John Lanchbery
As a conductor, John Lanchbery was largely associated with ballet, though he also worked in so-called television opera and operetta. As a composer and arranger, he wrote music for films, television and radio, and fashioned new orchestral versions of famous ballets, including Les Sylphides, The Tales of Hoffmann, Don Quixote, and Giselle. He also adapted the scores of popular operettas to ballet, among them Die Fledermaus, Rosalinda, and The Merry Widow. Lanchbery may be best known today for his numerous ballet recordings, which include acclaimed performances of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake. From the mid-twentieth century forward, Lanchbery served as music director for major ballet companies in England, the U.S., and Australia. When he appeared in the concert hall, he generally conducted ballet music or lighter scores like Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. Many of his recordings are still available from EMI, DG, Decca, and Naxos.
John Lanchbery was born in London on May 15, 1923. He began violin lessons at eight. In his later teens he studied music at the Royal Academy of Music in London, not finishing until after military service in World War II. In the postwar era, Lanchbery worked for a music publisher as he concluded studies at the RAM.
His first important post came in 1948 as music director of the Metropolitan Ballet, a small company founded the year before that would disband in 1950. Lanchbery became music director of Sadlers Wells Theatre Ballet in 1951 and worked there with Kenneth MacMillan on several notable ballets: MacMillan's first effort, Somnambulism (1953; music by Stan Kenton), was orchestrated by Lanchbery and was a huge success.
Lanchbery probably achieved his greatest acclaim as principal conductor at the Royal Ballet (1959-1972), with whom he made many successful tours abroad. During his tenure, Lanchbery made numerous popular arrangements of well-known ballet scores, including Don Quixote, for a 1966 production danced by Rudolf Nureyev.
Lanchbery arranged music for the 1970 ballet movie Tales of Beatrix Potter. The score, like the film, achieved success as a recording in its several incarnations, among which is a 1998 EMI CD containing the original soundtrack. Lanchbery held two further music directorships: one at the Australian Ballet (1972-1977) and the other with the American Ballet Theater (1978-1981). After 1981 he freelanced as a conductor and from the 1970s spent much time in Australia, eventually becoming a citizen in 2002.
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Discografía
16 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Hérold: La Fille Mal Gardée - Excerpts
Royal Opera House Orchestra, John Lanchbery
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 4 mar. 1962
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Ballets intégrales (Casse noisette - La belle au bois dormant - Le lac des cygnes)
Philharmonia Orchestra, John Lanchbery
Clásica - Editado por Parlophone UK el 9 sept. 2002
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Minkus: Don Quixote (Arr. Lanchbery)
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 9 nov. 2021
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Lambert: The Bird Actors, Pomona & Romeo and Juliet
John Lanchbery, State Orchestra of Victoria
Clásica - Editado por Chandos el 1 nov. 2000
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Hérold: La Fille mal gardée - Highlights
Royal Opera House Orchestra, John Lanchbery
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 4 mar. 1962
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Messager: Les deux pigeons
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, John Lanchbery
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 22 oct. 2021
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Tchaikovsky: Onegin, Theme and Variations, Ballet Imperial & Diamonds
Rudolf Barshai, John Lanchbery, Riccardo Muti, Lovro von Matacic
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 5 nov. 2010
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Musique du film "Tales of Beatrix Potter"
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 2 jul. 2007
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Highlights
Philharmonia Orchestra, John Lanchbery
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 10 ene. 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Spirit of France
John Lanchbery, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Clásica - Editado por ABC Classic el 1 ene. 1999
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Hérold: La fille mal gardée; LeCocq: Mam'zelle Angot
Royal Opera House Orchestra, John Lanchbery, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 ene. 1991
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Highlights)
Philharmonia Orchestra, John Lanchbery
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 1 sept. 1998
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Herold La Fille mal gardée and Gounod Faust - Ballet Music
John Lanchbery, Sir Georg Solti, Orchestra of the Royal Oper House, Convent Garden
Clásica - Editado por Mangora Classical el 25 jun. 2016
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The Bird Actors - Pomona - Romeo & Juliet
Ballets - Editado por Chandos el 1 nov. 2000
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The Sentimental Bloke
John Lanchbery, Orchestra Victoria
Ballets - Editado por ABC Classic el 1 jun. 1998
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Sullivan, A.: Pineapple Poll (Arr. C. Mackerras) (Excerpts) / Verdi, G.: the Lady and the Fool (Arr. C. Mackerras) (Lanchberry, Irving) (1951-1957)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, The New Symphony Orchestra of London, John Lanchbery, Robert Irving
Ballets - Editado por Naxos Classical Archives el 1 ene. 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo