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HENRI SAUGUET
Les Forains (1945)
25:15
(The Fairground People, or 'The Show Folk')
Ballet
À la mémoire d'Erik Satie
1.
I
Prologue. Tempo di marica allegro -
1:09
Rideau. Istesso tempo -
2.
II
Entrée des Forains. Mouvement de valse - Più lento -
4:09
3.
III
Exercices. Quasi adagio - Vite - Tempo -
3:11
4.
IV
Parade. Tempo di marcia allegro
1:07
La Représentation
5.
a. Petite fille à la chaise. Allegro giusto - Allegro giusto
1:24
6.
b. Visions d'Art. Vif - Alla valse modérée - Animé -
2:47
Poco più mosso - Tempo Meno - Appassionata - Vivo - Tempo - Vivo - Animé - Coda
7.
c. Le Cloune. Vif et brosque - Allegro
1:10
8.
d. Les Sœurs Siamoises. Tempo di Barcarolla
1:44
9.
e. Le Prestidigitateur. Vif
1:31
10.
f. Le Prestidigitateur et la Poupée (pas de deux). Andantino -
2:54
Moderato - Poco più mosso - Più mosso - Moderato
11.
VI
Galop Final. Allegro vivo
1:20
12.
VII
Quête et départ des Forains. A Tempo di marcia allegro -
2:46
Tempo di valse - A Tempo (ma un poco meno) - Più lento - Rideau (lentement). Tempo Vivo
JULES MASSENET
Ballet Suite from 'Hérodiade' (1881, revised 1884)
9:34
Opera in Four Acts
13.
1
Les Égyptiennes. Andantino - Allegro
1:35
14.
2
Les Babyloniennes. Allegretto (très rythmé) - Stesso tempo - Tempo I
1:37
15.
3
Les Gauloises. Allegro moderato - [ ] - Tempo I
1:34
16.
4
Les Phéniciennes. Andante - Plus animé - Tempo I (più animato) -
2:54
17.
5
Final. Allegro - Più mosso assai
1:52
JACQUES IBERT
Les Amours de Jupiter (1945)
33:10
(Jupiter's Amorous Adventures)
Ballet en 5 tableaux sur un scenario de Boris Kochno
(Ballet in Five Scenes after a Scenario by Boris Kochno)
18.
I. Ouverture. Andante pomposo
1:23
II. Enlèvement d'Europe: 4:35
19.
1
Ensemble des filles. Allegro scherzando -
0:59
20.
2
Solo d'Europe. Moderato sostenuto
1:33
21.
3
Ensemble des filles. Allegro scherzando -
0:52
22.
4
Entrée du Taureau et enlèvement d'Europe. [ ]
1:10
III. Léda: 7:20
23.
5
Entrée de Mercure et de Jupiter. Moderato -
1:27
24.
6
Variations de Léda. Andante espressivo -
2:03
25.
7
Entrée et variations de Jupiter (métamorphosé en cygne).
1:18
Allegro con bravura -
26.
8
Pas de deux de Léda et du Cygne. Andante espressivo
2:30
IV. Danaé: 5:49
27.
9
Entrée de Danaé et des Geôliers. Allegro marcato -
2:06
28.
10
Variations de Danaé. Moderato assai - Molto tranquillo - Meno lento
3:41
V. Ganymède: 7:34
29.
11
Entrée et variations de Mercure. Scherzando vivace
1:55
30.
12
Entrée et variations de Ganymède. [ ] -
1:24
31.
13
Apparition et variations de l'Aigle. Moderato -
2:33
32.
14
Pas de deux de Ganymède et de l'Aigle. Allegro moderato
2:33
VI. Retour à Junon: 6:28
33.
15
Danse de Junon et d'Iris. Andantino -
2:28
34.
16
Prélude à l'entrée de Jupiter. Allegro agitato -
1:02
35.
17
Entrée de Jupiter. Allegro maestoso -
1:17
36.
18
Apothéose de Jupiter et Junon. Pomposo
1:39
Total time: 68:19
Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Arvo Leibur leader
Conductor:Neeme Järvi
30 and 31 May 2018 (Les Amours de Jupiter), 31 May and 1 June 2018 (Ballet Suite from Hérodiade),
& 1, 4 and 5 June 2018 (Les Forains)
Notes
In this fascinating recording the legendary Neeme Järvi explores two lesser-known French ballets by Sauguet and Ibert, complemented by the Ballet Suite from Massenet’s opera Hérodiade.
Sauguet studied composition with Canteloube and Koechlin. He wrote in a variety of genres, notably for radio and for film, but his ballet scores – more than twenty of them – were central to his output. Les Forains, (‘The Showfolk’), was first performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in March 1945. The cast was led by the work’s brilliant young choreographer, Roland Petit, and conducted by André Cluytens. Sauget’s wide-ranging influences, notably the orchestration of Richard Strauss as well as the works of Satie and les Six, give his work a flowing, openly melodic style that is immediately appealing and full of wit and charm.
Following the success of Les Forains, and the formal establishment in October 1945 of Les Ballets des Champs-Élysées, Roland Petit and Boris Kochno devised a number of new ballets for the company. One of these was Ibert’s Les Amours de Jupiter, premiered on 9 March 1946 with a cast led by Petit himself as Jupiter
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Reviews
“…Hats off to Neeme Järvi's Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, surmounting Ibert’s technical challenges with ease, every punchy offbeat in place. Sumptuous engineering, too: a fun disc.”
Graham Rickson – theartsdesk.com – 11 May 2019
**** Excellent Album
Jacques Bonnaure – Classica magazine (France) – May 2019
"... there is one ballet here which really deserves rediscovery and sprucing up, and that is Ibert’s’ lively and colourful Les Amours de Hercules. Nevertheless, the other pieces here, while hardly undiscovered masterpieces, offer considerable pleasure...."
Barry Forshaw – Classical CD Choice – 28 March 2019
“… Neeme Järvi’s interpretation of Les forains is affectionate and refined … Järvi also does a fine job with Ibert’s ballet …”
Andrew Farach-Colton – Gramophone magazine – April 2019
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