Roussel: Le Festin de l'Araignee, Padmavati / Deneve, Royal Scottish

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
January 31, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ROUSSEL, ALBERT
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Stéphane Denève
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 31, 2012
    • UPC
      747313224371
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572243
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Ballet
    Works ⌄

    1. Part 1: Prelude - Un Jardin (A Garden)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    2. Part 1: Tres animé - Entree des Fourmis (Entrance of the Ants)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    3. Part 1: Modéré - Entree des Bousiers (Entrance of the Dung-Beetles). Danse du Papillon (Dance of the Butterfly)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    4. Part 1: Lent - Joie de l'Araignee (The Spider rejoices). Danse de l'Araignee (Dance of the Spider)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    5. Part 1: Assez lent - Entree des Vers de fruit (Entrance of the Fruit Worms)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    6. Part 1: Solennel - Entree guerriere de deux Mantes religieuses (Warlike entrance of two praying Mantises)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    7. Part 1: Assez vif - Ronde des Fourmis (Round-dance of the Ants)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    8. Part 2: Assez lent - Eclosion de l'Ephemere (Hatching of the Mayfly)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    9. Part 2: Animé - Danse de l'Ephemere (Dance of the Mayfly)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    10. Part 2: Tres modéré - L'Ephemere s'arrete, epuise (The Mayfly stops, exhausted)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    11. Part 2: Tres lent - Mort de l'Ephemere (Death of the Mayfly)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    12. Part 2: Modérément lent - Funerailles de l'Ephemere (Funeral of the Mayfly)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    13. I. Prelude

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    14. II. Danse guerriere (War Dance)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    15. III. Danse des femmes esclaves (Dance of the Female Slaves)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    16. I. Prelude

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève

    17. II. Danse et Pantomime

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Stéphane Denève


One of Roussel’s most performed orchestral works, The Spider’s Web 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. “An excellent disc, splendidly and idiomatically performed and a superb advertisement for composer, conductor and orchestra. Highly recommended.” (Gramophone on Vol. 4 / 8.572135)