ARNOLD BAX (1883-1953)

The Truth About the Russian Dancers

46:27

PART ONE

22:58

1

1

Overture - Vivace

4:07

2

2

Entry of Karissima

1:15

Moderato: violin solo - Rather fast Valse tempo

3

3

Karissima plays golf - Moderato delicato

3:02

4

4

Karissima and Lady Vere - Moderato - Lento

1:36

5

5

The Walking Lesson - Valse tempo (with great swing)

1:13

6

6

Lord Vere tells his mother of his love for Karissima - Vivace

0:18

7

7

Karissima appeals for love - Andante: violin solo

0:27

8

8

Karissima droops pathetically

1:03

Tempo moderato. Piangendo: clarinet solo

9

9

Karissima's dance of joy - Vivo - Allegretto scherzando

0:43

10

10

The wedding ceremony

1:37

11

11

Dance: corps de ballet

1:18

12

12

The Wedding Service

2:52

13

13

A wild night: The Maestro - Allegro molto

1:55

14

14

The clock strikes twelve

0:17

15

15

Lord Vere pleads for a child - Molto moderato expressivo

0:40

16

16

Karissima and Lord Vere go off in gay delight

0:35

Rather fast Valse tempo

PART TWO

23:24

17

17

Dance of Motherhood - Lento expressivo

6:13

18

18

The Funeral of Karissima - Andante

5:34

19

19

Child's Dance - Allegretto vivace

2:16

20

20

Karissima's Farewell - poco Lento. Plaintivo - Lento - Andante

5:58

21

21

Finale - Allegro vivace

3:20

From Dusk Till Dawn

20:21

22

1

Prelude: Summer night at the Window - Slow and Quiet

2:09

23

2

The Wind Dances in the Garden - Moderato

1:55

24

3

Molot più Lento: Midnight Strikes

0:39

25

4

The Awakening

1:35

26

5

The Flower's Dance - Gay and Lively

1:28

27

6

The Dancer and the Clown - Allegretto

1:32

28

7

The Wind Dances through the Room - Moderato

1:12

29

8

Più Lento: the clock strikes one

0:16

30

9

The Flowers Dance Again - Valse tempo (rather langurous)

3:11

31

10

Più Lento: The clock strikes two

0:16

32

11

The dancer falls weeping into the clown's arms

0:12

Moderate pace: passionately

33

12

The clown thrusts her aside and scolds her - Allegro

0:09

34

13

They quarrel - tempo of the dance

0:39

35

14

The wind violent and boisterous - Allegro vivace

1:14

36

15

The dancer humbly draws the clown's attention to the sad fate

1:01

of his rival - Quite slowly: cello solo

37

16

The dancer turns back to the clown

0:50

Andante con moto: oboe solo

38

17

Dawn - Moderato

0:28

39

18

The clock strikes three

0:16

40

19

Everything is still; a sad silence reigns - Lento

0:52

41

20

The wind blows the dancer into the clown's stiff arms

0:35

Allegro vivace

Bryden Thomson

5,6 March 1990