Symphony no. 3 / Le Festin de l'araignée

Tracklist

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• 1 Symphony no. 3, op. 42: I. Allegro vivo 6:04
• 2 Symphony no. 3, op. 42: II. Adagio 10:19
• 3 Symphony no. 3, op. 42: III. Vivace 3:22
• 4 Symphony no. 3, op. 42: IV. Allegro con spirito 6:30
• 5 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: Prélude 3:55
• 6 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: A garden. Sitting in her web, a spider surveys the surroundings. 0:50
• 7 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: Entry of the ants. – They find a rose petal. With great effort they lift the petal and carry it away. 1:28
• 8 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: Left alone, the spider daydreams and watches the landscape. – She checks the strength of her thread. She mends her web with the thread she has drawn from her pocket. 1:41
• 9 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: Entry of the dung beetles. 0:50
• 10 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: The ants return. They prepare to carry another petal, when a butterfly appears. 0:15
• 11 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: Dance of the butterfly. – The spider invites the butterfly to dance closer to her web. – The butterfly is caught in the web and struggles. Death of the butterfly. 3:16
• 12 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: The spider rejoices. She frees the butterfly from her web and takes it to her larder. 3:37
• 13 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: The spider dances. Suddenly fruits come crashing down from a tree. The spider jumps backwards. 1:49
• 14 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: Fruit worms enter and prepare to revel in the fallen fruits. 0:58
• 15 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: Warlike entry of two praying mantises who lift their frightening blades and forbid anyone to approach. The two worms approach and, moving between the mantises, quickly penetrate the fruits. 0:45
• 16 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: The ants dance in a circle. The two mantises blame each other for the trick which was played upon them. 0:34
• 17 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: The mantises challenge each other to a duel. – They fight. – The spider dances in order to make the mantises more excited. – The mantises become caught in the web. The spider dances. 1:41
• 18 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: A mayfly hatches. 1:41
• 19 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: He dances. 3:23
• 20 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: The mayfly stops, exhausted. – The ants, the spider and finally the dung beetles pay their respects. – The mayfly rejects their advances. – The ants leave. The worms come out of the fruit. 2:08
• 21 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: The mayfly and the fruit worms dance. 1:39
• 22 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: The mayfly dies. 0:32
• 23 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: 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
• 24 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: Death throes of the spider. 1:19
• 25 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: Funeral of the mayfly. The funeral cortege sets off and vanishes into the distance. 1:55
• 26 Le Festin de l'araignée, op. 17: Night falls on the deserted garden. 1:19

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