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Cinderella
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Naxos have found an excellent way of bringing these ballet scores to a new audience, and have produced an ideal stocking-filler into the bargain. The highlights from these two popular ballet suites have been chosen, and each number prefaced with an entertaining chunk of narration. The tales are told simply and straightforwardly, with Brian Cant wisely underplaying the panto elements in the two stories. His avuncular, warm voice is ideal for the material and the dramatic switches between the narration and music are handled very well. The only minor quibble is in the difference in acoustic between the orchestral sound and the spoken--but it is not overly worrying. The two orchestras both produce crisp and energetic accounts of the suites. Mogrelia avoids any hint of sentimentality in the Tchaikovsky with quick tempi and clear, detached string playing and Kuchar draws some impressive effects from the Ukranian orchestra in Cinderella, especially in the famous "midnight strikes" sequence. This is a must for music-loving children, and young-at-heart adults alike. --Warwick Thompson
Naxos have found an excellent way of bringing these ballet scores to a new audience, and have produced an ideal stocking-filler into the bargain. The highlights from these two popular ballet suites have been chosen, and each number prefaced with an entertaining chunk of narration. The tales are told simply and straightforwardly, with Brian Cant wisely underplaying the panto elements in the two stories. His avuncular, warm voice is ideal for the material and the dramatic switches between the narration and music are handled very well. The only minor quibble is in the difference in acoustic between the orchestral sound and the spoken--but it is not overly worrying. The two orchestras both produce crisp and energetic accounts of the suites. Mogrelia avoids any hint of sentimentality in the Tchaikovsky with quick tempi and clear, detached string playing and Kuchar draws some impressive effects from the Ukranian orchestra in Cinderella, especially in the famous "midnight strikes" sequence. This is a must for music-loving children, and young-at-heart adults alike. --Warwick Thompson
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