One of Roussel' most performed orchestral works, the Spider' Banquet was composed during his earlier impressionistic period, and depicts the beauty and violence of insect life in a garden.
2 Part 1: Tres Anime - Entree Des Fourmis (Entrance of the Ants)
3 Part 1: Modere - Entree Des Bousiers (Entrance of the Dung-Beetles). Danse Du Papillon (Dance of the Butterfly)
4 Part 1: Lent - Joie de L'araignee (The Spider Rejoices). Danse de L'araignee?(Dance of the Spider)
5 Part 1: Assez Lent - Entree Des Vers de Fruit (Entrance of the Fruit Worms)
6 Part 1: Solennel - Entree Guerriere de Deux Mantes Religieuses (Warlike Entrance of Two Praying Mantises)
7 Part 1: Assez Vif - Ronde Des Fourmis (Round-Dance of the Ants)
8 Part 2: Assez Lent - Eclosion de L'ephemere (Hatching of the Mayfly)
9 Part 2: Anime - Danse de L'ephemere (Dance of the Mayfly)
10 Part 2: Tres Modere - L'ephemere S'arrete, Epuise?(The Mayfly Stops, Exhausted)
11 Part 2: Tres Lent - Mort de L'ephemere (Death of the Mayfly)
12 Part 2: Moderement Lent - Funerailles de L'ephemere (Funeral of the Mayfly)
13 I. Prelude
14 II. Danse Guerriere (War Dance)
15 III. Danse Des Femmes Esclaves (Dance of the Female Slaves)
16 I. Prelude
17 II. Danse Et Pantomime
One of Roussel' most performed orchestral works, the Spider' Banquet was composed during his earlier impressionistic period, and depicts the beauty and violence of insect life in a garden.
