Ondine: ODE11072
Roussel - Symphony No.3 Op.42, Le Festin de l’Araignee Op.17
Our Price: £11.70 (£10.17 ex VAT)
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Artist(s): Orchestre de Paris
Conductor(s): Christoph Eschenbach
Release Date: 3rd March 2008
More Details on Roussel - Symphony No.3 Op.42, Le Festin de l’Araignee Op.17
This Albert Roussel disc is the final in a successful cycle of three Ondine releases featuring the four symphonies and two ballets by the French composer.
The Third Symphony, which was given its world première in Boston in 1930, is a true masterpiece and remains the most popular of Roussel's symphonic works.
Le Festin de l'araignée (The Spider's Feast) was completed in 1913 and is the second of Roussel's celebrated ballets, the other being Bacchus et Ariane, which was featured on a previous release. While there are many accounts of the symphonic fragments, this disc contains the complete ballet music. The music is energetic, melodic, original, and programmatic, helped by the choreographical annotations from the original score which are contained in the track listing of this CD.
The booklet contains expert liner notes from the Centre International Albert-Roussel in France, as well as rare photographs.
Both previous Roussel releases have contributed to a revival of the French composer's music and have earned high praise in the international press.
