Composer(s): Roussel, Albert
Arranger(s): Dubinsky, Rostislav
Conductor(s): Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Label: Chandos
Genre: Ballet
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: CHAN9494
Barcode: 095115949429
Release Date: 06/1996

ROUSSEL: Bacchus et Ariane / Le Festin de l'araignee

Tracklist

Roussel, Albert
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
1Act I: Introduction —01:47
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
2Act I: Youths and maidens at play —02:37
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
3Act I: Labyrinthine dance —03:02
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
4Act I: Bacchus appears disguised - The dance is interrupted —00:59
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
5Act I: Bacchus envelops Ariadne in his black cloak - Ariadne faints —00:33
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
6Act I: Theseus and his companions rush at Bacchus - He reveals himself to them and with an imperious gesture shows them the way to the sea —00:45
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
7Act I: The clouds gather in the sky —01:13
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
8Act I: The sub reappears —00:42
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
9Act I: Bacchus Dance —01:19
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
10Act I: Ariadne, still asleep, dances with Bacchus —02:16
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
11Act I: Bacchus lays Ariadne on the rock01:22
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
12Act II: Prelude: Ariadne sleeps —02:42
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
13Act II: Ariadne awakes - She looks about her and believing she has been abandoned, tries to throw herself into the waves —01:58
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
14Act II: She falls into the arms of Bacchus - They relive their dream dance, Ariadne now awake00:57
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
15Act II: Bacchus dances alone —01:45
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
16Act II: The kiss —01:10
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
17Act II: The Dionysian spell —01:09
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
18Act II: The worshippers of Bacchus process —00:40
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
19Act II: Dance of Ariadne —03:53
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
20Act II: Dance of Ariadne and Bacchus —01:01
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
21Act II: Bacchanale —03:35
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
22Act II: The coronation of Ariadne00:45
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
Roussel, Albert
Dubinsky, Rostislav - Arranger
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
23Prelude —03:44
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
24A garden - The spider sits in her web - She surveys her surroundings —00:45
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
25Entrance of the ants - They find a rose petal —00:45
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
26With great effort they lift the petal and carry it away —00:47
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
27The spider daydreams and watches the garden —00:43
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
28The spider mends her web —00:58
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
29Entrance of the dung beetles00:45
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
30The ants return … a butterfly appears —00:13
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
31Dance of the butterfly —02:19
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
32The spider invites the butterfly to dance closer to her web —00:20
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
33The butterfly is caught in the web and struggles - Death of the butterfly —00:30
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
34The spider rejoices - The spider frees the butterfly from her web and takes it to her larder —00:42
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
35The spider dances —01:33
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
36Suddenly fruits come crashing down —00:20
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
37Entrace of the fruit worms —00:37
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
38Warlike entrance of 2 praying mantises —00:49
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
39The ants circle —00:33
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
40The mantises challenge each other to a duel - The mantises fight —00:54
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
41The mantises become caught in the web - The spider dances —00:51
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
42Hatching of the mayfly —01:50
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
43The dance of the mayfly —03:16
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
44The mayfly stops, exhausted - The insects pay their respects - He rejects their advances —00:54
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
45The ants leave —00:31
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
46The works come out of the fruit —00:24
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
47Dance of the mayfly and the fruit worms —01:22
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
48Death of the mayfly —00:43
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
49The spider prepares to begin her feast, but one of the mantises, freed from the web, slips behind the spider and kills her —00:33
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
50Death throes of the spider —00:57
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
51Funeral of the mayfly —01:24
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)
52The funeral cortege sets off and disappears into the distance - Night falls on the deserted garden.01:37
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tortelier, Yan Pascal (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:07:49