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)
1 I. Allegro vivace 06:04
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
2 II. Adagio 10:19
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
3 III. Vivace 03:22
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
4 IV. Allegro con spirito 06:30
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
5 Prelude 03:55
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
6 A garden. - Sitting in her web, a spider surveys the surroundings 00:50
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
7 Entry of the ants. - They find a rose petal. - With great effort they lift 01:28
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
8 Left alone, the spider daydreams and watches the landscape. - She checks the strength of her thread. 01:41
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
9 Entry of the dung beetles. 00:50
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
10 The ants return. - They prepare to carry another petal, when a butterfly appears. 00:15
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
11 Dance 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)
12 The spider rejoices. - She frees the butterfly from her web and takes it to her larder. 03:37
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
13 The spider dances. - Suddenly fruits come crashing down from a tree. 01:49
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
14 Fruit worms enter and prepare to revel in the fallen fruits. 00:58
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
15 Warlike entry of two praying mantises who lift their frightening blades and forbid anyone to approach. 00:45
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
16 The 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)
17 The 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)
18 A mayfly hatches. 01:41
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
19 He dances. 03:23
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
20 The mayfly stops, exhausted. - The ants, the spider and finally the dung beetles pay their respects. 02:08
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
21 The mayfly and the fruit worms dance. 01:39
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
22 The mayfly dies. 00:32
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
23 The 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)
24 Death throes of the spider 01:19
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
25 Funeral of the mayfly. - The funeral cortege sets off and vanishes into the distance. 01:55
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)
26 Night falls on the deserted garden. 01:19
Orchestre de Paris (Orchestra)
Eschenbach, Christoph (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:02:29