BMOP/sound
1077
March 2021
SACD
Disc 1: 65:57
- Elliott Carter (b. 1908)
- Boston Modern Orchestra Project
- Gil Rose, conductor
Featuring the world premiere recording of the complete Pocahontas ballet.
Also available for hi-res digital download on Bandcamp.
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Track listing
Disc 1
Pocahontas (1939)
1.Overture
2.John Smith and Rolfe lost in the Virginia Forest
3.The Indians ambush John Smith
4.Princess Pocahontas and her Ladies
5.John Smith is tortured by Indians and saved by Pocahontas
6.John Smith presents young Rolfe to Pocahontas, Rolfe and Pocahontas dance
7.Pavane, Farewell of Indians, Pocahontas and Rolfe sail for England
The Minotaur (1947)
8.Overture
SCENE I: King Minos' Palace in Crete
9.Queen Pasiphae dresses for her tryst with the sacred bull
10.Pasiphae's dance with the bulls
11.Interlude
SCENE II: Before Labyrinth
12.Building of Labyrinth
13.Procession and entrance of King Minos
14.Sacrifice of the Greek victims
15.Ariadne dances with Theseus (Pas de Deux)
16.The Labyrinth
17.Theseus' farewell as he enters the Labyrinth
18.Ariadne's thread unwinds
19.The Fight with the Minotaur
20.Ariadne rewinds her thread to lead Theseus out of the Labyrinth
21.Greeks and Theseus emerge from Labyrinth
22.Theseus and the Greeks prepare to leave Crete