Roussel, Albert - Symphony No. 3 / Bacchus et Ariane (Complete Ballet) - Denève, Stéphane (conductor)

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5 AV 6 MÖJLIGA I BETYG I SVENSKA DAGBLADET



• Roussel’s two most successful works, the ballet Bacchus et Ariane and Symphony No. 3 are products of his mature, neo-classical idiom. The Third Symphony, one of a number of works commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra for its fiftieth anniversary season, represents the composer’s neo-classical language at its most incisive.

• Notable for opening and closing movements which are propelled with unstoppable momentum, this is the only symphony by Roussel to have retained its place in the repertoire.

• With its unbridled sensuality, subtle harmonies and intricate counterpoint, the sumptuously scored two-act Ballet Bacchus et Ariane, is another dazzling display of Roussel at the height of his powers.

• “The familiar exuberant Roussel style, a synthesis of Busoni-esque Young Classicality and impressionism is heard here in the two suites from Bacchus et Ariane” Gramophone on Roussel.

Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Stéphane Denève
Albert Roussel

Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42

1. I. Allegro vivace

2. II. Adagio

3. III. Vivace

4. IV. Allegro con spirito



Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43: Suite No. 1

5. Prelude

6. Jeux des ephebes et des vierges (Game of the young men and maidens)

7. Danse du labyrinthe (Dance of the Labyrinth)

8. Bacchus apparait deguise (Bacchus appears, disguised)

9. Il fait tournoyer au - dessus d'elle son manteau noir (He whirls his black mantle over her)

10. Thesee et ses compagnons se precipitent sur Bacchus (Theseus and his companions rush upon Bacchus)

11. Les nuages s'accumulent dans le ciel (The clouds gather)

12. Les nuages se dissipent, le soleil reparait (The clouds disperse, the sun re - appears)

13. Danse de Bacchus (Dance of Bacchus)

14. Ariane, toujours endormie, prend part a la danse avec Bacchus (Ariadne, still asleep, dances with Bacchus)

15. Bacchus depose Ariane sur le rocher (Bacchus sets Ariadne down on the rock)



Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43: Suite No. 2

16. Prelude - Le sommeil d'Ariane (Ariadne's sleep)

17. Reveil d'Ariane (Ariadne's Awakening)

18. Elle tombe dans les bras de Bacchus qui a surgi derriere la crete du roc (She falls into the arms of Bacchus, who has appeared suddenly behind the summit)

19. Bacchus danse seul (Bacchus dances alone)

20. Le baiser (The Kiss)

21. L'enchantement dionysiaque (The Dionysian spell)

22. Le thiase defile (The Bacchic procession of revellers forms)

23. Danse d'Ariane (Dance of Ariadne)

24. Danse d'Ariane et Bacchus (Dance of Ariadne and Bacchus)

25. Bacchanale

26. Le couronnement d'Ariane (The coronation of Ariadne)