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Albert Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43 (Complete) / Le festin de l'araignée (The Spider's Banquet), Op. 17 (Complete) - Yan Pascal Tortelier / BBC Philharmonic

Albert Roussel, Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic
Albert Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43 (Complete) / Le festin de l'araignée (The Spider's Banquet), Op. 17 (Complete) - Yan Pascal Tortelier / BBC Philharmonic
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (52) - Disc #1
1. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 1: Introduction
2. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 1: Youths And Maidens At Play
3. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 1: Labyrinthine Dance
4. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 1: Bacchus Appears Disguised. The Dance Is Interrupted
5. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 1: Bacchus Envelops Araine In His Balck Cloak. Ariadne Faints
6. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 1: Theseus And His Companions Rush At Bacchus. He Reveals Himself To Them And With An Imperious Gesture Shows Them The Way To The Sea
7. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 1: The Clouds Gather In The Sky
8. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 1: The Sun Reappears
9. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 1: Danse de Bacchus
10. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 1: Ariadne, Still Asleep, Dances With Bacchus
11. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 1: Bacchus Lays Ariadne On The Rock
12. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 2: Ariadne Sleeps
13. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 2: Ariadne Awakes. She Looks About Her And Believing She Has Been Abandoned, Tries To Through Herself Into The Waves
14. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 2: She Falls Into The Arms Of Bacchus. They Relive Their Dream Dance, Ariadne Now Awake
15. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 2: Bacchus Dances Alone
16. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 2: The Kiss
17. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 2: The Dionysian Spell
18. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 2: The Worshippers Of Bacchus Process
19. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 2: Danse d'Ariane
20. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 2: Danse d'Ariane et de Bacchus
21. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 2: Bacchanale
22. Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43: Act 2: The Coronation Of Ariadne
23. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: Prelude
24. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: A Garden. The Spider Sits In Her Web. She Surveys Her Surroundings
25. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: Entrance Of The Ants. They Find A Rose Petal
26. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: With Great Effort They Lift The Petal And Carry It Away
27. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: The Spider Daydreams And Watches The Garden
28. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: The Spider Mends Her Web
29. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: Entrance Of The Dung-Beetles
30. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: The Ants Return... A Butterfly Appears
31. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: Dance Of The Butterfly
32. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: The Spider Invites The Butterfly To Dance Close To Her Web
33. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: The Butterfly Is Caught In The Web And Struggles. Death Of The Butterfly
34. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: The Spider Rejoices. The Spider Frees The Butterfly From Her Web And Takes It To Her Larder
35. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: The Spider Dances
36. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: Suddenly Fruits Come Crashing Down
37. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: Entrance Of The Fruit Worms
38. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: Warlike Entrance Of The Two Praying Mantises
39. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: The Ants Circle
40. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: The Mantises Challenge Each Other To A Duel. The Mantises Fight.
41. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: The Mantises Become Caught In The Web. The Spider Dances
42. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: Hatching Of The Mayfly
43. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: The Dance Of The Mayfly
44. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: The Mayfly Stops, Exhausted. The Insects Pay Their Respects. He Rejects Their Advances
45. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: The Ants Leave
46. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: The Worms Come Out Of The Fruit
47. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: Dance Of The Mayfly And The Fruit Worms
48. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: Death Of The Mayfly
49. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: The Spider Prepares To Begin Her Feast, But One Of The Mantises, Freed From The Web, Slips Behind The Spider And Kills Her
50. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: Death Throes Of The Spider
51. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: Funeral Of The Mayfly
52. Le festin de l'araignee, Op.17: The Funeral Cotege Sets Off And Disappears Into The Distance. Night Falls On The Deserted Garden.

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CD Details

All Artists: Albert Roussel, Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic
Title: Albert Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43 (Complete) / Le festin de l'araignée (The Spider's Banquet), Op. 17 (Complete) - Yan Pascal Tortelier / BBC Philharmonic
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 7/23/1996
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 095115949429

Synopsis

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These two ballet masterpieces belong with the works of Ravel and Stravinsky at the pinnacle of French dance music from the interwar period. They are very different sounding. The Spider's Feast, as befits an "insect" piece, is a delicate impressionist tone poem painted in musical watercolors. Bacchus, by contrast, is a symphonically constructed epic told in pungent melodies and clear-cut, stamping rhythms. The second half of the ballet, also known as Suite No. 2, has long been popular at orchestral concerts, and builds up to a smashing ending. Yan Pascal Tortelier's performances of both works are the best available, both as interpretations and sound. --David Hurwitz

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CD Reviews

Two Great Ballets

D. A Wend | Buffalo Grove, IL USA | 03/05/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Bacchus and Ariane (Ariadne), like his Third Symphony, is a late work. Albert Roussel was at the height of his powers when he wrote this ballet for a lavish production at the Paris Opera. It was a gala affair with sets designed by Giorgio de Chirico and choreography by Sergei Lifar. The story concerns the adventures of Ariadne on the island of Naxos after she fled Crete with the hero Theseus, having outwitted the Minotaur. The ballet is in two acts and is characterized by spiraling melodies of great beauty and energy. The second act was performed as a concert piece and was very popular.The other work on this disc, The Spider's Feast, is a ballet from 1913. The scene is set in the corner of a garden and depicts the goings on of the insect life. Roussel loved the natural world and his inspiration shows in this work. The insects are meant to represent human emotions with the spider, with an insatiable appetite, done in by his own excesses. The music is very charming and impressionistic in its writing, sounding as if influenced by Debussy. Yan Pascal Tortelier and the BBC Philharmonic are superb in these pieces. The disc is a good introduction to Roussel's music and has been a favorite of mine for several years."