Right, hash, in the past I've on several occasions recommended CDs of the gorgeous music for Swan Lake, which I enjoy as much as the ballet itself. Incidentally, for anyone who may be interested, Tower has a 25% off sale going on for many great CDs, including a fine
Swan Lake.
Your colleague is a wise man when he suggests going with Bolshoi or Kirov for the Russian ballets. Yes, I specifically suggest the linked Bolshoi performance which is from a live 1989 performance(with much enthusiastic applause). More technical details are shown
here . Applying DPLII to the stereo sound nicely spreads some ambience to the surrounds.
Now for the Nutcracker it's the Kirov's turn in a performance at the
Mariinsky Theater.
