Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta - Florent Schmitt: Antoine et Cléopâtre (2015) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Antoine et Cleopatre Suite No. 1, Op. 69a I. Antoine et Cleopatre
02. Antoine et Cleopatre Suite No. 1, Op. 69a II. Le camp de Pompee
03. Antoine et Cleopatre Suite No. 1, Op. 69a III. La bataille d'Actium
04. Antoine et Cleopatre Suite No. 2, Op. 69b I. Nuit au palais de la reine
05. Antoine et Cleopatre Suite No. 2, Op. 69b II. Orgie et danses
06. Antoine et Cleopatre Suite No. 2, Op. 69b III. Le tombeau de Cleopatre
07. Le palais hante, Op. 49


A student of Massenet and Fauré, winner of the Prix de Rome in 1900 and friend to Ravel and Satie, Florent Schmitt had a style that blended influences and inspiration from wherever the spirit took him. His incidental music for Antony and Cleopatra originally formed ballet scenes between the acts, evoking and enhancing Shakespeare’s saga of rivalry between the Roman Empire and Egypt, and the tragic consequences of star-crossed love. Schmitt’s The Haunted Palace follows the nuances of Mallarmé’s translation from Edgar Allan Poe in lush orchestration and a sound-scape of enigmatic symbolist imagery.

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