Saint-Saëns: Ascanio - Ballet

Saint-Saëns' operatic works contain instrumental music of vivacity and charm but have been undeservedly overlooked. 'Ascanio' contains a substantial and elaborate divertissement that fellow composer Reynaldo Hahn termed 'the entire Renaissance in a few pages'. 'Les Barbares', a tale of conquest and revenge, includes a vivid prologue and joyful ballet, while 'La Princesse jaune' with its pentatonic writing, and 'La Jota aragonese' laced with Spanish vitality, show the composer at his most generously carefree.

1: Introduction: Entrée Du Maître Des Jeux
2: Danse Ancienne: Vénus, Junon Et Pallas
3: Gavotte: Diane, Dryades Et Naïades
4: Bacchanale: Bacchus Et Les Bacchantes
5: Apparition Phobus, D'Apollon Et Les Neuf Muses
6: Phobus Prenant Sa Lyre, Évoque L'Amour
7: L'amour Fait Apparaître Psyché
8: Ensemble De Phobus, Diane, Erigone, Nicoa Et Bacchus Avec Les Muses, Les Nymphes Et Les Bacchantes
9: Variation De L'Amour 'Variation Pour La Flûte'
10: Le Dragon Des Hespérides Apporte La Pomme D'or
11: Valse: Les Déesses, Bacchantes, Naïades Et Dryades
12: Prologue
13: Jota Aragonese, Op. 64
14: Prelude
15: Overture
16: Overture
17: Ouverture D'un Opéra - Comique Inachevé
18: L'amour Fait Apparaître Psyché
19: Variation De L'Amour 'Variation Pour La Flûte'

Composer: Camille Saint-Saens

Conductor: Jun Märkl

Number of Discs: 1

Orchestra: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

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