Artist: Residentie Orkest Den Haag, Jun Märkl
Album: Saint-Saëns: Dances & Ballet Music
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2022
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:18:21
Total Tracks: 23
Total Size: 1,34 GB

Tracklist:

1-01. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Étienne Marcel, R. 209, Act III, The Night of St. John, Before Notre Dame (Excerpts): Entrée des écoliers et des ribaudes (01:54)
1-02. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Étienne Marcel, R. 209, Act III, The Night of St. John, Before Notre Dame (Excerpts): Musette guerrière (02:08)
1-03. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Étienne Marcel, R. 209, Act III, The Night of St. John, Before Notre Dame (Excerpts): Pavane (01:45)
1-04. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Étienne Marcel, R. 209, Act III, The Night of St. John, Before Notre Dame (Excerpts): Valse (04:50)
1-05. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Étienne Marcel, R. 209, Act III, The Night of St. John, Before Notre Dame (Excerpts): Entrée des Bohémiens et Bohémiennes (05:57)
1-06. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Étienne Marcel, R. 209, Act III, The Night of St. John, Before Notre Dame (Excerpts): Final (02:34)
1-07. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Henry VIII, R. 291 (Excerpts): Prélude (02:39)
1-08. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Henry VIII, R. 291, Act II (Excerpts): Entracte (03:55)
1-09. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Henry VIII, R. 291, Act III (Excerpts): Marche du Synode (06:35)
1-10. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Henry VIII, R. 291, Act IV Scene 1 (Excerpts): Allegro moderato (02:03)
1-11. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Henry VIII, R. 291, Act IV Scene 2 (Excerpts): Andante sostenuto (02:33)
1-12. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Parysatis, R. 312, Airs de ballet: Entrée. Quasi adagio (00:34)
1-13. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Parysatis, R. 312, Airs de ballet: No. 1, Allegro non troppo (02:06)
1-14. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Parysatis, R. 312, Airs de ballet: No. 2, Modéré (Sans lanteur) (03:56)
1-15. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Parysatis, R. 312, Airs de ballet: No. 3, Molto allegro (01:55)
1-16. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Henry VIII, R. 291, Act II, Ballet-Divertissement: No. 1, Introduction. Entrée des Clans (05:08)
1-17. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Henry VIII, R. 291, Act II, Ballet-Divertissement: No. 2, Idylle écossaise (05:27)
1-18. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Henry VIII, R. 291, Act II, Ballet-Divertissement: No. 3, La fête du houblon (04:15)
1-19. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Henry VIII, R. 291, Act II, Ballet-Divertissement: No. 4, Danse de la gipsy (02:30)
1-20. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Henry VIII, R. 291, Act II, Ballet-Divertissement: No. 5, Scherzetto (01:50)
1-21. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Henry VIII, R. 291, Act II, Ballet-Divertissement: No. 6, Gigue et finale (04:05)
1-22. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288, Act I (Excerpts): No. 6, Danse des prêtresses de Dagon (02:24)
1-23. Residentie Orkest Den Haag – Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288, Act III Scene 2 (Excerpts): Danse Bacchanale (07:06)

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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).