French Ballet Favourites (Coppelia, Giselle, Faust, Sylvia)
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French Ballet Favourites (Coppelia, Giselle, Faust, Sylvia)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava); Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Mogrelia, conductor; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 17 July 2003
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France has a long tradition of ballet, whether as a separate entertainment or as an indispensable part of French opera
. An element of French dance became part of the late Baroque musical synthesis of Bach and Handel, and, in a later generation, provided the technical basis for the Russian ballet. The Paris Académie royale de danse was established in 1661 and the associated school, which still continues, in 1713. The art of ballet in France reached a new height in the middle of the nineteenth century, coinciding with the early career of Léo Delibes, who entered the Conservatoire in 1848 and five years later took a position secured for him by Adolphe Adam, composer of Giselle, as accompanist at the Théâtre-Lyrique. Like many other composers he was employed also as an organist, from 1862 until1871 at Saint-Jean-Saint-François, but his primary interest lay in music for the theatre. For the Théâtre-Lyrique he wrote comic operas and for the Folies-Nouvelles and other companies operettas, while continuing to compose music for the church.
Tracks:
LEO DELIBES
Coppelia, Act I
01. Act I: Prelude 04:30
02. Act I: Valse 02:23
03. Act I: Mazurka 04:13
04. Act I: Ballade 02:40
05. Act I: Theme slave varie 07:13
06. Act I: Czardas - Danse hongroise 03:47
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Andrew Mogrelia, conductor
Coppelia, Act II
07. Act II: Valse de la poupee 02:09
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Andrew Mogrelia, conductor
Coppelia, Act III
08. Act III: Marche de la cloche 02:57
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Andrew Mogrelia, conductor
ADOLPHE ADAM
Giselle, Act I
09. Act I: Scene d'Hilarion 00:44
10. Act I: Andante 01:51
11. Act I: Valse 01:30
12. Act I: Allegro moderato 01:25
13. Act I: Allegro un peu loure 02:33
14. Act I: Galop general 03:13
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
Giselle, Act II
15. Act II: Ensemble de Willis 02:05
16. Act II: Lever du soleil et arrivee de la cour 04:08
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
CHARLES GOUNOD
Faust: Waltz
17. Waltz 04:47
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hayman, conductor
LEO DELIBES
Sylvia, Act I
18. Act I: Prelude 04:38
19. Act I: Les chasseresses (Fanfare) 03:15
20. Act I: Intermezzo 01:12
21. Act I: Valse lente 04:47
Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Mogrelia, conductor
Sylvia, Act II
22. Act II: Danse des Ethiopiens 02:02
Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Mogrelia, conductor
Sylvia, Act III
23. Act III: Pizzicati 02:16
24. Act III: Marche 02:02
25. Act III: Cortege de Bacchus 04:44
Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Mogrelia, conductor
