Artist: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Nicolette Fraillon
Title: Adam: Giselle
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: ABC Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC 24bit - 48kHz
Total Time: 01:51:45
Total Size: 1.1 Gb

Tracklist:

1 Giselle, Act 1: Overture 02:07
2 Giselle, Act 1: No. 1 Pheasants' Entrance, Entrance of Hilarion 01:17
3 Giselle, Act 1: No. 2 Albrecht's Entrance 01:28
4 Giselle, Act 1: No. 3 Giselle’s Entrance, Giselle and Albrecht first meet and are discovered by Hilarion 05:33
5 Giselle, Act 1: No. 4 Peasants return from grape harvest, Giselle’s waltz and group dance 04:19
6 Giselle, Act 1: No. 5 Mother looks for Giselle, and tells her and the peasants of the legend of the dangerous spirits of the forest 02:16
7 Giselle, Act 1: No. 5a Hilarion plots, Courtiers enter with Duke and Bathilde, Mother serves refreshments, Giselle and Bathilde meet, Bathilde gives Giselle a necklace, Intro to Peasant Pas de deux 06:33
8 Giselle, Act 1: Peasant Pas de Deux - Adage, pas de deux 02:24
9 Giselle, Act 1: Peasant Pas de Deux - Boy’s First Variation 00:48
10 Giselle, Act 1: Peasant Pas de Deux - Girl’s First Variation 00:46
11 Giselle, Act 1: Peasant Pas de Deux - Boy’s Second Variation 00:54
12 Giselle, Act 1: Peasant Pas de Deux - Girl’s Second Variation, and Coda 01:55
13 Giselle, Act 1: Exit of the Court 00:44
14 Giselle, Act 1: No. 6 Hilarion comes out of hiding 00:42
15 Giselle, Act 1: No. 7 Dance of the Peasants joined by Girlfriends 02:44
16 Giselle, Act 1: Giselle's Variation 02:08
17 Giselle, Act 1: No. 8 Albrecht’s Variation, Pas de Deux Giselle and Albrecht 02:05
18 Giselle, Act 1: Galop général - Girlfriends’ Dance, Ensemble Dance 02:03
19 Giselle, Act 1: Finale, Hilarion summons the return of the courtiers, Albrecht’s deception is revealed, Giselle’s mad scene and death 08:03
20 Giselle, Act 2: No. 9 Introduction to Forest Scene, The clock strikes 12 and Wilis appear for the first time, Hilarion, storm 03:05
21 Giselle, Act 2: No. 10 Appearance of Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis 03:15
22 Giselle, Act 2: No. 11 Myrtha’s First Variation, Myrtha summons the Wilis 04:43
23 Giselle, Act 2: No. 12 Ensemble Dance of the Wilis, Lead Wilis’ Variations, Myrtha’s Second, Variation, Lead Wilis and ensemble 07:16
24 Giselle, Act 2: No. 13 Myrtha summons Giselle 01:10
25 Giselle, Act 2: No. 14 Giselle’s Entrance and Variation 00:37
26 Giselle, Act 2: No. 15 Wilis exit, Albrecht at Giselle’s grave, Giselle appears to Albrecht - No. 16 Pas de Deux Giselle and Albrecht 08:19
27 Giselle, Act 2: No. 17 Hilarion is killed by the Wilis, Albrecht is confronted by Myrtha, Giselle enters and protects Albrecht 03:19
28 Giselle, Act 2: No. 18 Giselle and Albrecht Pas de deux 06:31
29 Giselle, Act 2: No. 19 Albrecht’s Variation 00:58
30 Giselle, Act 2: No. 20 Giselle's Variation 01:36
31 Giselle, Act 2: No. 21 Myrtha commands Albrecht to dance till he dies 02:04
32 Giselle, Act 2: No. 22 Finale 05:05
33 Giselle, Act 1: Peasant Pas de Deux - Boy's first variation (Alternative Version) 00:52
34 Giselle, Act 1: Peasant Pas de Deux - Girl's first variation (Alternative Version) 00:53
35 Giselle, Act 1: Peasant Pas de Deux - Boy's second variation (Alternative Version) 00:58
36 Giselle, Act 1: Giselle's Variation (Alternative Version A) 02:13
37 Giselle, Act 1: Giselle's Variation (Alternative Version B) 02:08
38 Giselle, Act 2: No. 14: Giselle's Entrance and Variation (Alternative Version) 00:39
39 Giselle, Act 2: No. 16 Pas de Deux, Giselle and Albrecht (Alternative Version) 02:49
40 Giselle, Act 2: No. 18 Pas de Deux - second half (Alternative Version) 01:47
41 Giselle, Act 2: No. 19 Albrecht's Variation (Alternative Version) 01:00
42 Giselle, Act 2: No. 20 Giselle's Variation (Alternative Version) 01:39

Since its premiere in Paris in 1841, Giselle has captured the imagination and torn at the heart with its Romantic tale of love, tragedy, vengeful ghosts, yearning and madness. Adolphe Adam's exquisite music perfectly captures the ballet's dramatic blend of real-life passions and unearthly glamour. The story of Giselle is a classic of Romantic art. A village girl falls in love with a man who is not all he seems. When she finds out his deception, she dies of a broken heart. Transformed into a spirit, she battles to save her lover in a wood haunted by 'Wilis', the ghosts of jilted women. Adolphe Adam's eloquent music is one of the best-loved ballet scores, and is presented here in a new recording with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. From the joyful dances as Giselle and Albrecht fall in love in Act I, to the other-worldly Wilis in Act II, this is music of constant beauty and variety. As well as revealing the beauty of Adam's score for the music- and ballet-lover, this album provides a new opportunity for dancers. It includes ten key solo movements performed at different speeds, designed to suit differences in choreography or in dancers' individual physicality and technique.