Composer: Jules Emile Frederic Massenet
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2020
Size: 1.33 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Brumaire
02. Visions
Espada Suite
03. I. Panaderos
04. II. Boléro
05. III. Toréador et andalouse
06. IV. La danse de la Mercédès
Les Érinnyes (1876 Version)
07. I. Prélude
08. II. Scène religieuse “Invocation”
09. III. Entr’acte
10. IVa. Divertissement. Allegro
11. IVb. Divertissement. Andante
12. IVc. Divertissement. Allegro très décidé
Phèdre
13. Overture
Jules Massenet is famous for his series of 27 operas that include Manon and Werther, but he also wrote a significant portfolio of orchestral music which include ballets, orchestral suites and incidental music. The works presented here show his versatility and lyricism and include the one-act ballet Espada, saturated in Iberian colour and beguiling rhythms, as well as Les Érinnyes (‘The Furies’) with a vivid sequence of contrasting themes. Modelled after Liszt, Visions is a poème-symphonique of both ethereal and dramatic power.