New CD of Meyerbeer Ballet Music

[kbarber]

Naxos is releasing the following CD this month:

8.573076

Giacomo MEYERBEER (17911864)

Ballet Music from the Operas

Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

Michał Nesterowicz

Giacomo Meyerbeer was one of the most significant opera composers of all time. The four grand operas represented here brought him his greatest fame, with Les Huguenots being one of the most performed of all operas. Meyerbeers contributions to the French tradition of opéra-ballet acquired legendary status, including the ghostly Ballet of the Nuns from Robert le Diable; the exotic orchestral colour of the Marche indienne in LAfricaine; and the virtuoso Ballet of the Skaters from Le Prophète in which the dancers famously glided over the stage using roller skates.

[show Details] Les Huguenots, Act III: Danse bohemienne (Gypsy Dance)

1. Les Huguenots, Act III: Danse bohemienne (Gypsy Dance) 00:04:46

[show Details] Robert le Diable (excerpts)

2. Act II: Pas de cinq 00:09:28

3. Act III: Ballet des Nonnes: Les Feux Follets et Procession des nonnes 00:03:53

4. Act III: Ballet des Nonnes: Bacchanale 00:05:00

5. Act III: Ballet des Nonnes: Premier Air de Ballet: Seduction par l'ivresse 00:02:19

6. Act III: Ballet des Nonnes: Deuxieme Air de Ballet: Seduction par le jeu 00:03:20

7. Act III: Ballet des Nonnes: Troisieme Air de Ballet: Seduction par l'amour 00:02:34

8. Act III: Ballet des Nonnes: Finale 00:01:36

[show Details] L'Etoile du Nord (excerpts)

9. Act II: Waltz 00:03:32

10. Act II: Chanson de cavalerie 00:01:18

11. Act I: Prayer 00:02:23

12. Entr'acte to Act III 00:02:02

[show Details] Le Prophete (excerpts)

13. Act III: Ballet des Patineurs: Waltz 00:01:41

14. Act III: Ballet des Patineurs: Redowa 00:07:08

15. Act III: Ballet des Patineurs: Quadrilles des patineurs 00:04:48

16. Act III: Ballet des Patineurs: Galop 00:05:01

[show Details] L' Africaine, Act IV: Marche indienne (Indian March)

17. L' Africaine, Act IV: Marche indienne (Indian March) 00:08:51

Total Playing Time: 01:09:40

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[sandik]

Thanks so much for the heads-up. I've always loved the score from Patineurs!

[Helene]

It would be nice if some figure skating choreographers made this the third CD in their collection.

[sandik]

It would be nice if some figure skating choreographers made this the third CD in their collection.

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