I fully concur with the enthusiastic welcomes that both Ken Talbot and Mike Parr delivered on Ivan Repusic’s recent disc of Verdi’s complete ballet music with the Munich Radio Orchestra. However, when Mike suggests that this is the first such collection of the repertoire he is not quite correct. While it’s true that the Philips twofer entitled “Verdi complete ballet music” (442 550-2) weirdly failed to live up to its name by omitting the dance episodes from Aida, the 2012 Naxos release “Verdi complete ballet music from the operas” (8.572818-19) offers the full package. The performances by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Jose Serebrier are very fine and are delivered in excellent sound.