Saint-Saëns – Danse macabre, Op. 40
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Soloist: Kyung-Wha Chung
Danse macabre, Op. 40, is a tone poem for orchestra, written in 1874 by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. It is in the key of G minor. It started out in 1872 as an art song for voice and piano with a French text by the poet Henri Cazalis, which is based on an old French superstition. In 1874, the composer expanded and reworked the piece into a tone poem, replacing the vocal line with a solo violin.
0:00 I. Danse Macabre
7:03 II. Phaeton
16:07 III. Das Spinnrad Der Omphale
23:56 IV. Introduktion Und Rondo Capricci
33:08 V. Havanaise
42:09 VI. La Jeunesse D’hercule
59:13 VII. Marche Heroique
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