Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane / Symphony No. 3

Albert Roussel: Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42

I. Allegro vivace

II. Adagio

III. Vivace

IV. Allegro con spirito



Albert Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43: Suite No. 1

Prelude

Jeux des ephebes et des vierges (Game of the young men and maidens)

Danse du labyrinthe (Dance of the Labyrinth)

Bacchus apparait deguise (Bacchus appears, disguised)

Il fait tournoyer au-dessus d'elle son manteau noir (He whirls his black mantle over her)

Thesee et ses compagnons se precipitent sur Bacchus (Theseus and his companions rush upon Bacchus)

Les nuages s'accumulent dans le ciel (The clouds gather)

Les nuages se dissipent, le soleil reparait (The clouds disperse, the sun re-appears)

Danse de Bacchus (Dance of Bacchus)

Ariane, toujours endormie, prend part a la danse avec Bacchus (Ariadne, still asleep, dances with Bacchus)

Bacchus depose Ariane sur le rocher (Bacchus sets Ariadne down on the rock)



Albert Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43: Suite No. 2

Prelude - Le sommeil d'Ariane (Ariadne's sleep)

Reveil d'Ariane (Ariadne's Awakening)

Elle tombe dans les bras de Bacchus qui a surgi derriere la crete du roc (She falls into the arms of Bacchus, who has appeared suddenly behind the summit)

Bacchus danse seul (Bacchus dances alone)

Le baiser (The kiss)

L'enchantement dionysiaque (The Dionysian spell)

Le thiase defile (The Bacchic procession of revellers forms)

Danse d'Ariane (Dance of Ariadne)

Danse d'Ariane et Bacchus (Dance of Ariadne and Bacchus)

Bacchanale

Le couronnement d'Ariane (The coronation of Ariadne)