Giselle, or The Wilis: Ballet in Two Acts

Album by Adolphe Adam & Симфонический оркестр Большого театра

Giselle, or The Wilis is a romantic ballet in two acts composed by Adolphe Adam, premiered in 1841. Its score combines lyrical, folk-inflected melodies, lilting dance rhythms and atmospheric orchestration characteristic of mid-19th-century French ballet, and the work became a staple of the Romantic ballet repertoire and a defining piece in Adam's stage output.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Giselle, or The Wilis: Interlude
    1:59
  2. 2.
    Giselle, or The Wilis, Act 1 no. 1: Albrect and Hans
    1:33
  3. 3.
    Giselle, or The Wilis, Act 1 no. 2: The Count-Peasant
    1:19
  4. 4.
    Giselle, or The Wilis, Act 1 no. 3: Love
    4:52
  5. 5.
    Giselle, or The Wilis, Act 1 no. 4: Among the Settlers
    7:16
  6. 6.
    Giselle, or The Wilis, Act 1 no. 5: Noble Guests
    7:48
  7. 7.
    Giselle, or The Wilis, Act 1 no. 6: The Count's Sword
    0:42
  8. 8.
    Giselle, or The Wilis, Act 1 no. 7: Peasants' Festival (Pas-de-deux)
    14:13
  9. 9.
    Giselle, or The Wilis, Act 1 no. 8: Tragic Denouement
    8:13

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Giselle, or The Wilis, Act II, no. 9: Night Cemetery
    3:40
  2. 2.
    Giselle, or The Wilis, Act II, no. 10: In the Cruel World of Wilis
    12:35
  3. 3.
    Giselle, or The Wilis, Act II, no. 11: Giselle, a New Wilis
    1:31
  4. 4.
    Giselle, or The Wilis, Act II, no. 12: Wilis's Departure
    0:20
  5. 5.
    Giselle, or The Wilis, Act II, no. 13: Deathbed Repentance
    7:38
  6. 6.
    Giselle, or The Wilis, Act II, no. 14: Revenge
    4:20
  7. 7.
    Giselle, or The Wilis, Act II, no. 15: Together Again
    10:18
  8. 8.
    Giselle, or The Wilis, Act II, no. 16: Daybreak Chime. Finale
    4:14

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