Composer(s): Roussel, Albert
Conductor(s): Eschenbach, Christoph
Orchestra(s): Orchestre de Paris
Label: Ondine
Genre: Ballet; Orchestral
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: ODE1107-2
Barcode: 0761195110720
Release Date: 01/2008

ROUSSEL, A.: Symphony No. 3 / Le festin de l'araignee (Orchestre de Paris, Eschenbach)

Tracklist

Roussel, Albert
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
1I. Allegro vivace06:04
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
2II. Adagio10:19
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
3III. Vivace03:22
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
4IV. Allegro con spirito06:30
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
5Prelude03:55
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
6A garden. - Sitting in her web, a spider surveys the surroundings00:50
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
7Entry of the ants. - They find a rose petal. - With great effort they lift01:28
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
8Left alone, the spider daydreams and watches the landscape. - She checks the strength of her thread.01:41
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
9Entry of the dung beetles.00:50
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
10The ants return. - They prepare to carry another petal, when a butterfly appears.00:15
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
11Dance of the butterfly. - The spider invites the butterfly to dance closer to her web. - The butterfly is caught in the web and struggles.03:16
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
12The spider rejoices. - She frees the butterfly from her web and takes it to her larder.03:37
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
13The spider dances. - Suddenly fruits come crashing down from a tree.01:49
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
14Fruit worms enter and prepare to revel in the fallen fruits.00:58
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
15Warlike entry of two praying mantises who lift their frightening blades and forbid anyone to approach.00:45
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
16The ants dance in a circle. - The two mantises blame each other for the trick which was played upon them.00:34
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
17The mantises challenge each other to a duel. - They fight. - The spider dances in order to make the mantises more excited.01:41
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
18A mayfly hatches.01:41
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
19He dances.03:23
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
20The mayfly stops, exhausted. - The ants, the spider and finally the dung beetles pay their respects.02:08
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
21The mayfly and the fruit worms dance.01:39
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
22The mayfly dies.00:32
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
23The spider prepares to begin her feast, but one of the mantises, freed by the dung beetles from the web, slips behind the spider and kills her.00:39
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
24Death throes of the spider01:19
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
25Funeral of the mayfly. - The funeral cortege sets off and vanishes into the distance.01:55
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
26Night falls on the deserted garden.01:19
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:02:29