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胡塞爾:蜘蛛的盛宴/杜卡:魔法師的徒弟
帕斯卡·羅菲 指揮 羅亞爾省國立愛樂管絃樂團
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
Pascal Rophe, conductor
Under its music director Pascal Rophe, l'Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire (ONPL) here performs two great orchestral spectaculars of French music –scintillating and imaginative scores composed only 15 years apart. A perennial favourite, Paul Dukas' symphonic poem The Sorcerer's Apprentice(1897) became a ‘hit' with the general public after being included in the soundtrack of the Disney animation film Fantasiain 1940. In the work, based on a ballad by Goethe, Dukasdisplayed an extraordinary command of the large late-Romantic orchestra as he depicted the disastrous consequences when a young apprentice tries to work the magic charms of his master.
In 1912, when Albert Rousselcomposed his ballet score The Spider's Feast, he was rather influenced by Impressionism, but his use of the orchestra was no less inventive than Dukas. The plot of the ballet is played out in a garden where a spider is trapping various insects in its net looking forward to having a sumptuous meal. Roussel'ssophisticated use of timbres and his characteristic rhythmic pointillism conjures a micro-drama which also features a mayfly, a team of ants and a rather terrifying pair of praying mantises. The disc opens with another piece by Dukas: Polyeucte, a concert overture inspired by a 17thcentury play and a work of a surprising expressive power.
Paul Dukas (1865—1935)
1 ) Polyeucte (1891) 14'23
Overture to the tragedy by Corneille
Albert Roussel (1869—1937)
2—14 ) The Spider's Feast, Op. 17 32'45
(Le Festin de l'Araignee)
Pantomime ballet in one act
Paul Dukas
15 ) The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1897) 11'48
(L'Apprenti Sorcier)
Scherzo for orchestra
TT: 59'46 |
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