Adam: Giselle
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Composer: Adolphe AdamConductor: Andrew Mogrelia
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-01-04
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Introduction
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Entrée joyeuse des vendangeurs et vendangeuses
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Entrée de Loys
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Entrée de Giselle
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Retour de la vendange et valse
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: La chasse
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Scène d'Hilarion
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Marche des vignerons
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Pas seul; Pas de deux des jeunes paysans
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Polacca
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Andante
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Pesante
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Allegretto
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Allegretto pesante
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Valse; Pas des vendanges
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Andante
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Moderato
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Allegro moderato
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Allegro un peu louré
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Galop général
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 1: Finale du 1er Acte et Scène de folie
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 2: Introduction, halte des chasseurs et apparition des feux follets
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 2: Apparition de Myrthe et évocation magique
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 2: Pas des premières Wilis
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 2: Apparition de Giselle
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 2: Entrée des paysans
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 2: Entrée du Prince et apparition de Giselle
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 2: Entrée d'Hilarion, scène et fugue des Willis
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 2: Adage
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 2: Variation I: Andante
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 2: Variation II: Andante moderato
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 2: Valse
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 2: Ensemble des Wilis
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 2: Finale
- Giselle ou les Wilis : Ballet-Pantomime In Two Acts: Act 2: Lever du soleil et arrivée de la cour
Music reviews of Adam: Giselle
Music Review: Imperfectly Polished, but still Delightful
Rating: 4 Stars
Giselle, Adolphe Adam's most famous work after O Holy Night, is pure delight from beginning to end. It's like a happier version of a Delibes ballet.
Andrew Mogrelia leads a complete performance with the traditional interpolations, including a long chunk of music of variable quality written by Friedrich Burgmüller (you know, the guy who wrote the Limpid Stream?). It's a welcome addition, but the best stuff is by Adam himself.
Mogrelia's tempi should satisfy even the most fastidious ballomane. They are never rushed, but always flow along smilingly. Like Richard Bonynge (Adolphe Adam: Giselle), Mogrelia managed to make this score dance. His orchestra, however, is slightly less excellent. The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra plays more than competently -- professionally even in the easier passages -- but lacks a bit of polish during climaxes. In the opening bars, the wind instruments struggle slightly to keep up with the orchestra.
This deficiency, present in a number of Naxos' ballet recordings, is easy to overlook, but if forced to pick one recording of Giselle, I would go with Richard Bonynge's recording on Decca. The latter's direction of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Coven Garden is just as distinctive as Mogrelia's. Bonynge's orchestra is excellently refined and produces a fair bit of excitement in the Act 1 Finale. The digital sound of both recordings is about equal. Both recordings are (as far as I can tell) equally complete, though Bonynge observes a few more repeats than Mogrelia. (Older editions of Bonynge's recording may be obtained for only a couple dollars more than this one.)
If you'd be satisfied with a single disc version -- without interpolations, many repeats, and a couple numbers -- recommendable accounts may be had from Sir Neville Marriner (Adam: Giselle) and Michael Tilson Thomas (Adolphe Adam: Music from Giselle).
My first choice is Decca's recording with Richard Bonynge, but this account from Naxos comes up as a close second. If only the orchestra had been slightly more rehearsed!
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