Delibes: Coppélia (complete in three acts) / La Source (suites)

Leo Delibes (Composer), Andrew Mogrelia (Conductor), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) (Orchestra), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava
• Conductor: Andrew Mogrelia
• Composer: Leo Delibes
• Audio CD (January 23, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B00000147M
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,498 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #29 in Music > Classical > Ballets & Dances > Historical Periods > Romantic (c.1820-1910)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Act 1. Prélude

2. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Act 1. Valse

3. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Act 1. Scène

4. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Act 1. Mazurka

5. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Act 1. Scène

6. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Act 1. Ballade

7. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Act 1. Thème slave varié

8. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Act 1. Czardas-Danse hongroise

9. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Act 1. Sortie

10. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Act 1. Final

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Act 3. Marche de la cloche. Fête de la cloche - Divertissement:

2. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Act 3. Valse des heures

3. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Act 3. L'aurore

4. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Act 3. La prière

5. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Act 3. Le travail

6. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Act 3. L'Hymen (Noce villageoise)

7. La source, ou Naïla, ballet (collaboration with Léon Minkus): Suite No. 2. Scène dansée

8. La source, ou Naïla, ballet (collaboration with Léon Minkus): Suite No. 2. Scherzo Polka

9. La source, ou Naïla, ballet (collaboration with Léon Minkus): Suite No. 2. Pas de la Guzla

10. La source, ou Naïla, ballet (collaboration with Léon Minkus): Suite No. 2. Marche dansée et final

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A full-length Coppelia at an appealing price, June 25, 2003

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ATP "santamonicaballetmom" (Santa Monica, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Delibes: Coppélia (complete in three acts) / La Source (suites) (Audio CD)

Andrew Mogrelia has conducted a number of full-length ballets for Naxos: Giselle, Sylvia, Sleeping Beauty, and this Coppelia. I own all of them, because I find Mogrelia is one of those rare conductors who make a ballet sound like a ballet.
In concert hall versions, conductors often make ballet music impossibly fast, or simply too unpredictable. (Gergiev's Nutcracker is in this category: fun to listen to, definitely NOT a dancer's Nutcracker.) But when dancers are on stage, they need a regular, dependable beat to dance to. Mogrelia's Coppelia never sounds sing-song, because he uses dynamics so skillfully - but he does conduct at an authentic dance tempo.
Another Coppelia I like and own is Mark Ermler's (ASIN: B0000024CL), but while it's much more than highlights it is not the full ballet. The first act mazurka is missing, and that's a definite loss.
La Source is a bit of an oddity because it was originally commissioned as a sort of competition: half composed by Minkus, half by Delibes. Delibes was generally considered the winner, so he stayed in Paris while Minkus went off to Russia. This album is strictly Delibes, so it's only highlights from La Source. But it does include my favorite, the utterly charming Pas des Fleurs, Grande Valse.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Performance, August 26, 2000

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Weike Tao (Galveston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Delibes: Coppélia (complete in three acts) / La Source (suites) (Audio CD)

I search for the recording for the complete Coppelia when my daughter's dance school was practicing for it. I found this item. Performance was meticulous. It was recorded in the Orchestra's concert hall over a period of almost two weeks. All digital recording. Well balanced orchestra. Fine details. A good item to collect.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspired ballet music at a bargain price., July 13, 2002

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D. R. Schryer (Poquoson, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Delibes: Coppélia (complete in three acts) / La Source (suites) (Audio CD)

Although I'm not particularly fond of watching ballets I have a special love for ballet music, and Coppelia is one of my favorites. It is the masterpiece of Leo Delibes who was one of the greatest of ballet composers. Even Tchaikovsky -- probably the greatest ballet composer of all -- greatly admired Delibes' work. This recording presents not only the complete music for Coppelia but also the lovely, but seldom-heard, music Delibes wrote for La Source -- both conducted by the excellent ballet conductor Andrew Mogrelia. And at a bargain price to boot. Please don't pass up this special treasure.