Neeme JÃ¤rvi returns to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for a dazzling album of suites from the ballets Sylvia, La Source, and CoppÃ©lia by Delibes. Born into a musical family, Delibes enrolled at the Paris Conservatoire aged twelve, studying under several professors including Adolphe Adam. He spent the 1850s and early 1860s composing light operettas and working as a church organist, before achieving public recognition for his music for the ballet La Source in 1866. His later ballets CoppÃ©lia and Sylvia were key works in the development of modern ballet, giving the music much greater importance than was previously the case. Typical of the period, the plots for these ballets are obscure, convoluted, and complex, but it's certainly Delibes's talent for lyrical melody and musical expression of a mood or feeling that elevates all three of these scores above their contemporaries - indeed CoppÃ©lia went on to become the most frequently performed ballet at the Paris OpÃ©ra. Delibes was at the forefront of creating orchestral suites from his ballet music (much to the envy of Tchaikovsky, among others), and thus were indeed envisaged to be performed without staging or dancers. On this album Neeme JÃ¤rvi adds several additional movements to expand upon the suites which appeared in Delibes's lifetime.

Tracklist:

Sylvia, Ou La Nymphe De Diane (Excerpts): Les Chasseresses
Sylvia, Ou La Nymphe De Diane (Excerpts): Intermezzo
Sylvia, Ou La Nymphe De Diane (Excerpts): Valse Lente
Sylvia, Ou La Nymphe De Diane (Excerpts): Pizzicati
Sylvia, Ou La Nymphe De Diane (Excerpts): Moderato
Sylvia, Ou La Nymphe De Diane (Excerpts): Strette. Galop
Sylvia, Ou La Nymphe De Diane (Excerpts): Marche Et Cortège De Bacchus
La Source (Excerpts): Pas Des Voiles
La Source (Excerpts): Variation
La Source (Excerpts): Danse Circassienne
La Source (Excerpts): Scène Dansée
La Source (Excerpts): Lent
La Source (Excerpts): Mouvement De Valse
La Source (Excerpts): Pas De Naïla
La Source (Excerpts): Scène Et Pas D'action
La Source (Excerpts): Mazurka
La Source (Excerpts): Marche Dansée Et Final
Coppélia (Excerpts): Prélude
Coppélia (Excerpts): Valse
Coppélia (Excerpts): Thème Slave Varié
Coppélia (Excerpts): Var. 1
Coppélia (Excerpts): Var. 2
Coppélia (Excerpts): Var. 3
Coppélia (Excerpts): Var. 4
Coppélia (Excerpts): Var. 5
Coppélia (Excerpts): Csárdás
Coppélia (Excerpts): Musique Des Automates
Coppélia (Excerpts): Scène
Coppélia (Excerpts): Valse De La Poupée
Coppélia (Excerpts): La Prière
Coppélia (Excerpts): Danse De Fête
Coppélia (Excerpts): Galop Final

UPC: 095115525722
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 11.6.20
Format: CD

Delibes / Royal Scottish National Orch / Jarvi - Ballet Suites (CD)