The Delibes Connection
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San Francisco Ballet production of "Coppelia," music by Leo Delibes.
German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said that he liked the music of Leo Delibes because the French composer made “no pretensions to depth.
Well, maybe--but without Delibes’ ballet scores for Sylvia and Coppelia, we would not have Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, or The Nutcracker. And that was a debt that Tchaikovsky himself was happy to admit.
In this hour, the impact of Delibes on ballet music in general, and Tchaikovsky’s, in particular.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| CD Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Delibes: Sylvia |
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge |
Decca 425-475-2 |
028942547520 |
| Delibes: Giselle |
London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas |
Sony SK 42450 |
074644245028 |
| Delibes: Coppelia, La Source |
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia |
Naxos 8.553356-57 |
0730099435628 |
| Delibes: Coppelia |
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge |
Decca 414 502-2 |
028941450227 |
| Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake/Sleeping Beauty |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras. |
Telarc CD-80151 |
089408015120 |
| Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, etc. |
Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard |
Naxos 8.550079 |
7300099507929 |
| Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker |
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin. |
RCA RCD2-7005 |
078635700527 |
