'L'Apres-midi d'un Faune' (Afternoon of a Faun)
Charles Jude as The Faun
Music by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Original choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky
Original design by Leon Bakst (in 1912)
Errol Garner, piano (1921-1977)
Eddie Calhoun, bass/Kelly Martin, drums
'Spring is here' (Lyrics: Lorenz Hart)
'It might as well be Spring'
(Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein) and.
'Lover' (Lyrics: Lorenz Hart)
Music by Richard Rogers (1902-1979)
Mstislav Rostropovich, violoncello (1961)
Sir Charles Groves, conductor
'Allegretto' (opening) from "Concerto for
Violoncello and Orchestra in E-flat major, Op.107'
Music by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
London Symphony Orchestra
"Carmina Burana"
'Opening' (O Fortuna)
Music by Carl Orff (1895-1982)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Munchner Rundfunkorchester
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Kurt Eichhorn, conductor (1975)
Xu Ke, erhu instrument soloist
'Opposition to an Arranged Marriage'
from "The Butterfly Lovers" (Erhu Concerto)
The Philharmonic of China
Mak Ka Lok, Conductor
Music by Chen Gang & He Zhan-Mao
Igor Stravinsky, conductor (1965)
'Lullaby and Final Hymn' from the
"Firebird Ballet Suite" (1945 version)
Music by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
From the Royal Festival Hall, London
Marian Lapsansky & Peter Toperczer, pianos
'The Aquarium' from "Carnival of Animals"
Music by Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
"Die Winterreise" (The Winter Journey)
'Der Lindenbaum' (words by Wilhelm Muller)
Music by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Brigitte Fassbender, mezzo-soprano
Wolfram Rieger, piano
A film by Petr Wiegl
"Romeo et Juliette" (Charles Gounod)
'Je t'ai pardonne...Nuit d'hymenee' Act IV
Angela Gheourghiu and Roberto Alagna
Anton Guadagno, conductor (2002)
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
A Film by Barbara Willis Sweete