ALBERT ROUSSEL

Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42

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I. Allegro vivace

6:04

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II. Adagio

10:19

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III. Vivace

3:22

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IV. Allegro con spirito

6:30

Le festin de l'araignee, Op. 17

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Prelude

3:55

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A garden. - Sitting in her web, a spider surveys the surroundings

0:50

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Entry of the ants. - They find a rose petal. - With great effort they lift

1:28

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Left alone, the spider daydreams and watches the landscape. - She checks the strength of her thread.

1:41

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Entry of the dung beetles.

0:50

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The ants return. - They prepare to carry another petal, when a butterfly appears.

0:15

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Dance of the butterfly. - The spider invites the butterfly to dance closer to her web. - The butterfly is caught in the web and struggles.

3:16

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The spider rejoices. - She frees the butterfly from her web and takes it to her larder.

3:37

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The spider dances. - Suddenly fruits come crashing down from a tree.

1:49

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Fruit worms enter and prepare to revel in the fallen fruits.

0:58

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Warlike entry of two praying mantises who lift their frightening blades and forbid anyone to approach.

0:45

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The ants dance in a circle. - The two mantises blame each other for the trick which was played upon them.

0:34

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The mantises challenge each other to a duel. - They fight. - The spider dances in order to make the mantises more excited.

1:41

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A mayfly hatches.

1:41

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He dances.

3:23

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The mayfly stops, exhausted. - The ants, the spider and finally the dung beetles pay their respects.

2:08

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The mayfly and the fruit worms dance.

1:39

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The mayfly dies.

0:32

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The spider prepares to begin her feast, but one of the mantises, freed by the dung beetles from the web, slips behind the spider and kills her.

0:39

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Death throes of the spider

1:19

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Funeral of the mayfly. - The funeral cortege sets off and vanishes into the distance.

1:55

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Night falls on the deserted garden.

1:19

Christoph Eschenbach Conductor

Eschenbach, Christoph