Frederick Ashton, founder and choreographer of the Royal Ballet, created over 100 ballet plays during his 60 year career. This album showcases his three short stories, reflecting the breadth of his refined, elegant, and popular style. Les Patineurs awakened the ice rinks of the Edwardian era with its youthful charm and humor, in stark contrast to the ballet, which combined sharp geometric shapes with Igor Stravinsky's music to create Ashton's most modernist works. Diversions is a collection of eight short dances, featuring Ashton's most lyrical choreography, including a duet of Tchaikovsky and Massenet's romantic masterpieces. Works: Mayer Bill: Actors Laura Morella, Samantha Ren, Steven McRae, Sarah Lamb, Rupert Pennefaser, Christina Arestis, Francesca Filpi, Ryoichi Hirano, Kenta Kuroda, and Liam Scarlett; Andrei Uspensky Paul Murphy (conductor) Stravinsky: Head of the Yoshida Meiko Ballet, Ivan Putlov, Edward Watson; Lauren Cuthbertson Barry Wordsworth (conductor) "Transfer Tchaikovsky: The Awakening Duet" (1968) Darcey Bussell& Jonathan Cope Massenet:Tha?s Pas de deux（1971）Mara Galeazzi&； Thiago Suarez Paganini: Devil's Holiday Variations (1939) Viacheslav Samodurov Brahms: Five Brahms Waltzes in Isadora Duncan Style (1975) Tamara Rojo Strauss: Voice of Spring Double Springs (1977) Leanne Benjamin& Laura Morera after Carlos Acosta Tomasini's "Paganini: Devil's Holiday Two" (1939); Ricardo Cervera Barry Wordsworth (conductor), Carlos Acosta (splitter), Leanne Benjamin (splitter), Darcey Bussell (splitter), Thiago Soares (splitter), Steven McRae (dancer), Samantha Raine; Paul Murphy; Barry Wordsworth TV director: Ross MacGibbon, choreographer: Frederick Ashton, catalog number: OA1064D, performance date: 2009, running time: 96 minutes, sound: 2.0LPCM+5.1 (5.0), DTS aspect ratio: 16:9, deformation/4:3, subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, tags: Opus Arte Rezension, the star of the Royal Ballet embodies the range of choreographer Frederick Ashton: Dancer Tamaara Rojo's tribute to Isodora Duncan is the weirdest and the most charming among Les painters. Performance * * * * Images& Voice * * * - BBC Music Magazine, March 2012