Roussel: Bacchus Et Ariane, Symphony No 3 / Denève, Royal Scottish NO

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
May 29, 2007
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ROUSSEL, ALBERT
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Deneve
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 29, 2007
    • UPC
      747313024575
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8570245
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    2. II. Adagio

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    3. III. Vivace

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    4. IV. Allegro con spirito

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    5. Prelude

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

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

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    7. Danse du labyrinthe (Dance of the Labyrinth)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    8. Bacchus apparait deguise (Bacchus appears, disguised)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

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

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

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

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

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

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

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

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    13. Danse de Bacchus (Dance of Bacchus)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

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

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

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

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

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

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

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

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    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)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    19. Bacchus danse seul (Bacchus dances alone)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    20. Le baiser (The kiss)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    21. L'enchantement dionysiaque (The Dionysian spell)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

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

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    23. Danse d'Ariane (Dance of Ariadne)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

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

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    25. Bacchanale

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

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

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève



This disc recalls the heady days of Munch and Bernstein in this music. Stéphane Denève, music director of the RSNO since 2005, plays Roussel's music to the manner born (he was, of course, but you never know--remember Prêtre?). The first movement of the Third Symphony revels in its unbridled rhythmic thrust, while Denève wrings every drop of bittersweet poignancy from the slow movement, capping it off with the most intense and powerful climax you will ever hope to hear. The remainder of the symphony, ebullient and sparkling, with the finale emerging seamlessly from the quiet ending of the scherzo, caps a performance that's just about perfect.

Bacchus et Ariane--the two suites presented here constitute the entire ballet--has just as much fervor and brilliance. From the opening bars the orchestra plays like a pack of demons, and this makes the more melting and lyrical bits all the more moving. The opening of the Second Suite has that same feeling of deep nostalgia as does the slow movement of the symphony, and in the final Bacchanal Denève whips up an orchestral fury the likes of which we haven't heard in this piece since Munch. What makes the performance so special is that all of this excitement never compromises precision of execution, or that special sparkle and lightness of touch that we have come to regard as quintessentially French. This team looks set to become a major musical force, and a genuine star of the Naxos catalog. Keep it coming, please!

--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com