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Charles Hazlewood is joined by David Nixon, Artistic Director of the Northern Ballet Theatre, and the 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales for an exploration of key moments in the evolution of the Russian Ballet.

They travel from the time of ballet-master Petipa and composer Tchaikovsky in the 1870s through the ground-breaking contributions of impressario Diaghilev and composer Stravinsky in the early years of the 20th century to the new wave of 'realistic' ballets in the Soviet Union.

The music comes from Tchaikovsky's three ballet's, Stravinsky's Petrushka, Gliere's The Red Poppy and Shostakovich's The Golden Age.

Recorded in St. David's Hall, Cardiff.