Adam: Giselle Choreography: Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, January 2014 Natalia Osipova (Giselle) & Carlos Acosta (Albrecht) Boris Gruzin

Delibes: Sylvia Choreographer: Frederick Ashton. Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 1st and 5th December 2005 Darcey Bussell, Roberto Bolle, Thiago Soares, Martin Harvey & Mara Galeazzi Graham Bond

Hérold: La Fille mal gardée Choreographer: Frederick Ashton (2015) Natalia Osipova (Lise), Steven McRae (Colas), Philip Mosley (Widow Simone), Christopher Saunders (Thomas ) & Paul Kay (Alain) Barry Wordsworth

Liszt: Mayerling Choreographer: Kenneth MacMillan (2009) Edward Watson, Mara Galeazzi, Iohna Loots, William Tuckett, Cindy Jourdain, Sarah Lamb & Elizabeth McGorian Barry Wordsworth

Minkus: Don Quixote Choreography: Carlos Acosta after Marius Petipa. Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, October 2013 Marianela Nuñez (Kitri), Carlos Acosta (Basilio), Christopher Saunders (Don Quixote), Philip Mosley (Sancho Panza), Gary Avis (Lorenzo), Bennet Gartside (Gamache), Ryoichi Hirano (Espada), Laura Morera (Mercedes) Martin Yates (conductor) & Carlos Acosta (director)

             La Bayadère Choreographer: Natalia Makarova. Recorded live from the Royal Opera House, January 2009 Carlos Acosta (Solar), Marianela Nuñez (Gamzatti), Tamara Rojo (Nikiya), Gary Avis (The High Brahmin), Christopher Saunders (Rajah), Kenta Kura (Magdaveya) & Valeri Hristov (Solor’s Friend) Valeriy Ovsyanikov

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan. Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, March 2012 Federico Bonelli (Romeo), Lauren Cuthbertson (Juliet), Alexander Campbell (Mercutio), Bennet Gartside (Tybalt), Dawid Trzensimiech (Benvolio), Vale Rihristov (Paris), Christopher Saunders (Lord Capulet), Christina Arestis (Lady Capulet) & Gary Avis (Escalus Prince of Verona) Barry Wordsworth

Talbot, J: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon. Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, 9th March, 2011 Lauren Cuthbertson (Alice), Sergei Polunin (Jack/The Knave of Hearts), Edward Watson (Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit), Zenaida Yanowsky (Mother/The Queen of Hearts) & Steven Macrae (Mad Hatter) Barry Wordsworth

                 The Winter's Tale Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon. Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, March 2014 Edward Watson (Leontes), Sarah Lamb (Perdita), Zenaida Yanowsky (Paulina), Steven McRae (Florizel), Federico Bonelli (Polizenes), Lauren Cuthbertson (Hermione) David Briskin

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20 Choreography: Marius Petipa & Lev Ivanov. Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, on 16th & 24th March 2009 Marianela Nuñez, Thiago Soares, Elizabeth McGorian, Christopher Saunders, Alastair Marriott & David Pickering Valeriy Ovsyanikov (conductor) & Anthony Dowell (stage director)

                      The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Choreography: Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov. Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Nov & Dec, 2009 Miyako Yoshida (The Sugar Plum Fairy), Ricardo Cervera/Steven McRae (Nephew/Nutcracker), Steven McRae (The Prince), Gary Avis (Drosselmeyer) & Iohna Loots (Clara) Koen Kessels (conductor) & Peter Wright (director)

                      Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 Choreographer: Marius Petipa, Frederick Ashton & Anthony Dowell. Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 5th December 2006 Alina Cojocaru, Federico Bonelli, Christopher Saunders, Elizabeth McGorian, Alastair Marriott, Genesia Rosato & Marianela Nuñez Valeriy Ovsyanikov

plus: ASHTON CELEBRATION (2013)

         RHAPSODY/THE TWO PIGEONS (2015)

         MCGREGOR TRIPLE BILL

Celebrating 60 years since the Royal Ballet was awarded its Royal Charter, this magnificent 15-disc collection brings together 22 ballets spanning a decade of dance.
The Collection illustrates the breadth of the Royal Ballet’s work: from such 19th-century classics as Giselle, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker through works by the company’s heritage choreographers Frederick Ashton (including La Fille mal gardée and Rhapsody) and Kenneth MacMillan (Romeo and Juliet and Mayerling), to contemporary classics by the Royal Ballet’s Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Winter’s Tale) and Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor (Chroma, Infra and Limen).
A special edition book is also included, containing new articles about the Royal Ballet, richly illustrated with stunning photographs.

Sound format: LPCM & DTS Master Audio 5.1