|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Product Details
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most helpful customer reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A long ballet,
By A Customer
This review is from: Glazunov - Raymonda / Bolshoi Ballet, Ludmila Semenyaka, Irek Moukhamedov (DVD)
I had never seen any version of this ballet before, nor have I heard very much of it, but I had the feeling that I would be in for a treat when I first watched this.True, the story isn't very compelling for me, but the dancing was exquisite. As I observe, some ballets you watch for the story, and others for the dancing. As this ballet is a line-up of many divertissements, I will say that this ballet is to be watched more for the dancing than the story. Soloists, principle dancers and corps de ballets all performed with excellence. Even though I didn't find the story to carry me away like ballets such as Giselle, La Bayadere and La Fille Mal Gardée, I was still able to follow and understand it, even without knowing very much about it beforehand. The dancers in the performance made it very easy for me to understand what the story was about, and I don't always find this for ballets in which I don't already know the story. One scene in particular that I enjoyed was the dream sequence in which the title character, Raymonda, dreams of her betrothed who is separated from her. It is the one time that I felt connected with the story. At approximately two hours and twenty minutes, I will say that this is a beautiful ballet in the dancing department, as well as having gorgeous costumes. The story, while I could follow it, was certainly not a highlight.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta) Amazon.com:
3.5 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The first Raymonda to see,
By Eric Henwood-Greer - Published on Amazon.com
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Glazunov - Raymonda / Bolshoi Ballet, Ludmila Semenyaka, Irek Moukhamedov (DVD)
Raymonda is a ballet that seems to divide fans--it's actually my favorite of the 1800s full length ballets after Sleeping Beauty, but I get why less experienced ballet fans might find its slight stroy, emphasis on dance, a bit boring. I find it enthralling.Out of the three DVDs of Raymonda out so far (this, another Bolshoi one with about 20 minutes cut from two years later and a classic Kirov performance from 1980) this is probably the place to start, although the Kirov has a lot to recommend it as well. Grigorovich's staging is largely exquisite although I don't like some of the changes made to the original (which he'd later elaborate on--currently the Bolshoi cuts the White Lady completely when they perform Raymonda). What really makes this release preferable to the other Bolshoi recording is the cast--which is just a little bit better, with the exception of Ludmila Semenyaka who is a LOT better than the Raymonda on the other release, Bessmertnova who was a decent talent but too old and miscast in the role. Semenyaka is divine as Raymonda--which is good because the role seems to have more solos than any other ballerina role in the classical repertoire. Glazunov's music likewise tends to divide people, but I think it's the greatest 1800s ballet score after Tchaikovsky--it may take a few more listens but its gorgeous medieaval themes will sink into your head. This DVD isn't perfect--the videotape source shows its age, the lighting isn't idea for filming in some dark scenes, and the sound lacks some oomps (and even briefly fades in and out for a minute in Act III, due to degraded video source), but we should be happy for what we have especially of this oft negelected ballet. Highly recommended. 33 of 40 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful but...,
By tulip - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Glazunov - Raymonda / Bolshoi Ballet, Ludmila Semenyaka, Irek Moukhamedov (DVD)
I bought this DVD after I watched Rudolf Nureyev's Raymonda documentary by Paris Opera Ballet since this is the only DVD available for the entire Raymonda performance. It is a beautiful ballet and the Russian dancers' turns are very fast. The part that I was disapointed was Abderarakhman. I am not talking about the dancer, he is really good, but it does not have the breath-taking choreography like the one I saw in Nureyev's version. Other than that it is a very good DVD to watch, except I had to fast forward everytime when there was a curtain call, it was long and almost everytime when a solorist finishes a variation. It was like watching a mini series of many variations instead of one whole ballet story. I am probably biased for Paris Opera Ballet so my feedback may not be fair. If I did not see Nureyev's documentary, this would have been one of my favorite ballet. It is beautiful.
3 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ballet,
By Peter Hance - Published on Amazon.com
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Glazunov - Raymonda / Bolshoi Ballet, Ludmila Semenyaka, Irek Moukhamedov (DVD)
Beautiful dancing, superb artists. BUT for those of us who love ballet but do not know it as professionals, subtitles describing, explaining the action could enhance our appreciation just as subtitles in opera have opened the world of opera to the multitudes.
|
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
