Adam: Orfa / Salvi, Sofia Philharmonic

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
May 26, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Adolphe Adam
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Kalina Hristova, Dario Salvi, Vesela Trichkova
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 26, 2023
    • UPC
      747313447879
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574478
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Ballet
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I: Introduction, "Le rendez-vous" (The Gathering)

      Composer: Adolphe Adam

      Ensemble: Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Vesela Tritchkova

      Conductor: Dario Salvi

    2. Act I: Pas de trois, "Les Scandinaves" (The Scandinavians)

      Composer: Adolphe Adam

      Ensemble: Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Dario Salvi

    3. Act I: Pas de deux, "Les fiancés" (The Betrothed)

      Composer: Adolphe Adam

      Ensemble: Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Dario Salvi

    4. Act I: Mazurka, "Les traîneaux" (The Sledges)

      Composer: Adolphe Adam

      Ensemble: Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Dario Salvi

    5. Act I: Après le divertissement (After the Entertainment)

      Composer: Adolphe Adam

      Ensemble: Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Vesela Tritchkova

      Conductor: Dario Salvi

    6. Act II: Les séductions (The Seductions)

      Composer: Adolphe Adam

      Ensemble: Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Kalina Hristova

      Conductor: Dario Salvi

    7. Act II: Part II

      Composer: Adolphe Adam

      Ensemble: Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Vesela Tritchkova

      Conductor: Dario Salvi

    8. Act II: Pas de deux et Apothéose (Duet and Apotheosis)

      Composer: Adolphe Adam

      Ensemble: Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Kalina Hristova, Vesela Tritchkova

      Conductor: Dario Salvi


Orfa was Adolphe Adam’s penultimate ballet, with an intriguing scenario based on Nordic mythology. It shares analogies with Hesiod’s Theogony and Wagner’s Ring cycle in depicting the struggle between the older gods (Loki) and younger gods (Odin). Full of archetypal Romantic elements, Orfa was mounted with the lavish stage spectacle for which the Paris Opéra was famous, and featured Fanny Cerrito in the title role. Adam’s writing shows increasingly vivid orchestral imagination, drama and tonal colour, with roles for several instrumental soloists. This world premiere recording uses a new edition copied from Adam’s original manuscript score held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.