Audiophile sound n.182 (available: PAPER edition with CD / DIGITAL edition with and without CD)

After presenting on the AS180 issue the first compact disc of the legendary recording The Royal Ballet - Gala Performances, with the magical reading made in 1959 by Ernest Ansermet with elements of the Covent Garden Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, here is now the listening guide regarding the second and final CD, in which the great Swiss conductor addressed famous pages drawn from masterpieces such as Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky, as well as excerpts from the ballet version of Schumann’s Carnaval and Les Sylphides based on Chopin’s music.