Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta - Schmitt: Antoine Et Cleopatre (2015)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta - Schmitt: Antoine Et Cleopatre (2015)
Classical | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 00:59:38 | 142 MB
Label: Naxos
Classical | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 00:59:38 | 142 MB
Label: Naxos
A student of Massenet and Fauré, winner of the Prix de Rome in 1900 and friend to Ravel and Satie, Florent Schmitt had a style that blended influences and inspiration from wherever the spirit took him. His incidental music for Antony and Cleopatra originally formed ballet scenes between the acts, evoking and enhancing Shakespeare’s saga of rivalry between the Roman Empire and Egypt, and the tragic consequences of star-crossed love. Schmitt’s The Haunted Palace follows the nuances of Mallarmé’s translation from Edgar Allan Poe in lush orchestration and a sound-scape of enigmatic symbolist imagery.
Tracklist:
01 Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No.1, op.69a - I. Antoine et Cléopâtre
02 Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No.1, op.69a - II. Le Camp de Pompée
03 Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No.1, op.69a - III. La Bataille d'Actium
04 Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No.2, op.69b - I. Nuit au palais de la Reine
05 Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No.2, op.69b - II. Orgie et danses
06 Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No.2, op.69b - III. Le tombeau de Cléopâtre
07 Le Palais Hanté, op.49