Robert Irving 擅長於 芭蕾 ，也知道揚其長隱其短所以獨沽專注於芭蕾而少沾其它，比起有些指揮事事要卻事事不成，聰明又務實。 Irving 風格清新不涉於粗暴在 Capitol , EMI , RCA 有很多芭蕾或色彩鮮明管絃錄音很受到歡迎的。
1955年在英國 沙德勒之井劇院 Sadler's Wells Theatre 公演的 柴可夫斯基 睡美人 由 ( 英倫 芭蕾教母 )德瓦洛，妮涅特 Dame Ninette de Valois 監制，卡司無比堅強包括 首席芭蕾舞者Margot Fonteyn 瑪歌·芳婷 , Michael Somes , Frederick Ashton , Beryl Grey ...等人，指揮就是 Robert Irving ，也有留下 DVD 可供景仰當時萬人空巷之盛況 ( VAI DVD 4295 ，December 14, 1955 )。
本唱片就是公演後打鐵趁熱後的錄音，也是所謂 Sadler's Wells Theatre 版本。The Sleeping Beauty 的最佳版本仍是 Rozhdestvensky / BBC symphony orchestra 的國家劇院版 ( BBC 3001 ，1981年 3LP )。本唱片的緊湊演奏加上只有2 LP 十分合算，可當第二收藏版本。
Robert Irving (28 August 1913 – 13 September 1991)
Dame Ninette de Valois OM CH DBE (6 June 1898 – 8 March 2001) was an Anglo-Irish dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet. She began life in Ireland as Edris Stannus. Most notably, she danced professionally with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, later establishing the Royal Ballet, one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century and still one of the leading ballet companies in the world. She also established the Birmingham Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet School. She is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of ballet and as the "godmother" of English and Irish ballet.
VAI DVD 4295 Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Frederick Ashton, Beryl Grey. Sadler’s Wells Ballet (Royal Ballet). Choreography by Petipa. Music by Tchaikovsky. Conducted by Robert Irving Broadcast of December 14, 1955. Approx. 90 min.
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