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From Roussel's delightful tribute to the animal kingdom in Le festin de l'araignee via two of Dukas' symphonic masterpieces (The Sorcerer's Apprentice in state-of-the-art sound) to Chausson's powerful and massive Symphony in B flat, this generous anthology in the Decca Ansermet Legacy features the conductor in music he knew intimately and performed inimitably.
Roussel Le Festin de l'araignée: Lent
Roussel Le Festin de l'araignée: Lent
Roussel Le Festin de l'araignée: Très modéré
Roussel Le Festin de l'araignée: Très lent
Roussel Symphony No. 3 in g: I. Allegro vivo
Roussel Symphony No. 3 in g: II. Adagio
Roussel Symphony No. 3 in g: III. Vivace
Roussel Symphony No. 3 in g: IV. Allegro con spirito
Roussel Symphony No. 4 in A: I. Lento - Allegro con brio
Roussel Symphony No. 4 in A: II. Lento molto
Roussel Symphony No. 4 in A: III. Allegro scherzando
Roussel Symphony No. 4 in A: IV. Allegro molto
Roussel: Petite Suite Pour Orchestre, Op.39; I. Aubade
II. Pastorale
III. Masquerade
Dukas: L'Apprenti Sorcier
Dukas: La Péri; I. Fanfare
II. Poème Dansé En Un Tableau
Chausson: Symphony In B Flat Major, Op.20, I. Lent-Allegro Vivo
II. Très Lent
III. Animé-Très Animé
2011 edition
“The performance is relaxed yet has a cumulative effect: one has a feeling of real calamity before the magician hurriedly returns at the end to put right the mischief his apprentice has wrought.”
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