Stéphane Denève, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Albert Roussel: Le festin de l'araignée (2011)

Tracklist

01. Le festin de l'araignee (The Spider's Banquet), Op. 17, Pt. 1: Prelude - Un jardin [A Garden]
02. Le festin de l'araignee (The Spider's Banquet), Op. 17, Pt. 1: Tres anime - Entree des fourmis [Entrance of the Ants]
03. Le festin de l'araignee (The Spider's Banquet), Op. 17, Pt. 1: Modere - Entree des bousiers [Entrance of the Dung-Beetles]. Danse du papillon [Dance of the Butterfly]
04. Le festin de l'araignee (The Spider's Banquet), Op. 17, Pt. 1: Lent - Joie de l'araignee [The Spider Rejoices]. Danse de l'araignee [Dance of the Spider]
05. Le festin de l'araignee (The Spider's Banquet), Op. 17, Pt. 1: Assez lent - Entree des vers de fruit [Entrance of the Fruit Worms]
06. Le festin de l'araignee (The Spider's Banquet), Op. 17, Pt. 1: Solennel - Entree guerriere de deux mantes religieuses [Warlike Entrance of Two Praying Mantises]
07. Le festin de l'araignee (The Spider's Banquet), Op. 17, Pt. 1: Assez vif - Ronde des fourmis [Round-Dance of the Ants]
08. Le festin de l'araignee (The Spider's Banquet), Op. 17, Pt. 2: Assez lent - Eclosion de l'ephemere [Hatching of the Mayfly]
09. Le festin de l'araignee (The Spider's Banquet), Op. 17, Pt. 2: Anime - Danse de l'ephemere [Dance of the Mayfly]
10. Le festin de l'araignee (The Spider's Banquet), Op. 17, Pt. 2: Tres modere - l'Ephemere s'arrete, epuise [The Mayfly Stops, Exhausted]
11. Le festin de l'araignee (The Spider's Banquet), Op. 17: Part 2: Tres lent - Mort de l'ephemere [Death of the Mayfly]
12. Le festin de l'araignee (The Spider's Banquet), Op. 17, Pt. 2: Moderement lent - Funerailles de l'ephemere [Funeral of the Mayfly]
13. Padmavati Suite No. 1: I. Prelude
14. Padmavati Suite No. 1: II. Danse guerriere (War Dance)
15. Padmavati Suite No. 1: III. Danse des femmes esclaves (Dance of the Female Slaves)
16. Padmavati Suite No. 2: I. Prelude
17. Padmavati Suite No. 2: II. Danse et pantomime

One of Roussel’s most performed orchestral works, The Spider’s Banquet was composed during his earlier impressionistic period, and depicts the beauty and violence of insect life in a garden. Roussel’s experiences as a lieutenant in the French Navy first introduced him to Eastern influences, and the ‘opera-ballet’ Padmâvatî was inspired by his later visit to the ancient city of Chittor in Rajasthan state of western India. It uses aspects of Indian music to evoke this city’s legendary siege by the Mongols. This is the fifth and final volume in Stéphane Denève and the RSNO’s acclaimed survey of Roussel’s orchestral works.

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