Composer: Adolphe Adam
Performer: Sergei Amidyan, Leonid Kaplan
Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Conductor: Alexander Kopylov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Melodiya
Catalogue: MEL CD 1001621
Release: 1987/2009
Size: 386 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Giselle
01. Interlude
Act I
02. No. 1, Albert and Hans
03. No. 2, The Count-Peasant
04. No. 3, Love
05. No. 4, Among the Settlers
06. No. 5, Noble Guests
07. No. 6, The Count’s Sword
08. No. 7, Peasants’ Festival. Pas-de-deux
09. No. 8, Tragic Denouement
Act II
10. No. 9, Night Cemetery
11. No. 10, In the Cruel World of the Wilis
12. No. 11, Giselle, a New Wilis
13. No. 12, Wilis’s Departure
14. No. 13, Deathbed Repentance
15. No. 14, Revenge
16. No. 15, Together Again
17. No. 16, Daybreak Chime. Finale
“Giselle” was shown on the Bolshoi Theatre stage in 1843 after it had charmed the Parisian audience surviving the triumphant birth at the Grand Opera and gaining popularity among Saint Petersburg residents. The ballet was to the taste of Russian music lovers, and since then it has never left the main Moscow stage.
The music of the ballet presented on the disks corresponds to Grigorovich production that was performed in cooperation with the conductor Alexander Kopylov. The fragments that had not been issued by Adolphe Adam’s pen were still preserved and within the 19th century they were considered an inseparable part of the music of the ballet.
The name of a little known composer Adolphe Adam (1803–1856) became famous due to “Giselle” that won the international recognition. The idea seemed so intriguing to him that he managed to compose music to the ballet within a week.