| | |  | Ballets & Classics | Home » » » Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kij; Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fe [DVD Video] | | | | | | | Description: | | This program includes two stunning renditions of 20th-century ballets. First, Prokofiev's "Lieutenant Kije" features splendid dancing by Vladimir Vasiliev and Raisa Struchkova, veterans of the Bolshoi. Next, Stravinsky's unforgettable music enlivens "Le Baiser de la Fee," and this memorable production features a riveting performance by Vladimir Malakhov. 88 min. total. Soundtrack: English; bonus footage. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Struchkova, Vasiliev | | Format:
| Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Video Artists Int'l | | Run Time:
| 106 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| July 10, 2007 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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18 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 It's Prokofiev...enough said!Nov 03, 2007
By Ballet Jent
Prokofiev's Lt.Kije contains excellent music and a humorous story line to go with talented dancing. However,you must read the synopsis before you begin to fully understand what's going on..and why.Struchkova is a good ballerina, but would have extra appeal if she could portray more youthful femininity. Vasiliev is his usual best. Popko does admirably.
Stavinsky's Le Baiser de la Fee follows a classical story line, with a parting salute to Tchaikovsky's music...off-hand, Romeo and Juliet. Malakhov is excellent.Yatsenko handles the Ice Maiden role, albeit it does not appear to be overly demanding. Vasilieva does well.
Overall, I prefer Lt. Kije. I wish they would bring more of these forgotten ballets to DVD's, not the usual dozens of Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Giselle, et al.
10 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 I get to see the musicMar 03, 2008
By Ernest L. Sparks
"erniesparks"
I bought this DVD expressly for seeing Le Baiser de la Fée. That piece has a particular significance to me. I first listened to the full music on an LP back around 1960, when I was trying to hear as much Stravinsky music as I could find on record. But I only listened to it once. I favored more through-composed Stravinsky music like the Octuor and Concerto for Piano and Winds, rather than highly derived music like Baiser and Pulcinella. Definitely forgot, my next experience with that music was in 1966. I was enrolled in a summer institute at USC (nothing to do with arts). It was sunday afternoon and I came down to my dormitory lobby with a book. A radio was playing. It sounded like some Tschaikowsky. After a few minutes I began to notice that more than Tschaikowsky was going on. By the time my attention became fully arrested, I began to recognize the Stravinsky in it.
"I think that is Baiser de la Fée (the climax of the scene on the mountain)!", so I told myself. I was correct. In fact, it was a live performance broadcast from the Hollywood Bowl, with I.S. conducting.
I am acquiring as much Stravinsky danse on DVD as I can get. I am very happy with this one. Ivan Malakhov as Rudy is beautiful and Tatiana Yatsenko as the Ice Fairy is stunning (but the film overdoes the closeup work). I can't blame the film-makers too much. When Stravinsky worked from established music sources like this, he ran long, rather than short and precise (as he did with his own tighter inventions). So I am having to view the movie in chapters to appreciate better some of the later music. I am immediately sold on the mountain scene and the village dancing. I have yet to stop wearying of the dream scene and the gypsy scene.
Meanwhile, thanks for this DVD.
 DisapointingSep 28, 2010
By Laercio S. Raphael
I guess my disapoitment with the ballets have to do with my expectations from them. Both ballets are minor works of great russians composers; I had never seen them on stage or video. But the music appeals to me. Then, having a first experience based on poor soviet productions, where the emphasis is on big pannels and less in showing the best the dancers can perform is rather less than one should expect as a reference recording. It has all the vices of sovietic recorfings of ballets, and was badly edited for modern patterns. To me, it's value is purely bibliographical: compared to modern creative and/or sumptuous productions, it makes one think: What marvellous ballets Nureyev, or Ballachine, could have done of them!
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