Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Orchestra: Residentie Orkest The Hague
Conductor: Jun Märkl
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574463
Release: 2022
Size: 1.34 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Étienne Marcel, R. 209, Act III, The Night of St. John, Before Notre Dame
01. Entrée des écoliers et des ribaudes
02. Musette guerrière
03. Pavane
04. Valse
05. Entrée des Bohémiens et Bohémiennes
06. Final
Henry VIII, R. 291
07. Prélude
Henry VIII, R. 291, Act II
08. Entracte
Henry VIII, R. 291, Act III
09. Marche du Synode
Henry VIII, R. 291, Act IV Scene 1
10. Allegro moderato
Henry VIII, R. 291, Act IV Scene 2
11. Andante sostenuto
Parysatis, R. 312, Airs de ballet
12. Entrée. Quasi adagio
13. No. 1, Allegro non troppo
14. No. 2, Modéré (Sans lanteur)
15. No. 3, Molto allegro
Henry VIII, R. 291, Act II, Ballet-Divertissement
16. No. 1, Introduction. Entrée des Clans
17. No. 2, Idylle écossaise
18. No. 3, La fête du houblon
19. No. 4, Danse de la gipsy
20. No. 5, Scherzetto
21. No. 6, Gigue et finale
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288, Act I
22. No. 6, Danse des prêtresses de Dagon
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288, Act III Scene 2
23. Danse Bacchanale
This album presents a selection of Saint-Saëns’ incidental music and music from his operas. From Samson et Dalila – the only one of Saint-Saëns’ operas to remain in the repertory – we hear two memorable and adrenalin-fuelled dances including the famous Bacchanale. Henry VIII drew from the composer music of regal solemnity with plenty of colourful scoring, praised by Gounod. The lukewarm reception to Étienne Marcel came as a bitter disappointment to Saint-Saëns but the customary ballet includes a strong element of delightful 14th-century pastiche. The incidental music to the play Parysatis received tumultuous acclaim at its premiere in 1902 and includes the delightful Airs de ballet flecked by the use of crotales (antique finger-cymbals).