as a ghost. Featuring the fabulous Alina Cojocaru in the title role and Johan Kobborg as a torn Count Albrecht, Peter Wright’s sparkling production and John Macfarlane’s pastoral designs create an opulent feast for the eyes, here captured in High Definition video and true surround sound.

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Opus Arte - OA0993D

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Best of Bolshoi Ballet

Adam:	Giselle (slightly abridged) Galina Ulanova, Nikolai Fadeyechev, Taisia Monakhova, Alexander Radunsky, Erik Volodin, Irina Makedonskaya, Vladimir Levashev & Rimma Karelskaya Yuri Faier
Asafyev:	Dance of the Tartars from The Fountain of Bakhchsarai Choreography by R. Zakharov G. Rozhdestvensky
Glinka:	Polonaise and Cracovienne from Ivan Susanin Choreography by R. Zakharov Yuri Faier
Gounod:	Walpurgisnacht from Faust Choreography by L. Lavrovsky Yuri Faier
Rachmaninov:	Spring Water Choreography by Asaf Messerer Yuri Faier
Saint-Saëns:	The Dying Swan (Solo) Choreography by M. Fokine Yuri Faier
Tchaikovsky:	Spanish Dance from Swan Lake Choreography by A. Gorsky G. Rozhdestvensky

Bolshoi Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Paul Czinner’s acclaimed 1956 filming of the Bolshoi Ballet’s first-ever tour of Great Britain, which preserves two complete programs: a Bolshoi Highlights Program featuring Raissa Struchkova in the Walpurgisnacht from Gounod’s Faust, and Galina Ulanova in The Dying Swan and a thrilling performance of Giselle with Ulanova and Nikolai Fadeyechev

Also included in the Highlights Program is the celebrated Spring Water ballet, set to music by Rachmaninoff and danced with dazzling virtuosity by the outstanding members of the Bolshoi troupe

The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra are under the direction of Gennadi Rozhdestvensky and Yuri Faier

In Dance Magazine, critic Clive Barnes eulogized the artistry documented here: “Everything the Russian critics have written about her is true. The impeccable technique, the expressive body, the intellect, the informed face; yet Ulanova has something criticism could never define, something you might look for in Shakespeare’s sonnets.”

“The greatest performance by an interpretive artist within my experience” – Clive Barnes, Dance Magazine (1998) [on Ulanova’s Giselle as seen documented here]

In 5.1 DTS Surround Sound

First time on DVD